Month: May 2026

Why the way an executive search is paid for is one of the strongest predictors of whether it produces the right result — and what retained search actually buys you that contingency never can. There’s a conversation I’ve had dozens of times over twenty years in executive search. A client…

After two decades running executive searches for private equity-backed companies, the same mistakes show up again and again. Here’s what separates the sponsors who build exceptional leadership teams from the ones who don’t. Private equity sponsors are among the most analytically rigorous buyers in any market. They run detailed financial…