Companies and candidates can avoid costly late-stage withdrawals in executive searches by conducting thorough upfront due diligence.

The financial risk of getting executive placement wrong far outweighs the costs of getting it right.

The biggest cost of extended executive job searches isn't financial - it's deeply personal. How to navigate them.

You wouldn't run a company without insurance. Why run one without succession readiness?

Some ideas how to expand your senior executive network beyond your home industry.

Alternative paths that will help you tide over the crisis, and might even be genuinely attractive career moves that can be very rewarding.

Consulting Partner searches are highly complex and require understanding the whole consulting ecosystem.

Team moves are like running several executive searches in parallel, and pose specific challenges.

The right approach depends upon where you stand and what you are trying to achieve.

The Bad News: The cautious executive talent market will persist. The Good News: We will see a massive recruitment boom once this phase is over.

What makes a great Consulting Partner?

Consulting Partner recruitment poses many additional challenges in comparison to "standard" executive search mandates.

Boards need directors with real executive talent expertise and talent acquisition expertise to effectively develop executive talent.

Boards need directors with real executive talent expertise to drive competitive advantage in today's volatile business environment.

Successful family business succession requires leaders who understand "the company's soul", not just business metrics.

CEO succession should be a strategic, forward-looking process that builds leadership capability, not a reactive event to replace departing leaders.

AI enhances executive search by freeing us to focus on what really matters - the human elements that drive successful leadership placements.

Executive search addresses immediate leadership needs while succession planning builds sustainable talent pipelines. Great organizations combine both.

Successful CEO succession depends on having honest, uncomfortable conversations early - the human element matters as much as process.

Boards should actively develop leadership ecosystems, not just manage CEO succession events.