Executive search

We start with a close look at your organization and its opportunities, so the leaders we bring you are right for where you are going.

• Groundwork. We review your strategy, finances, governance, and organizational design, and we talk with the people who know your organization best about what the role requires. If anything needs attention first, we tell you then and help you address it.
• Position profile. We write the profile from that groundwork. Once you approve it, the profile informs who we approach and how you evaluate each leader.

We bring you a pool of leaders that reaches well beyond your own networks, and you decide by the criteria you approved in the profile.

• A wide pool. We approach leaders directly, advertise the role, and welcome applications and nominations, all from the day the search opens.
• Your ambassador to the field. We make the case for your organization and the role to every leader we approach, so those we recommend come to you informed and interested.
• Prepared to evaluate. Before you see candidates, we prepare everyone involved in the decision to evaluate consistently and fairly.
• A clear view of each person. We present a recommended group of leaders with our assessment of each.
• Interviews we design and facilitate. We prepare candidates and help you structure a highly effective interview process that reflects your culture and values. We facilitate reference and background checks on finalists, and protect confidentiality throughout.
• Through the offer and announcement. We support the negotiation and help you plan how the news is shared.

Once your new leader is chosen, we stay on and help the leader, the team, and the board begin well together.

• Fresh Starts. Our facilitated workshop, “Fresh Starts,” helps your organization welcome a new leader.
• Through the first year. We stay in regular contact with your new leader and board chair.
• One flat fee. Our flat fee is inclusive of onboarding support, never a percentage of salary.
• Our guarantee. In the unlikely event that the leader you hire resigns or is released for cause within the first twelve months, we lead the replacement search for no additional fee.