Insights

Executive search, leadership, careers and the textile & apparel industry.

Selected ideas from Staying Power, Precision Placements and more than thirty years of conversations with companies and executives—expanded beyond the LinkedIn feed into a permanent resource.

Growing archive

From LinkedIn discussion to evergreen insight.

The best social posts will be expanded here with additional context from the finished Staying Power manuscript, practical questions and links to related Precision Placements resources.

Executive Search

Define the Real Job

Why an executive search should define outcomes, the company’s real operating environment and the perspective the leadership team needs.

Search Strategy

A Search Can Fail Before It Starts

Why mandate clarity, real authority and leadership sponsorship belong in the search process before sourcing begins.

Use the archive two ways

For the people making the hire—and the people considering the move.

For Companies

Search decisions grounded in the business problem.

Explore retained search, diagnosis, candidate evaluation and the conditions that help an executive succeed after Day One.

For Companies
For Executives

Career decisions grounded in the real opportunity.

Explore how career stories are evaluated and what senior candidates should understand before committing to a role.

For Candidates