Robert Hebert
The Talent Jungle
The Upside of the Venture Capital Crisis
I profess no special insight into what really goes on inside the Canadian venture capital world. I am not part of the esteemed club, do not possess the insider’s secret decoder ring and am not a confidant to anyone who has one. Instead, my vantage point is down the food chain looking up, a service provider selling to, working for, and dependent upon this community for part of my livelihood…
Robert Hebert
The Talent Jungle
The Plight of the 50+ Tech Sector Executive - Part 2
The plight of the 50+ executive is anything but hopeless. Here are a few things they can do…
Robert Hebert
The Talent Jungle
The Plight of the 50+ Tech Sector Executive - Part 1
An increasing number of seasoned tech sector executives are struggling to understand why nobody seems to want to hire them. These are capable, senior individuals whose ships have been without a port for some time and who seem to be perennial runners-up for positions they covet. Perhaps even more worrisome, they are increasingly losing out for positions they would have turned down not that long ago. Perplexed and angry, they demand to know why. I am often in the line of that fire…
Robert Hebert
The Talent Jungle
Board Recruiting Trends
Last week’s Fortune Magazine ran an article called Lessons of the Fall. In it several big- time CEOs were asked what they learned from their highly publicized firings. As one reflected on his Board of Directors, he observed, ‘looking at the company through a little hole once a quarter at a four-hour meeting - board members don’t know much about the company’. This is a comment we hear a lot…
Robert Hebert
The Talent Jungle
Salary Negotiations: How to Mess with a Headhunter’s Head
Salary negotiations are often quite tricky in executive search…
Mark MacLeod
The CFOs Corner
The big decision: should you go big or sell early?
A few months ago, Dell picked up venture-backed Equalogic for $1.4B in cash. As I thought about how many ways $1.4B can be divided, it reminded me of the decision all companies & founders face at some point: do you take it all the way or do you sell out early?