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. VP-level hiring often relies on unstructured conversations that reward the articulate over the capable. A structured […]
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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. You run a confidential search with a tightly controlled circle of knowledge, and you almost certainly […]
As Global Head of Research & Leadership Advisory at JRG Partners, here is the direct answer employers actually need, without the jargon. Announce it personally and thoughtfully, tailoring the message to reassure and orient employees internally before communicating externally, […]
Having placed leaders into roles like this repeatedly, we wrote this field guide to give employers the practitioner’s view of what this specific hire demands. Hiring a CFO for a SaaS company is not the same as hiring a general CFO, because SaaS finance runs on metrics, dynamics, […]
Drawing on our searches for this role across the sector, this field guide lays out what employers should actually look for, and look out for. Hiring a CMO for a franchise brand demands someone who understands the distinctive dual-marketing challenge, building the national brand […]
Drawing on our searches for this role across the sector, this field guide lays out what employers should actually look for, and look out for. Hiring a Head of Procurement for an aerospace supplier demands someone who commands aerospace’s exacting supply chain, stringent quality […]
Drawing on our executive search work, we put this list together to give employers a practical, ranked view they can actually act on. The C-suite is expanding, with new titles emerging as companies respond to technology, data, growth, and other priorities. This list covers ten of […]
Drawing on our searches for this role across the sector, this field guide lays out what employers should actually look for, and look out for. Boutique executive search firms, smaller, specialized, and often deeply expert in a niche, can outperform large firms for the right […]
At JRG Partners, we run executive searches across this market, so this guide reflects what actually matters when hiring here, not generic advice. Cincinnati is a distinctive CPG hub, anchored by major consumer packaged goods companies and known for producing deep […]
As Global Head of Research & Leadership Advisory at JRG Partners, I want to lay out what actually works here, because the gap between common practice and best practice on this topic is wide. Hiring executives for hypergrowth, a company doubling or more year over year, is […]









