As an executive search firm, we have led more than 100 searches to find CEOs for the world’s largest faith-based nonprofits. In every instance, there is a board who is strongly committed to the future of the institution, and in every instance, there is great intent to assure that the transition from the incumbent to the [...]
To text or not to text…that should be the question we ask ourselves when it comes to business communication these days. The remote world has created a more relaxed culture - allowing us to take advantage of a work-from-home dress code, and seemingly giving us a pass to default to a more informal means of business [...]
Even as I write the title, I know that it is audacious. Nobody could so precisely synthesize the unending responsibilities of a CEO into a single most important role. But we believe there is one … A simple search of the internet indicates that this is not the first time someone has attempted to crystalize the [...]
When we conduct a search for an executive who will succeed in a leadership role with one of our clients we take into consideration what we believe to be the four critical components of a successful “fit.” These elements of fit include the skill set that the executive brings to the table, the cultural match with [...]
I taught high school Sunday School for nearly a decade. One of my students was the quarterback of the local football team, and whenever I asked him a question that he was not sure of the answer, he would smile real big and slowly say “Jesus”? No kidding…he got a scholarship to Princeton. As “Jesus” was [...]
In that we are an executive search firm, it may seem fairly self-serving to include, in our newsletter, an article advocating external hires. The obvious truth is that our entire industry goes away if organizations quit recruiting leadership from the outside. And yet, surprisingly, internal promotions are equally critical to the success of the executive search [...]
Some years ago, I placed Diana (true story - but not her real name) as a mid-level executive in a fairly large financial services company that had offices and people distributed across the globe. The role Diana accepted was brand new and was still being defined, but her future boss had assured Diana that the two [...]
What is God’s will for my life? Anyone who has ever led a small group or a Sunday school class of high school or college age students will recognize this as the most frequently asked question and the most popular topic of study. This article is not about that. But it is about a parallel topic [...]
You like the employee. He or she has not stolen anything, threatened violence, or incited riots, but this person is just not working out within your organization. You know it and, more importantly, your team knows it. You need to make a change, but before you do, you have a big decision to make: Do you [...]