Category Archives: For Employers

25 Interview Questions to Ask When Hiring a Head of FP&A (With What Great Answers Sound Like)

Financial Executive Meeting

As Global Head of Research & Leadership Advisory at JRG Partners, I have compiled these interview questions to ask when hiring a Head of FP&A from the patterns across hundreds of executive assessments. The Head of FP&A interview fails predictably: fluent candidates narrate […]

How to Measure Chief Data Officer Performance: KPIs, Scorecards, and Benchmarks

Chief Data Officer Presentation

As Global Head of Research & Leadership Advisory at JRG Partners, I wrote this guide to how to measure Chief Data Officer performance because the measurement question decides the hiring question: boards that cannot say how they will judge the role cannot reliably select for it. […]

How to Measure VP of Sales Performance: KPIs, Scorecards, and Benchmarks

Sales Strategy Meeting

As Global Head of Research & Leadership Advisory at JRG Partners, I wrote this guide to how to measure VP of Sales performance because the measurement question decides the hiring question: boards that cannot say how they will judge the role cannot reliably select for it. What […]

How to Measure Head of FP&A Performance: KPIs, Scorecards, and Benchmarks

Finance Team Meeting Charts

As Global Head of Research & Leadership Advisory at JRG Partners, I built this framework for measuring Head of FP&A performance from the scorecards that actually govern well. Measurement done badly is worse than none: it rewards theater and punishes honesty. The six KPIs below […]

The First 90 Days: An Onboarding Roadmap for a Chief Strategy Officer

Chief Strategy Officer Meeting

As Global Head of Research & Leadership Advisory at JRG Partners, I wrote this first-90-days roadmap for a new Chief Strategy Officer because transitions are where hiring investments are protected or squandered. The structure below, listen and diagnose, align and decide, act and […]

The First 90 Days: An Onboarding Roadmap for a VP of Quality

Executive Team Planning

As Global Head of Research & Leadership Advisory at JRG Partners, I wrote this first-90-days roadmap for a new VP of Quality because transitions are where hiring investments are protected or squandered. The structure below, listen and diagnose, align and decide, act and deliver, […]

The First 90 Days: An Onboarding Roadmap for a Nonprofit Executive Director

Nonprofit Leadership Meeting

As Global Head of Research & Leadership Advisory at JRG Partners, I built this 90-day onboarding roadmap for a Nonprofit Executive Director from the transitions that succeeded and the autopsies of those that did not. The first ninety days are asymmetric: credibility built early […]

Executive Search in Renewable Energy & Solar: How Employers Find Proven Leaders in 2026

Renewable Energy Leadership Team

As Global Head of Research & Leadership Advisory at JRG Partners, I have prepared this guide for boards and investors conducting executive search in Renewable Energy & Solar in 2026. This is one of the fastest-growing sectors in the economy, where developers, manufacturers, and […]

Executive Search in Logistics & 3PL: How Employers Find Proven Leaders in 2026

Supply Chain Leadership

As Global Head of Research & Leadership Advisory at JRG Partners, I have prepared this guide for boards and investors conducting executive search in Logistics & 3PL in 2026. This is an industry where e-commerce expectations, automation, and network complexity have made […]

Executive Search in Packaging: How Employers Find Proven Leaders in 2026

Packaging Industry Executives

As Global Head of Research & Leadership Advisory at JRG Partners, I have prepared this guide for boards and investors conducting executive search in Packaging in 2026. This is an industry balancing cost and scale against a sustainability transformation, where brand-owner […]