How to Benchmark Compensation Before Starting a Construction or Facilities Executive Search
A seven-step playbook for benchmarking compensation before starting a construction, facilities, or real estate executive search, so you attract the right candidates and close without surprises.
The Committee Hiring Problem: How Too Many Decision-Makers Slow and Derail Construction and Real Estate Executive Searches
Why consensus-driven hiring processes lose the best candidates, the four specific ways committee hiring derails construction and real estate executive searches, and how to structure a decision process that moves without sacrificing input.
How to Run Reference Checks That Actually Inform the Hire: A Playbook for Construction and Facilities Executive Searches
A six-step playbook for running reference checks that actually change what you know about a finalist, covering how to go beyond the candidate’s list, what questions surface the most useful information, and when in the process to complete them.
Why Construction and Real Estate Executive Searches Fail at the Offer Stage
Why executive searches in construction, real estate, and facilities fail most often at the offer stage, the four compensation gaps that kill offers, and how to close them before a finalist walks away.
The Doer-Seller Scarcity: What Owners’ Rep Firms Get Wrong When Hiring Project Executives
Matt Lesher of Real8 Group breaks down the doer-seller scarcity at owners’ rep firms — why the right project executives aren’t applying, what’s shrinking the pipeline, and how to design a search that actually reaches them.
How to Design an Interview Process for Construction and Facilities Executive Searches
A poorly structured interview process costs you finalists. Here is a practical playbook for designing one that works for construction and facilities executive searches.
Why Construction Executive Searches Fail (And How to Make Sure Yours Doesn’t)
Most construction and facilities executive searches don’t fail because the talent doesn’t exist. They fail because of how the search is structured, who is conducting it, and what assumptions were made at the outset. If you are a hiring leader at a university, health system, construction management firm, or owner-side organization, understanding these failure points […]
How to Build a Search Brief That Actually Works: A Playbook for Construction and Facilities Executive Searches
A vague search brief is the most common reason executive searches underperform. Here is an 8-component playbook for building one that produces the right candidates fast.
Why Your Capital Projects Stall Without the Right Director of Facilities Operations
Missing the right Director of Facilities Operations doesn’t just slow hiring — it stalls entire capital programs. Here’s what that gap actually costs.
