The Leadership Team That Built Your Business May Not Be the One That Scales It
One of the more difficult conversations founders have with themselves is recognising when the business has changed more quickly than…
Here you can find our latest research, commentary and industry insights into a range of topics affecting the specialist sectors and functions we recruit for. For more content, head over to our sister company Fram Search.
When Should You Appoint Your First Independent Non Executive Director
Many founder-led businesses assume that appointing an independent Non Executive Director is something that happens shortly before an AIM listing…
Talent Management & Strategy
Hiring During a Secondary Investment
Secondary transactions have become an increasingly important feature of the UK growth market. For many businesses, a secondary marks the…
Talent Management & Strategy
Why We Can’t Find the Senior Leader We Need
The UK has a relatively small number of people who are genuinely well suited to a particular business at a…
Talent Management & Strategy
When Founder Recruitment Stops Working
Founders are often the best recruiters during the early stages of building a business. At some point, though, that approach…
Talent Management & Strategy
The Senior Leadership Hires Growth Companies Usually Wish They Had Made Earlier
Leadership appointments in growth companies have a habit of looking obvious in hindsight. Understanding why this happens is more useful…
Talent Management & Strategy
Why Board-Level Recruitment Processes Stall
There is a noticeable difference between recruiting a senior manager and appointing someone to a board or executive leadership team.…
Talent Management & Strategy
The Best Senior Candidates Usually Aren’t Looking
How do you find senior candidates? Technology should have made it easier, but the experience of most growing businesses suggests…
Talent Management & Strategy
Hiring During Difficult Fundraising Markets
The instinct when fundraising gets harder is to slow recruitment down. Yet some of the most important leadership hires we…
Talent Management & Strategy
Hiring a Chief of Staff in a Growth Company
Hiring a chief of staff in the UK has become increasingly common within growth companies, particularly those scaling quickly after…
Talent Management & Strategy
Hiring a VP of Sales or Sales Director in a Growth Company
A sales leadership hire is one of the few appointments capable of changing the trajectory of a growth company within…
Talent Management & Strategy
Hiring a Head of Marketing in a Growth Company
Marketing leadership is one of the more difficult appointments for a growth company to get right. Fram Professionals works with…