by Tulika Jalota | Jul 14, 2026 | Leadership Hiring
Between 2020 and 2022, startup leadership hiring operated in a kind of collective hysteria. Venture capital was abundant, valuations were detached from fundamentals, and the competition for talent was so fierce that founders were making VP and C-suite offers to...
by Tulika Jalota | Jul 4, 2026 | Leadership Hiring
40% of GCC hiring in India right now is replacement hiring.Not new roles. Not expansion. Just backfilling seats that were filled 18 months ago.That number, from a recent Quess Corp report, stopped me mid-scroll. Because in my 20+ years of leadership hiring, I’ve...
by Tulika Jalota | Jun 30, 2026 | Leadership Hiring
For most of the last two decades, leadership hiring followed a familiar script. Boards and CEOs looked for domain expertise, a track record of revenue growth, and the kind of institutional pedigree — the right MBA, the right employer brands — that signalled...
