Three team models to retire, and the one AI makes worse
Tuckman, Belbin and Hawthorne rest on thin or misread evidence, and an agreeable AI makes the Abilene paradox worse. What GCC heads can do instead.
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First 90 days
Every Recruise insight tagged first 90 days — the articles below, newest first.
13 articles
All insightsWhy senior external hires fail in year one
Most senior hires that fail were capable of the job. They fail on the gap between the role that was described and the role that exists, and no interview probes it.
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What Director–VP hires actually want, in their own words
Ask a senior candidate why they’d move and the answer is rarely the perks. It’s scope, a real mandate, and a line of sight to impact.
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What Bengaluru GCC heads actually do in their first 90 days
We spoke to GCC heads who have been in role under a year. The published playbook and the actual playbook diverge sharply.
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Manager quality is the real experience lever
People don’t leave companies, they leave managers, and at senior levels, one good leader outweighs a floor of amenities.
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The 18-month exit cliff is real. The cause isn't what HR thinks.
Across the GCCs we track, senior attrition clusters at a predictable point. The triggers group into four things, and only two are inside HR’s control.
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Which retention interventions actually move the numbers
We sorted the levers GCCs reach for into what held people and what didn’t. Most of the budget goes to the ones that don’t.
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Onboarding a senior hire is a ninety-day trust exercise
The first quarter decides whether a leader you fought to land stays engaged or quietly starts taking calls again.
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The 90-day regret window on accepted counter-offers
Acceptance masks the reasons someone was leaving. Here’s the decay curve, and the early signs a ‘retained’ senior hire is already looking again.
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The managers people follow out the door
The strong manager everyone loves is also a concentration risk, and when they leave, the team follows. How to de-risk single-manager loyalty.
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Where the twelve-month attrition actually landed this quarter
Retention read across sectors and seniority bands, drawn from placements followed past the start date rather than to the offer.
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Three signals a senior hire has already decided to leave
An observable-behaviour early-warning checklist for managers: scope withdrawal, network reactivation, the quiet handoff.
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The two experience levers worth funding this year
Ranking EX spend by retention impact for senior staff, and the perks to stop paying for.
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