AN EVOLVING TALENT MARKET The senior leadership market is deeper than many realize, but availability is restricting abundance, and accessibility does not equal alignment. Recent restructuring, portfolio shifts, and selective hiring pauses have more executives confidentially connecting to understand options, creating a time-sensitive opportunity for organizations prepared to act. However,…
More DetailsBy Managing Director Jon Lowe At this year’s Animal AgTech Innovation Summit, one signal stood out clearly: Animal agtech companies are moving beyond proving their science and into proving their value in production systems. That shift marks an important transition point, not just for emerging platforms, but for leadership teams…
More DetailsAcross food and agriculture, organizations are investing more intentionally in identifying high-potential talent as part of strengthening their leadership pipelines for future scale and complexity. That’s encouraging and necessary. But identification alone isn’t preparation. Too often, emerging leaders are recognized early and supported late, especially when the next step involves…
More DetailsWhy organizational design matters as leadership roles and complexity evolve In Part 1 of this series, we explored how leadership alignment supports sustained performance as organizations grow and complexity increases. When roles, expectations, and decision rights are clear, leaders spend less time navigating ambiguity and more time applying judgment where…
More DetailsBy K&R Principals Jon Leafstedt and Aaron Locker We recently attended the World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit in San Francisco, connecting with entrepreneurs, investors, and agribusiness leaders shaping the future of agriculture. While attendance was slightly lower than in previous years, the event still offered a valuable opportunity to engage in…
More DetailsAt this year’s The Australian Global Food Forum, conversations across the agribusiness sector reflected a clear shift in focus: resilience is no longer a future objective—it is a present leadership priority. While geopolitical uncertainty shaped much of the discussion, the deeper takeaway for agribusiness leaders was how quickly the operating…
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