Category Archives: For Employers

How Do I Hire My Company’s First Head of Sales?

Project Execution

As Global Head of Research & Leadership Advisory at JRG Partners, here is the direct answer employers actually need, without the jargon. Hire your first head of sales when you have a proven, repeatable sales motion to scale, not to figure out how to sell in the first place, and […]

Should Executive Candidates Complete a Case Study or Presentation?

Senior Manager Presenting

As Global Head of Research & Leadership Advisory at JRG Partners, I have written this plain-English explainer because the question comes up in nearly every client conversation. Yes, when the exercise genuinely assesses something the role requires and respects the candidate’s […]

How to Hire a VP of Sales for a Industrial products company: An Employer’s Field Guide

B2B Sales Leader

Having placed leaders into roles like this repeatedly, we wrote this field guide to give employers the practitioner’s view of what this specific hire demands. Hiring a VP of Sales for an industrial products company demands someone who understands long, technical, […]

How to Hire a VP of Operations for a Food manufacturer: An Employer’s Field Guide

Food Factory Management

This field guide reflects what we have learned placing executives into this exact role and industry, the distinctions that matter and the mistakes that recur. Hiring a VP of Operations for a food manufacturer demands someone who commands food-specific operations, food safety and […]

The 10 Most Common Reasons Executive Searches Fail (Ranked by Frequency)

Corporate Hiring Crisis

This ranked list distills what our team at JRG Partners has learned placing executives, ordered to be useful, not just comprehensive. Executive searches fail more often than they should, and usually for predictable, preventable reasons. This ranking orders the ten most common […]

Top 10 Supply Chain and Logistics Executive Recruiters in 2026

Logistics Leadership Team

At JRG Partners, we run searches like this across the industry, so this field guide distills what actually separates a strong hire from a costly mismatch. Choosing a recruiter for a supply chain or logistics executive hire is consequential, and what employers need is not a […]

Manufacturing Executive Recruiters in Houston: How Employers Choose the Right Partner

Executive Search Consultants

Drawing on our searches in this market, this guide gives employers a practical view of the local industry, its talent, and how to pick the right search partner. Houston’s manufacturing market is shaped by its energy and industrial economy, with strength in industrial equipment, […]

Energy Executive Recruiters in Houston: How Employers Choose the Right Partner

Energy Industry Boardroom

Having placed executives in this market, we wrote this guide to give employers a grounded view of the local talent landscape and how to hire into it. Houston is the energy capital of the world, home to the densest concentration of energy companies and energy leadership talent […]

Hiring Executives for a Carve-Out: Standing Up Leadership From Scratch

Corporate Spin Off

As Global Head of Research & Leadership Advisory at JRG Partners, I have watched this play out across hundreds of executive searches, and the pattern is clear enough to write down. Hiring executives for a carve-out, standing up a business separated from a parent company, is a […]

The First-Time Executive Report: How New C-Suite Leaders Perform

First Time CEO

This JRG Partners report synthesizes what we observe in the executive search market into a practical analysis for employers and boards. First-time executives, leaders stepping into a C-suite role for the first time, represent both opportunity and risk: they can bring fresh […]