Pat LibbyApr 2Getting to YES with a new hireA few weeks ago, I had something happen to me for the first time in all the years I’ve spent hiring people and leading searches for...
Pat LibbyJul 27, 2021Thinking of changing jobs? Things to consider and questions to askThe pandemic has been a life-changing experience for all of us. It gave everyone who wasn’t confronting the disaster personally or...
Pat LibbyMar 25, 2021How to avoid a failed executive searchI am a person who loves what I do. But I don’t love it when I am asked to re-do someone else’s failed search because I know that means...
Pat LibbyAug 17, 2018An Insiders’ Guide to Executive Recruitment: Finding and convincing talent to join your nonprofitDo you ever wish you could clone yourself? I’m only kidding of course (and I can’t imagine my husband putting up with two of me!). It’s...
Pat LibbySep 19, 2017How to blow a job interviewI have to tell you, sometimes I just want to run from the room screaming because I’m so frustrated that a candidate has wasted everyone’s ti
Pat LibbyApr 19, 2017We’re not robots: Why executive transitions are stressful and what you can do about itExecutive transitions are emotional. They’re emotional because the circumstances that lead to change, whatever they are, tend to be...