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 […]
Author Archives: JRG Partners Editorial Staff
For Employers, Industry Insights
Succession Planning in Facilities & Business Services: Building a Leadership Pipeline Before You Need It
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As Global Head of Research & Leadership Advisory at JRG Partners, I wrote this guide on succession planning in Facilities & Business Services because the sector’s leadership transition is colliding with a demographic and capability one. Rapid private-equity-driven consolidation […]
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 […]
For Employers, Industry Insights
Private Equity Leadership Hiring in Facilities & Business Services: What PortCo Boards Get Wrong
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As Global Head of Research & Leadership Advisory at JRG Partners, I wrote this for private-equity investors and portfolio-company boards on leadership hiring in Facilities & Business Services, and specifically what PortCo boards get wrong. Private equity essentially built the […]
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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 […]
For Employers, Industry Insights
Executive Search in Home Services & Franchising: How Employers Find Proven Leaders in 2026
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As Global Head of Research & Leadership Advisory at JRG Partners, I have prepared this guide for boards and investors conducting executive search in Home Services & Franchising in 2026. This is an industry where private-equity-driven consolidation, franchise-model scaling, and […]
For Employers, Industry Insights
The Top 10 Most In-Demand Executive Roles in Home Services & Franchising for 2026
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As Global Head of Research & Leadership Advisory at JRG Partners, I have ranked the top 10 most in-demand executive roles in Home Services & Franchising for 2026 based on our search activity and the sector’s structural shifts. This is an industry where private-equity-driven […]
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 […]
For Employers, Industry Insights
Home Services & Franchising Executive Compensation Report 2026: Salary and Equity Benchmarks
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As Global Head of Research & Leadership Advisory at JRG Partners, I have prepared this Home Services & Franchising executive compensation report for 2026 to help boards and compensation committees benchmark leadership pay in a sector where an industry where private-equity-driven […]
Executive Onboarding, For Employers
The First 90 Days: An Onboarding Roadmap for a VP of Human Resources
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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 Human Resources because transitions are where hiring investments are protected or squandered. The structure below, listen and diagnose, align and decide, act and […]