In last week’s Searchlight, we cited that 65% of executives polled at the end of 2024 were open to new opportunities in 2025. A staggering statistic, to say the least, when companies are so reliant on their teams to execute.

Motivating factors range, but one trend is compensation. 32% of respondents cited

compensation as a primary reason for wanting to switch roles. Our hunch is that executives are using compensation as a proxy for how well the company is doing, and by extension, the strength of its leadership. Or they are just much more attuned to what they should be paid for the value they deliver. (We’d like to think our annual Compensation Study has something to do with that!)

Compensation aside, Mission / Product and Team round out the Top 3 factors for each function.

Access our report to learn these motivators break down for various functions.

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• Don Trigg joins Veradigm, a healthcare data company, as Chief Executive Officer (Source)
• Jessica Factor Landin joins Vori Health, a physician-led integrated MSK care company, as Chief Executive Officer (Source)
• Rich Berner joins Blueberry Pediatrics, a children’s healthcare company, as Chief Executive Officer. Harrison Gordon transitions to President (Source)
• Josh DeTillio joins Access TeleCare, an acute specialty telemedicine company, as Chief Executive Officer (Source)
• Kevin Riley joins Tendo, a care journey coordination company, as co-Chief Executive Officer  (Source)
• Jim Garretson (Chief Product Officer), Michael Korthuis (Chief Technology Officer), and Garret Albert (Chief Financial Officer) join Nuvem, an integrated pharmacy solutions company (Source)
• Steve Ciske joins SubjectWell, a patient experience platform, as Chief Technology Officer (Source)
• Jeff Macomber joins Sightview, an EHR for eyecare providers, as Chief Technology Officer (Source)
• Fred Knechtel joins Profusa, a tissue-integrated biosensor company, as Chief Financial Officer (Source)
• Brian Foxworthy joins Millennia, a patient revenue cycle company, as Chief Financial Officer (Source)
• Michael Myshrall joins ConcertAI, an AI real-world data research solution, as Chief Financial Officer (Source)
• Nathan Hayes joins Olio, a care coordination company, as Chief Revenue Officer (Source)
• Michael Longo joins Plenful, a workflow automation company, as Chief Revenue Officer (Source)
• Dr. Javier Zulueta joins Qure.ai, an AI company for radiology, as Chief Medical Officer, Pulmonology (Source)

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• Particle Health, a medical data integration company, is hiring a Healthcare Data Architect
• Covera Health, a clinical intelligence company, is hiring an Associate General Counsel
• Concert Health, a behavioral health medical group, is hiring a General Manager, New Service Lines
• Somatus, a value-based kidney care company, is hiring a VP, Value-Based Care