Ep 29: Why Half of All Leadership Hires Fail with Alastair Paton
Half of senior leadership hires don't work out within 18 months. Charlotte Sweeney OBE sits down with Alastair Paton, founding partner of executive search firm The Good Board, to find out why. They explore how the recruitment industry industrialised itself out of the craft that made it work, why "chemistry" quietly beats capability in the hiring room, and why AI can speed up board and C-suite recruitment but can't replace the human judgement that actually gets it right.
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