Category Archives: For Employers

What Is an Offer Letter vs an Employment Agreement for Executives?

Offer Letter

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 […]

What Is an Executive Talent Community and Should Your Company Build One?

Business Networking

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 […]

Silent Signals: What Executive Candidates Judge You On During Interviews

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. While employers focus on the questions they ask, executive candidates are reading a parallel set […]

LinkedIn Profile Forensics: Vetting Executive Candidates Online

LinkedIn Profile Audit

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. A candidate’s LinkedIn profile is a rich, […]

How to Onboard an Executive Into a Skeptical Leadership Team

New Leader Introduction

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. A new executive who joins a leadership team […]

Pre-IPO Leadership Audits: The Roles Public Markets Expect You to Have

IPO Business Meeting

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 preparing to go public focus intensely on financials and governance and often discover […]

Compensating Advisory Boards: Market Norms for Private Companies

Corporate Governance Meeting 1 1

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. Private companies assemble advisory boards […]

The Cluster Hire: Building an Entire Leadership Team in One Coordinated Search

The Cluster Hire: Building an Entire Leadership Team in One Coordinated Search

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. Sometimes a company needs not one executive […]

Executive Interview Scorecard Template: Criteria, Weighting, and Scales

Recruitment Analytics Dashboard

As Global Head of Research & Leadership Advisory at JRG Partners, I give clients this template constantly, so here is the practitioner’s version, ready to adapt. A scorecard turns interviewing from an exercise in impressions into a structured, comparable assessment, which is […]

Compensation Benchmarking Template: Building a Defensible Executive Pay Case

Payroll And Compensation Analytics

As Global Head of Research & Leadership Advisory at JRG Partners, I have built and refined this template across hundreds of executive searches, so here is the version that actually works. Executive compensation decisions get challenged, by candidates, boards, and sometimes […]