by Richard Sterling | Nov 27, 2025 | Insights, Richard Stirling
If you’ve served on a For-Purpose board, you’ve likely seen it — a fellow director advocating for the appointment of a friend or relative. What I call the insiders. On the surface, the rationale can seem reasonable. It’s someone they know and trust. Someone... 
by Richard Sterling | Nov 26, 2025 | Insights, Richard Stirling
In every executive search briefing I conduct with a For-Purpose board about their CEO recruitment, I ask questions about impact, organisational culture and key deliverables. These conversations are often strategic, thoughtful and focused. But there’s one question that... 
by Richard Sterling | Nov 26, 2025 | Insights, Richard Stirling
There’s a new scourge facing organisations — the rise of the AI-perfected résumé. What once reflected genuine achievement now feels processed and packaged. Achievements are inflated, language so polished it sparkles, and individuality replaced by algorithmic symmetry.... 
by Richard Sterling | Apr 20, 2020 | Insights, Richard Stirling
I can’t help but feel sympathy for a CEO. There are so many competing functions within an organisation all shouting out for bigger budgets, demanding priority, and constantly niggling away to have their reporting line direct to the CEO. From many conversations with... 
by Richard Sterling | Apr 20, 2020 | Insights, Richard Stirling
Before I formally introduce the new power couple let me share with some of my observations about them. As things are these days this couple does not escape attention. They are followed relentlessly on social media and reported in conventional media. They are not...