Category Archives: Executive Search FAQs

As Global Head of Research & Leadership Advisory at JRG Partners, here is the direct answer employers actually need, without the jargon. A search committee is a group formed to lead a senior hiring process, most often for a CEO, executive, board director, or nonprofit or […]

As Global Head of Research & Leadership Advisory at JRG Partners, I answer this question constantly from boards and employers, so here is the clear version. A CTO (Chief Technology Officer) typically owns the technology and engineering that build the company’s products. A CIO […]

As Global Head of Research & Leadership Advisory at JRG Partners, here is the direct answer employers actually need, without the jargon. An offer letter is a short document confirming the basic terms of a job offer, title, start date, compensation, and is often relatively […]

As Global Head of Research & Leadership Advisory at JRG Partners, here is the direct answer employers actually need, without the jargon. An executive talent community is a cultivated network of senior leaders a company builds and maintains relationships with over time, so it has […]

As Global Head of Research & Leadership Advisory at JRG Partners, I answer this question constantly from boards and employers, so here is the clear version. A confidential search is an executive search conducted discreetly, without publicly revealing the hiring company’s […]

As Global Head of Research & Leadership Advisory at JRG Partners, here is the direct answer employers actually need, without the jargon. A CMO (Chief Marketing Officer) owns marketing, brand, and demand generation. A CRO (Chief Revenue Officer) owns all revenue functions, […]

As Global Head of Research & Leadership Advisory at JRG Partners, here is the direct answer employers actually need, without the jargon. Garden leave is an arrangement where a departing executive remains employed and paid during their notice period but is kept away from work, […]

As Global Head of Research & Leadership Advisory at JRG Partners, I have written this plain-English explainer because the question comes up in nearly every client conversation. A development assignment is a deliberately chosen role, project, or experience given to a […]

As Global Head of Research & Leadership Advisory at JRG Partners, I answer this question constantly from boards and employers, so here is the clear version. Market mapping in executive search is the systematic process of identifying and profiling every potential candidate for a […]

As Global Head of Research & Leadership Advisory at JRG Partners, I answer this question constantly from boards and employers, so here is the clear version. A CHRO (Chief Human Resources Officer) is the top HR executive, owning people strategy, executive succession, […]