Practitioner perspectives on PE-backed executive search — CFO hiring, CEO calibration, search process, AI in search, and market data from the PE-CXO community of 50,000+ executives. Every post is written by a Falcon practitioner, not a content team.
Every CFO candidate believes they are PE-caliber. Most are wrong — and the distinction matters more than most interview processes are designed to catch.
The most common reason a retained search produces an off-spec first slate is not sourcing failure. It is calibration failure — and it is preventable.
Exclusive PE-CXO survey data on the three dynamics reshaping the PE-backed executive market — and what deal teams are getting wrong about each.
Every search firm now describes its AI capabilities. Most of it is true. Some of it is a liability sponsors have not yet priced in.
Falcon's average time from signed engagement to accepted offer. What is more useful than the number is what drives it — and where most processes lose time.
The super-controller trap, fit as an afterthought, and ceiling misassessment — the three derailment patterns, and what better looks like.
