Why GC Searches Take Longer Than They Should

General Counsel searches routinely run forty percent longer than the timeline set at kickoff. The friction is rarely a shortage of candidates. It is a shortage of alignment on the brief.

Boards and CEOs often want different things from the same hire, and the gap surfaces only at final-round. Closing it early, before names are on the table, is the single most reliable way to compress the cycle without sacrificing fit.

Every week spent sharpening the brief saves three weeks at the offer stage.