the search after the prior search firm’s failure was canceled when the president resigned (for health reasons) and the client realized no one would take the job unless they knew they would fit well with the president. Then when a new president was hired a year later the org had already lined up someone for this position on their own so we were not needed. Of note, in my 23 years of doing executive search I’ve never had someone fail during the first year so even without using psych assessment tools our process has gotten some rather remarkable results.