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May
Deepak Malkani, Co-founder, IndusGuru Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 20: The rise of interim CXOs is often framed as a stopgap story – a temporary fix for a sudden vacancy, a crisis hire, or a bridge between two leadership eras. That framing misses what is actually unfolding. What we are seeing now is not a contingency trend, but a structural shift in how leadership itself is being deployed. Across India’s startup and mid-market ecosystem, leadership is becoming more modular, more outcome-driven, and far less tied to permanence. Over the past three years, several converging pressures have pushed companies toward this shift.…
