The Stealth Search Trap: Why Quietly Replacing a VP Usually Backfires
A stealth search sounds like the responsible move — quietly line up a replacement before anyone gets hurt, keep the team steady, avoid the drama of an open opening. Then the LinkedIn headline gets noticed, the candidate pool turns out to be three people your board already knew, and the VP you were trying to protect finds out anyway. What looked like discretion turns into the worst version of both an open search and a secret one.