Why Gulf mandates now begin with culture.

Compensation in the Gulf is competitive and largely transparent. What is opaque — and what derails most senior hires — is cultural fit at the leadership table.

We start every Gulf mandate with a cultural brief: who actually decides, how decisions are communicated, what the unwritten cadence of the week looks like.

Leaders who land well are the ones who treat the first 90 days as an apprenticeship, not a takeover.