{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Fit Happens: The Executive Search Podcast","title":"Why the Obvious CEO Hire Is So Often the Wrong One","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/fd31f27d\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2912,"description":"What if the same leader, running the same playbook, could fail in one place and win big in another?That's the question at the heart of my conversation with Jim Citrin, who has spent three decades at the top of the executive search world placing and advising CEOs. Jim is also one of my mentors, so we go past the usual hiring talk into what actually decides whether a leader succeeds: fit. We trace the Bill Perez story across Nike and Wrigley, why the surprising hire is so often the right one, and how aspiring leaders break the permission paradox.Why there's no single mold for a great leaderThe Bill Perez A/B test: same playbook, opposite outcomesHow the New York Times hired against the spec and 20x'd its valueThe permission paradox and how to actually break itWhy roughly 80% of CEO appointments are internal promotionsHow leaders get isolated from the truth, and how the best stay groundedHow to tell a good failure from a disqualifying oneConnect with Jason: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonbaumgarten/\nEmail the show here: fithappens.fm\n00:00 Intro\n00:17 Meet Jim Citrin\n01:04 Jim's circuitous path to search\n03:13 A leadership belief Jim flipped on\n04:42 Founders vs. the curated path to CEO\n07:48 Bill Perez: the A/B test of fit\n11:41 Why the surprising hire often fits\n12:40 How the NYT hired against the spec\n16:04 Why the CEO job got harder\n19:05 The permission paradox\n22:55 The career paradox that started us\n25:47 Emperor's New Clothes: losing the truth\n31:02 Six success factors, 25 years later\n33:17 The resume trick that exposes bias\n35:49 Good failure vs. bad failure\n41:20 A question Jim asks himself daily\n43:18 Speed round: books, advice, flow","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/nfrwsHIoMq0qJsuJW-EcxTodUSD43yD_feja2FF86KI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9mZWE0/YjE4NzE2ZTNiZGQz/NDQ4MWNhYzdjNzA0/ZTE1OC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}