A board member asked me last month how people were finding her organization. She meant Google. I told her the more useful question now is what an AI says when somebody asks it where to give, or where to work, or who does this kind of work in Cleveland. She had not...
Every search firm has a client list. Most of them are a logo wall. This is a story about one client, because the story is worth telling on its own terms and because of when it happened. Stockton, 1990 Michael Tubbs was born in Stockton, California, on August 2, 1990....
Diriger un organisme à but non lucratif au Québec n’est pas la même chose que diriger un organisme ailleurs au Canada. Le financement public passe par des programmes qui ont leur propre vocabulaire, le bilinguisme est une exigence...
A personal commitment from F. Jay Hall Our Purpose and My Promise Behind every job posting is work that matters. Behind every application is a person hoping to do it. We have a responsibility to both. Arnie Miller helped me understand that responsibility. As one of...
Florida es una palabra española. Se la puso Juan Ponce de León en 1513, por la Pascua Florida, y el territorio fue español durante más tiempo del que lleva siendo estadounidense. Conviene tenerlo presente antes de tratar el español de Miami como algo reciente. Miami...
For twenty years the answer to “who is responsible for a hiring decision” was boring and settled. The employer was. You could buy software to help you sort applicants, and if the sorting turned out to be discriminatory, that was still your problem, because...
Editor’s note, 18 September 2026. Arnold J. “Arnie” Miller died on 15 April 2026, aged 85, after eighteen years with Parkinson’s disease. This article is republished in his memory. It first ran on ExecSearches.com in 2001. It went down with an...
Q3 2026 update. The Digital Omnibus is now law, Regulation (EU) 2026/1744, and the deferral held. The full third-quarter analysis, including what still binds in 2026, the US state patchwork, and the queue math behind the staffing question, is here: The Deadline Moved....
Research BriefWhat employers themselves report about applicant tracking systems: adoption, effectiveness, screening, integration, measurement, and where the money is going next.Almost everything written about applicant tracking systems is written from the...
Nonprofit Leadership and RiskYour organization may need serious governance, risk, and compliance expertise long before it has the budget or workload for a full-time department.Your nonprofit can have a real governance problem without having a full-time governance...
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For Chief Audit Executives, the question isn’t whether AI will impact your organization. It’s whether your audit function is ready. Our latest infographic highlights 10 critical questions every Chief Audit Executive should be asking about AI governance, model risk,...
Key Takeaway To hire a powerhouse Nonprofit COO, organizations must stop hiding behind the “passion tax.” Offer transparent, market-aligned salary ranges based on your budget size: Small Organizations (Under $2M) at $75k–$100k, Medium Organizations...
Stop Using AI Like a Chatbot Most people think they’re learning AI because they’re getting better at writing prompts. They’re not. The biggest productivity gains happen when you stop treating AI like a search engine and start treating it like a...
Executive Search and the Future of Recruiting AI Can Conduct Interviews. Here Is What the Best Executive Recruiters Still Do Better. Artificial intelligence is getting remarkably good at managing the mechanics of recruiting. But executive search has never been won...
AI Assistants Series · Hub Article Why AI Assistants Feel So DifferentUnderstanding LLMs, Generative AI, AI Agents, and Agentic AI Five words get used as though they mean the same thing. They do not, and the difference explains why one tool answers your...
Working With Claude Stop Chasing AI. Start Delegating to It. Claude Dispatch offers a glimpse of a new way to work across devices, allowing you to initiate a task from your phone, let the work continue on your desktop, and return when the result is ready for review....
CAREER TRANSITION GUIDE AI Governance Job Titles, Roles, and What Employers Are Actually Looking For A practical breakdown of what AI governance roles look like in practice — and how to tell a real governance position from a rebranded tech or compliance job. By F. Jay...
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