As Global Head of Research & Leadership Advisory at JRG Partners, I have watched this play out across hundreds of executive searches, and the pattern is clear enough to write down. Companies that want strong general managers usually try to hire them, competing for scarce, […]
Author Archives: JRG Partners Editorial Staff
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As Global Head of Research & Leadership Advisory at JRG Partners, I built this 90-day onboarding roadmap for a VP of Marketing from the transitions that succeeded and the autopsies of those that did not. The first ninety days are asymmetric: credibility built early compounds for […]
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As Global Head of Research & Leadership Advisory at JRG Partners, I spend much of my time on exactly this question, and the conventional wisdom around it is only half right. For every C-suite seat, a company faces a choice it rarely makes deliberately: develop a leader […]
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As Global Head of Research & Leadership Advisory at JRG Partners, I offer this VP of Operations onboarding plan for the first 90 days for both the incoming executive and the leader receiving them. Executive transitions fail predictably, too fast on judgment, too slow on people, […]
For Employers, Hiring Insights
Leadership Capacity Planning: How Many Executives Does Your Revenue Support?
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As Global Head of Research & Leadership Advisory at JRG Partners, this is one of the questions employers bring me most often, and my answer has been sharpened by seeing what separates the searches that succeed from the ones that don’t. Companies scale revenue and headcount with […]
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As Global Head of Research & Leadership Advisory at JRG Partners, I wrote this first-90-days roadmap for a new VP of Finance because transitions are where hiring investments are protected or squandered. The structure below, listen and diagnose, align and decide, act and deliver, […]
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As Global Head of Research & Leadership Advisory at JRG Partners, I have watched this play out across hundreds of executive searches, and the pattern is clear enough to write down. The hardest hire a founder ever makes is an executive who is better than they are at something […]
Executive Onboarding, For Employers
The First 90 Days: An Onboarding Roadmap for a Corporate Controller
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As Global Head of Research & Leadership Advisory at JRG Partners, I offer this Corporate Controller onboarding plan for the first 90 days for both the incoming executive and the leader receiving them. Executive transitions fail predictably, too fast on judgment, too slow on […]
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As Global Head of Research & Leadership Advisory at JRG Partners, I wrote this first-90-days roadmap for a new VP of Engineering because transitions are where hiring investments are protected or squandered. The structure below, listen and diagnose, align and decide, act and […]
Executive Onboarding, For Employers
The First 90 Days: An Onboarding Roadmap for a VP of Supply Chain
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As Global Head of Research & Leadership Advisory at JRG Partners, I built this 90-day onboarding roadmap for a VP of Supply Chain from the transitions that succeeded and the autopsies of those that did not. The first ninety days are asymmetric: credibility built early compounds […]