
With demographic shifts accelerating and C-suite succession planning under pressure, the leadership pipeline is starting to show real cracks. Executive search firms are feeling it from both ends, especially as senior leaders are aging out and top talent is becoming harder to source.
The result is a brewing storm that is reshaping the economics, structure, and urgency of the search industry itself.
Evan Berta, an associate at Hunt Scanlon Ventures, sat down recently with Shawn Cole, President and Founding Partner of Cowen Partners Executive Search, to unpack what’s driving this shift and what recruiting firms must do to stay competitive.
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