An old candidate of mine recently rang looking for advice. At the C-suite level, this candidate works in a multinational business that is undergoing change. In his function, he is one of two key leaders. He specialises in running one part of the function, and he has a colleague running a different area within the same function. Their boss has decided to combine the two roles, and he and his colleague have been asked to interview for the new combined role. This candidate and his colleague have more than ten years of tenure in the company. They have both been thrown…

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