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The Contingency Trap: Why Fee Structure Determines Search Outcome
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…
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What PE Sponsors Get Wrong About Portfolio Company Hiring
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…
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Why The Best Searches in Private Equity Never Get Posted
The most consequential leadership roles in alternatives are filled before they’re ever advertised. Here’s how that market actually works — and what it means for firms and candidates on both sides of it. Spend any time working in or around private equity, venture capital, or asset management, and a pattern…