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The PE Network Is a Great Starting Point for a Portco Search. It Can Be a Terrible Ending Point.
Firms that limit the pool to who they know hire the safest candidate, not the best one.
Executive Search & Talent Strategy
The Healthcare CTO Search Many Companies Run Produces the Wrong Hire
Healthcare CTO searches default to two profiles. Both fail. The right hire is neither.
Technology & Innovation
The Value Creation Plan Doesn't Need One Leader. It Needs Three.
Longer PE holds have broken the assumption that one CEO carries the plan from close to exit.
Executive Search & Talent Strategy
AI Has Made Sourcing Cheap. Hires Are Still Failing at the Same Rate
Speed is the floor of AI-driven search. Judgment is still the moat.
Executive Search & Talent Strategy
Equity Comp Is Broken at the PE-Backed Mid-Market
Boards pitch PE-backed equity like it's public-company equity. The candidates have figured it out.
Market Trends & Insights
The CFO You Hire Should Match the Company You Are, Not the Company You Wish You Were
Most CFO searches default to the prestige profile. Four out of five times, it's wrong.
Finance & Office of the CFO
The Gig C-Suite Isn't Coming. It's Already Here.
Stop choosing structure before scoping the work. The work should choose the structure.
Enterprise Leadership
The Real Cost of a Bad Executive Hire Isn't the Severance
The salary and severance are the smallest cost of a bad executive hire. Here's the rest.
Enterprise Leadership
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