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The September Window
Labor Day is the second New Year of the business calendar, and the September surge is real: boards reconvene, budgets enter their final quarter, and the executives who will move in January become reachable now. A search that starts this month can seat a leader before year end. One that waits for January starts the year behind.
The Fluency Test
Every executive candidate now speaks fluent AI. Vocabulary can be acquired in a weekend; the judgment to know when the model is wrong cannot. The interview must test for one, not the other.
The Vacancy Tax
When a leadership seat sits empty, no invoice arrives - but the organization pays every week in stalled decisions, drifting initiatives, and overloaded teams. This is the vacancy tax, and it compounds daily.
The Readiness Gap
Boards increasingly expect leaders who can navigate AI, geopolitical uncertainty, and workforce transformation. Yet most organizations still evaluate candidates based on what they have already done, not on what they will need to do next. The result is a widening gap between the leaders companies say they want and the leaders they actually select.
