Insights
Thought leadership.
A regular feed on the decisions behind hiring: organisation design, market evidence, succession, pay and the way talent functions are changing. New pieces are published fortnightly.
15 September 2026
Leadership
When not to hire an executive.
Four situations where appointing a senior leader is the expensive answer to a question that has not been asked properly.
5 min read
14 September 2026
Talent Intelligence
What a talent map should tell a board before a search begins.
A list of names is not a talent map. Six things a board should expect from the evidence before authorising a process.
6 min read
13 September 2026
Reward
Why salary benchmarking without market context is dangerous.
A percentile table is a number without an explanation. Used on its own, it produces offers that are simultaneously too expensive and uncompetitive.
5 min read
12 September 2026
Private Markets
What private-equity investors should know before replacing portfolio leadership.
Replacing a portfolio chief executive is the most expensive decision in the value creation plan, and the one most often made on instinct.
6 min read
11 September 2026
Talent Strategy
The hidden cost of treating talent strategy separately from business strategy.
When the people plan is written after the commercial plan, the gap between them is paid for in delayed milestones nobody attributes to hiring.
5 min read
10 September 2026
Transformation
How to think about AI in your TA transformation journey.
Automating a process that does not work produces the same outcome faster. Where AI does earn its place, and where it does not.
6 min read
9 September 2026
Executive Search
A shortlist is only as good as the brief behind it.
Most disappointing shortlists are not a sourcing failure. They are a briefing failure that became visible eight weeks later.
4 min read
8 September 2026
Talent Advisory
Talent decisions are business decisions.
The separation between commercial planning and people planning costs organisations more than any single appointment.
5 min read
7 September 2026
Market Intelligence
What market evidence should tell a board.
Benchmarking is often presented as a number. Its value lies in the decision it supports.
4 min read
6 September 2026
Workforce Strategy
Succession risk is rarely where you expect it.
Boards plan for the chief executive. The exposure is often two levels below.
3 min read
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