Executive Job Offer Forensics: Deep Dive Due Diligence

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Don't spend your reputation on a bad bet.

Every year, thousands of brilliant executives—armed with Ivy League MBAs and decades of scaling experience—walk into a professional buzzsaw. Data suggests that up to 50% of external executive hires fail within the first 18 months. These failures are rarely about competence; they are almost always about undisclosed environmental issues: fractured governance, unsustainable debt, or toxic cultures designed to reject outsiders.

In Executive Job Offer Forensics: Deep Dive Due Diligence, Jeff Altman, "The Big Game Hunter," provides a rigorous, six-phase framework to strip away interview polish and find the ground truth of any organization. You will learn to stop being a "candidate" hoping for an offer and start acting as an "investigative partner" auditing a high-stakes investment.

The Recruiter Audit: Learn to treat brokers as "hostile witnesses" and decode the hidden signals in job specifications.
The Artifact Autopsy (SEDDR): Move beyond anecdotes. Demand and analyze board minutes, AP aging reports, and the Liquidation Preference Stack to find the "hidden debt."
Stakeholder Interrogation: Master the "Five Pillars" to identify power maps, "ghost authority," and whether you are being hired as a leader or a human shield.
Human Capital Intelligence: Use back-channel strategies to reach recent departures and "squeezed" vendors to hear what the CEO won't tell you.
Negotiation as a Stress Test: Use your contract as a diagnostic tool. Negotiate for "Sovereignty Funds," "Risk Premiums," and the "Executive Prenup" to secure your exit before you ever start.
The 90-Day Decontamination Plan: Conduct a field validation in your first three months to map the "Shadow Org Chart" and trigger culture pressure tests.

Your reputation is your true currency. Stop relying on "hope-based due diligence" and start using the Executive Edge to ensure your next move is a legacy, not a scandal.

It is the fifth book in my series, "The Executive Edge."