Category Archives: Scenario Guides

Hiring Executives for a Turnaround: A Board Playbook for Distressed Companies

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. Hiring executives for a turnaround is one […]

Hiring Executives for Hypergrowth: Leadership at 100% Year-Over-Year

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. Hiring executives for hypergrowth, a company doubling or more year over year, is […]

Hiring Executives for an IPO: The 18-Month Leadership Countdown

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. Hiring executives ahead of an IPO is a […]

Hiring Executives for an ESOP Company: Culture, Incentives, and Fit

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. Hiring executives for an ESOP company, one […]

Hiring Executives During a Recession: Opportunity in a Down Market

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. Hiring executives during a recession runs against instinct, most companies pull back, but a down market […]

Hiring Executives After a Layoff: Rebuilding Trust and the Team

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. Hiring executives after a layoff is a delicate task, because the leader is joining a wounded […]

Hiring Executives for a Carve-Out: Standing Up Leadership From Scratch

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. Hiring executives for a carve-out, standing up a business separated from a parent company, is a […]

Hiring Executives for a Startup vs a Scale-Up: Different Games, Different Players

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. Hiring executives for a startup and for a scale-up are different games requiring different […]

Hiring Executives for a Nonprofit Merging With a For-Profit Partner

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. Hiring executives for a nonprofit merging […]

Hiring Executives for International Expansion: Your First Overseas 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. Hiring your first overseas leader for […]