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Conflicting priorities can stall your hiring process
Is your board aligned on the background and skillset you need in the next member of your leadership team? When your team isn’t clear about your goals, it can drag your hiring process in circles. Misalignment causes frustrating delays and confusion down the road in the...
When your network runs dry, what do you do?
Hiring key executives can be hard, especially in the MedTech market. Candidates need the background and skill set to lead teams and make critical decisions in a heavily regulated, high stakes industry. Sometimes finding the right person can feel like looking for a...
When it comes to interviews, less is more.
Have you ever had a bad experience with a recruiting agency? Here’s my theory about why so many recruiters struggle to produce well-suited, committed candidates. Before I founded Allen Partners, I worked as an executive search consultant in Chicago. The firm where I...
When a top candidate turns down your offer
After multiple rounds of interviews, a candidate you were certain was perfect for the role—who seemed enthusiastic about the company and mission—turned down your offer. Now, after weeks of wasted time, thousands of dollars spent flying the candidate out to interview...
Blind Spots that Hinder the Offer
In a recent WSGR panel discussion at the 26th Annual Medical Device Conference entitled “Hiring and Compensating the CEO,” Julie Allen, Founder and Managing Director of Allen Partners Ltd., deliberated on the importance of “Qualified, Interested & Committed”...
The Search for the Right Executive with Julie Allen of Allen Partners
Failed hires, especially at an executive level, are time consuming, expensive, and an overall pain. To learn more about what it takes to find the right executives for the right companies, we sat down with Julie Allen, Managing Director at Allen Partners Ltd. She gave...
Don’t Interview Another Leadership Candidate Until You Read This
The process of hiring the right leader can be like a ship that runs aground more often than you’d think. Surely, every successful startup must do it, but hiring leaders can be fraught with peril when we lose sight of our guiding light – our values and business objectives.
Podcast: How Leaders Find Success in Medtech
Recently, I sat down with Tom Salemi of Healthegy for a Medtech Talk Podcast in which we discussed how leaders find success in today's evolving Medtech sector. You can visit the Healthegy website to listen to the podcast and view the entire transcript, but here is one...
Listen, Communicate, Close the Deal.
A great executive recruiter is to your business what a great scout is to a professional sports team: A partner who can evaluate talent and bring the best information about the right candidate.
To Hire the Best Leaders, Raise the Bar
Your standards are not high enough. That may sound harsh, but if you are a CEO growing or building your leadership team, your standards cannot be too high. Building or growing a leadership team is something nearly every CEO or company founder will face. It can...
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