Category Archives: Hiring Insights

Human Skills in an AI Company: What to Hire For When Machines Do the Analysis

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 […]

The Overqualified Objection: When Senior Candidates Want Smaller Roles

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 […]

How to Interview for Judgment: The Skill Résumés Can’t Show

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 […]

Why Charisma Is Overrated in CEO Selection (And What Predicts Success)

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, […]

First 100 Days for a New CFO: A Function-Specific Roadmap

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 […]

Chief of Staff as Career Accelerator: Building the Role Into Succession Plans

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 […]

Age and the C-Suite: Avoiding Bias While Assessing Energy and Runway

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 […]

Hiring Humble Leaders: The Business Case for Low-Ego Executives

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, […]