Category Archives: For Employers

Chief Commercial Officer Job Description Template: Responsibilities, Requirements, and KPIs

Corporate Strategy Presentation

As Global Head of Research & Leadership Advisory at JRG Partners, I built this Chief Commercial Officer job description template from the specifications that actually close searches. Copy the template below, then, more importantly, customize it with the guidance that follows: a […]

VP of Marketing Job Description Template: Responsibilities, Requirements, and KPIs

Chief Marketing Officer Presentation

As Global Head of Research & Leadership Advisory at JRG Partners, I wrote this VP of Marketing job description template for employers who want the spec to do real work: attract the right candidates, repel the wrong ones, and align the hiring committee before the first interview. […]

VP of Procurement Job Description Template: Responsibilities, Requirements, and KPIs

VP Procurement

As Global Head of Research & Leadership Advisory at JRG Partners, I wrote this VP of Procurement job description template for employers who want the spec to do real work: attract the right candidates, repel the wrong ones, and align the hiring committee before the first […]

25 Interview Questions to Ask When Hiring a Chief Growth Officer (With What Great Answers Sound Like)

CEO Interviewing Candidate

As Global Head of Research & Leadership Advisory at JRG Partners, I built this set of interview questions to ask when hiring a Chief Growth Officer for hiring committees that want signal, not performance. Twenty-five questions follow, organized by competency, each with notes on […]

25 Interview Questions to Ask When Hiring a VP of Supply Chain (With What Great Answers Sound Like)

Supply Chain Executive

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

How to Measure CEO Performance: KPIs, Scorecards, and Benchmarks

CEO Reviewing KPI Report

As Global Head of Research & Leadership Advisory at JRG Partners, I wrote this guide to how to measure CEO 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 follows is […]

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

Business Transformation Strategy

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

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

Business Analytics Meeting

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

The First 90 Days: An Onboarding Roadmap for a COO

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

The First 90 Days: An Onboarding Roadmap for a Division President

New Executive Orientation

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