Search · 2026-08-14 · 7 min
The brief is the search
By the time a retained search is going badly, the problem is usually months old and sits in the specification everyone signed and nobody believed.
Insights
Short pieces on how searches succeed and fail, what compensation conversations should look like, and the roles that are hardest to fill. Written by the partners, not a content team.
Search · 2026-08-14 · 7 min
By the time a retained search is going badly, the problem is usually months old and sits in the specification everyone signed and nobody believed.
Method · 2026-07-30 · 5 min
A long shortlist looks like diligence. Usually it is the opposite.
Compensation · 2026-08-20 · 5 min
Keeping the compensation range back until the final round does not protect anyone. It just wastes the first two weeks.
Search · 2026-06-18 · 4 min
A reference list made of advocates confirms the candidate has friends. It does not tell you how they behave when it goes wrong.
Firm · 2026-05-02 · 3 min
A short note on who we act for, and why the answer needs to stay short.
Method · 2026-08-26 · 5 min
A process you are welcome to borrow.