As Global Head of Research & Leadership Advisory at JRG Partners, I offer these 25 interview questions to ask when hiring a CEO, drawn from real assessment work rather than theory. Each question comes with listening guidance: the shape of a great answer, and the tells that […]
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For Employers, Interview Guides
25 Interview Questions to Ask When Hiring a Chief AI Officer (With What Great Answers Sound Like)
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As Global Head of Research & Leadership Advisory at JRG Partners, I built this set of interview questions to ask when hiring a Chief AI Officer for hiring committees that want signal, not performance. Twenty-five questions follow, organized by competency, each with notes on what […]
For Employers, Interview Guides
25 Interview Questions to Ask When Hiring a VP of R&D (With What Great Answers Sound Like)
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As Global Head of Research & Leadership Advisory at JRG Partners, I built this set of interview questions to ask when hiring a VP of R&D for hiring committees that want signal, not performance. Twenty-five questions follow, organized by competency, each with notes on what great […]
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As Global Head of Research & Leadership Advisory at JRG Partners, I offer this guide to CMO KPIs and performance measurement for the boards and CEOs who own the review. A role is governed by what its scorecard rewards, so the scorecard deserves the same rigor as the hire. Below: […]
Executive KPIs, For Employers
How to Measure General Manager Performance: KPIs, Scorecards, and Benchmarks
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As Global Head of Research & Leadership Advisory at JRG Partners, I built this framework for measuring General Manager performance from the scorecards that actually govern well. Measurement done badly is worse than none: it rewards theater and punishes honesty. The six KPIs […]
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As Global Head of Research & Leadership Advisory at JRG Partners, I wrote this guide to how to measure VP of R&D 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 […]
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As Global Head of Research & Leadership Advisory at JRG Partners, I wrote this first-90-days roadmap for a new CTO because transitions are where hiring investments are protected or squandered. The structure below, listen and diagnose, align and decide, act and deliver, is the […]
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As Global Head of Research & Leadership Advisory at JRG Partners, I built this 90-day onboarding roadmap for a VP of Marketing from the transitions that succeeded and the autopsies of those that did not. The first ninety days are asymmetric: credibility built early compounds for […]
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As Global Head of Research & Leadership Advisory at JRG Partners, I wrote this first-90-days roadmap for a new VP of Procurement because transitions are where hiring investments are protected or squandered. The structure below, listen and diagnose, align and decide, act and […]
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As Global Head of Research & Leadership Advisory at JRG Partners, I have ranked the top 10 most in-demand executive roles in Oil & Gas for 2026 based on our search activity and the sector’s structural shifts. This is an industry balancing disciplined capital returns from its […]