Public Company CEOs vs. Private Equity CEOs: Understanding the Market
The information needed to analyze public company CEOs is quite comprehensive and readily available. And these details are so accessible precisely because public companies must fulfill specific reporting requirements, including giving statements about their executive hiring practices and compensation plans. With a simple Google search (or, if you’re feeling inclined, an EDGAR query), you can
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Who’s Hiring? Your Nearest Private Equity Portfolio Company
Following record growth between 2020 and 2021, demand for talent across all industries increased at levels unseen in decades. Fueled by economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and access to inexpensive credit, private equity (PE) firms acquired small and mid-size organizations to add to their ever-growing portfolios. Toward the end of 2021, demand for executives
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The Correlation Between Female Athletes & Successful Leadership
By Sam Torres, Managing Director — Sam Torres specializes in placing senior executives across the sports industry, including CEOs, COOs, CFOs, CIOs, CMOs, CTOs, and Vice Presidents. With a deep understanding of team operations, fan engagement, and sports business strategy, Sam offers critical perspectives that are routinely featured in Forbes, Entrepreneur, Business Insider, and other
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Who Is the Best Fit for a CFO Role: A CPA or an MBA?
By Shawn Cole, President & Founder — Shawn Cole is a nationally recognized authority on CFO recruiting. His insights regularly appear in Forbes, Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, CFO Dive, Entrepreneur, and other leading publications, delivering nuanced and critical analysis on executive recruitment, succession planning, enterprise transformation, and the evolving
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Are We Headed for an Executive Hiring Crisis?
The Great Resignation made headlines in 2021, with scores of employees leaving their jobs amid the pandemic and societal upheaval. But while these issues have receded, another crisis looms in the distance: the upcoming executive labor shortage as baby boomers leave the workforce. Baby boomers — generally defined as people born between 1946 and 1964
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CEOs Are Shaking Up the Way They Select Their CFOs
By Shawn Cole, President & Founder — Shawn Cole is a nationally recognized authority on CFO recruiting. His insights regularly appear in Forbes, Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, CFO Dive, Entrepreneur, and other leading publications, delivering nuanced and critical analysis on executive recruitment, succession planning, enterprise transformation, and the evolving
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How to Instill & Foster a Growth Mindset in Your Employees
With a growth mindset and a focus on growth marketing, there’s no limit to what you and your team can accomplish together. There are two primary types of mindsets; growth and fixed. Individuals with a fixed mindset have difficulty seeing past their current responsibilities or even six months into the future. When change occurs, they can become paralyzed,
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Is Your Future CEO a Woman Under 55? Maybe.
Executives aren’t known for being a remarkably diverse bunch of people. Most are near retirement age and tend to be white and male. According to research from The Corporate Board, the average CEO is 58 years old, with some being quite a bit older, like Warren Buffet of Berkshire Hathaway, who is currently 92 and
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CEO Succession Practice Trends: What to Know
CEOs have faced numerous challenges in recent years: a catastrophic pandemic, shifts to remote work (and back again), supply chain disruptions, and a floundering economy. As a result, many have placed succession plans on the back burner, ensuring that leadership remained intact to navigate the company through choppy seas. However, as the world has begun
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Leigh Gower Dutch Bros Coffee
Chief Technology Officer The Cowen Partners Origin Series profiles executives from across the globe who are changing the face of business. Read along to hear their stories. Leigh Gower, as she tells her mentees, was never one to say “here’s my North Star, my career is going to be this, and this is what I’m
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