From the brief to the shortlist.
We define the mandate, research target organizations, approach candidates and examine their experience. Here is how the work moves from a business requirement to a hiring recommendation.
Understand
Establish why the appointment is needed and what the business needs to change.
Define
Agree the mandate, first-year priorities and essential selection criteria.
Map
Identify target organizations and comparable executives in the chosen markets.
Identify
Approach potential candidates directly, including people not actively seeking a move.
Evaluate
Examine decisions owned, scale, operating environment and motivation against the brief.
Present
Provide a calibrated shortlist with the evidence and trade-offs behind each recommendation.
Support
Help the hiring team compare candidates and resolve questions before making the appointment.
Employer search places the role and business context first. Career strategy follows a complementary framework: diagnose, position, target, align, search and engage. Scope, timelines and deliverables are agreed for the particular engagement.
Let’s discuss
the mandate.
Tell us what the role needs to accomplish, where it sits in the business and what makes the search difficult. That is where the work starts.
Discuss a Search For career strategy, start here