Boards
What boards get wrong about culture fit
'Fit' is the most used and least examined word in executive appointments. Used carelessly, it becomes a polite word for sameness.
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Insights
Notes on leadership, from the partners.
Occasional, considered writing on boards, succession and the craft of leadership, drawn from two decades of appointments.
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Leadership
The first hundred days are a myth. The first eighteen months are not.
New leaders are told to move quickly. The evidence suggests the ones who last are the ones who learn slowly and act decisively, in that order.
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Candidates
A candidate's guide to being headhunted
What to say when the call comes, what to ask, and how to keep your options and your reputation intact.
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Markets
The CTO who sits on the board
Technology has become a board-level risk and a board-level opportunity. Few boards have yet adjusted their composition to match.
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Leadership
References are not the end of a search. They are the search.
The most important evidence about a leader rarely appears in an interview. It lives in the memories of people who have worked for them.
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Correspondence
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