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. As AI takes over more of the analysis and execution, a counterintuitive truth is […]
Category Archives: Hiring Insights
For Employers, Hiring Insights
The Overqualified Objection: When Senior Candidates Want Smaller Roles
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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. When a senior candidate wants a smaller role than their résumé suggests, employers get […]
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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. Judgment is arguably the single most important executive quality and the hardest to see […]
For Employers, Hiring Insights
Why Charisma Is Overrated in CEO Selection (And What Predicts Success)
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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 boards picture a great CEO, they picture a charismatic one, commanding, inspiring, magnetic, […]
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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. A new CFO’s first 100 days set the […]
For Employers, Hiring Insights
Chief of Staff as Career Accelerator: Building the Role Into Succession Plans
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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 use the Chief of Staff role tactically, to extend an executive’s capacity, and miss its […]
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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. AI is not just changing how work gets done; it is beginning to reshape the leadership structure of […]
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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. Age is the bias employers exercise most […]
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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. Employers assess senior candidates for […]
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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. Humility sounds like a soft, secondary virtue in a leader, pleasant but not powerful, […]