As Global Head of Research & Leadership Advisory at JRG Partners, I spend much of my time on exactly this question, and the conventional wisdom around it is only half right. A new CHRO must establish themselves as a strategic leader, not just a functional one, and the first 100 […]
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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 that want strong general managers usually try to hire them, competing for scarce, […]
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. Mid-market companies assume the executives at large corporations are out of reach, too senior, too […]
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. A candidate whose résumé shows many short stints triggers an immediate red flag, and […]
As Global Head of Research & Leadership Advisory at JRG Partners, I spend much of my time on exactly this question, and the conventional wisdom around it is only half right. The standard way to test strategic thinking, hypothetical case questions, mostly reveals who is good at […]
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. Every senior hire poses a version of the same question: do you want the proven domain […]
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. A new CMO faces pressure to make bold marketing moves fast, and the ones who deliver […]
As Global Head of Research & Leadership Advisory at JRG Partners, I spend much of my time on exactly this question, and the conventional wisdom around it is only half right. For every C-suite seat, a company faces a choice it rarely makes deliberately: develop a leader […]
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 quiet migration is underway: capable […]
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. A gap on an executive’s résumé makes employers uneasy, and many treat it as a warning sign to be […]