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 company hires a seasoned executive to bring professional leadership, and within months the new […]
Category Archives: Hiring Insights
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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. Mergers are won or lost in leadership integration, and the question of who stays and who […]
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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. Companies tend to think about activist […]
For Employers, Hiring Insights
Hiring Executives for a Company You Haven’t Bought Yet: Pre-Deal Searches
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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. Acquirers plan to install new leadership after a deal closes, then discover that finding […]
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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. When employers think about winning […]
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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. In a culture that prizes speed, taking longer to hire feels like failure, and employers […]
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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 tend to evaluate new executives either too late, after problems have festered, or […]
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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. Restructuring a leadership team, removing executive roles, is among the hardest things a […]
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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. ESG has become a politicized acronym that obscures a simpler, durable truth about leadership. Strip away […]
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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. When a board faces a CEO crisis, a sudden departure, a forced transition, a leadership emergency, […]