Two years ago, we published a decidedly in-your-face-article about how the holiday season is where executive hiring deals go to die. This wasn’t a flash in the pan sort of situation, but rather a reflection on years of experience working to get hiring deals over the finish line before...

Recently, we were invited by Brooke Moran of the Western Colorado University MBA program to talk with recent grads about executive search in the outdoor industry (check out the video here!). The outdoors are a big business in Colorado, and many of the fresh MBAs know they may find...

It might be hard to believe, but the swiftest economic downturn in history has already begun to reverse course. We aren’t quite seeing the “V” recovery some economists predicted as early as May—it’s more of a wide “U”—but new reports, including these five reported by Business Insider, show that...

When we sit down with a client to learn about the position they’re trying to fill, more often than not we arrive at the same shorthand for the perfect fit: “Michael Jordan.” You need an incredibly high performer? Somebody with just a ton of confidence and the skills to...

The COVID-19 pandemic means different things to different people. Individuals are learning how to work from home (or, in the case of essential workers, learning how to continue working in the face of a crisis). Some companies are thriving, others are taking a hard look at what it will...