Category Archives: For Employers

COO Job Description Template: Responsibilities, Requirements, and KPIs

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As Global Head of Research & Leadership Advisory at JRG Partners, I built this COO 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 job description is a […]

President / Division President Job Description Template: Responsibilities, Requirements, and KPIs

Corporate Executive Meeting

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

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

Quality Manager

As Global Head of Research & Leadership Advisory at JRG Partners, I built this VP of Quality 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 job […]

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

Tech Leadership Interview

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

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

Customer Success Executive

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

25 Interview Questions to Ask When Hiring a Director of Operations (With What Great Answers Sound Like)

Team Leadership Meeting

As Global Head of Research & Leadership Advisory at JRG Partners, I offer these 25 interview questions to ask when hiring a Director of Operations, drawn from real assessment work rather than theory. Each question comes with listening guidance: the shape of a great answer, and […]

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

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

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

Chief Legal Officer Meeting

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

How to Measure Director of Operations Performance: KPIs, Scorecards, and Benchmarks

Operations Strategy Meeting

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

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

Chief Product Officer Onboarding

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