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The People Who Take the Buyout Are the Ones You Wanted

The People Who Take the Buyout Are the Ones You Wanted

Buyouts self-select on who has options, not who you can spare. The mechanism, and the fix.

October 27, 2026
Market Trends & Insights
Only 8% of CFOs Check Whether the Money Worked

Only 8% of CFOs Check Whether the Money Worked

CFOs call capital allocation broken and rarely check results. Three questions that test it.

Dan Wilkinson
October 22, 2026
Finance & Office of the CFO
Healthcare Roll-Ups Keep Hiring the Wrong CFO

Healthcare Roll-Ups Keep Hiring the Wrong CFO

Roll-up finance is integration work. Four things to test before you hire the platform CFO.

Dan Wilkinson
October 15, 2026
Finance & Office of the CFO
Your 2027 Plan Assumed Interest Rate Cuts. You Got a Hike

Your 2027 Plan Assumed Interest Rate Cuts. You Got a Hike

Plans drafted on rate cuts met a hike. Four hiring assumptions that quietly broke.

Dan Wilkinson
October 6, 2026
Market Trends & Insights
Your 2027 Plan Budgets for Nobody Good Leaving

Your 2027 Plan Budgets for Nobody Good Leaving

Merit budgets are flat at 3.5%. The pool that retains leaders is 0.5%. Fix it now.

Dan Wilkinson
September 30, 2026
Executive Search & Talent Strategy
The CFO Bench Ran Out. That Is Why Hires Are Younger.

The CFO Bench Ran Out. That Is Why Hires Are Younger.

CFO hires are younger because the experienced pool ran dry. Four signals of readiness.

Dan Wilkinson
September 15, 2026
Finance & Office of the CFO
The CTO Spec That Fails Is Usually Two Jobs

The CTO Spec That Fails Is Usually Two Jobs

These three roles are not a ladder. Four questions that reveal which one you need.

September 8, 2026
Technology & Innovation
PE Firms Screen for Pedigree and Fire for Tempo

PE Firms Screen for Pedigree and Fire for Tempo

PE hires fail on tempo, not credentials. Three signals that test decision speed in the room.

September 1, 2026
Professional Services and Private Equity

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