Pablo Picasso paints on a pane of glass, in his studio, 1949.
From Visite à Picasso. Dir. by Paul Haesaerts.
Great search marries art and science, instinct and data. Superior historical performance is critical, but won’t guarantee success in a new environment. Our role, and distinguishing strength, is identifying leaders who, in addition to an extensive track record of proven success, bring new thinking and approaches and the ability to execute on those visions, and who will thrive in a particular client’s organizational culture. It is this constructive tension between cultural compatibility and innovative thinking that opens new avenues for organizational growth, accelerated outcomes, and change that matters.
Our understanding of each client’s marketplace position, business model, leadership, technology, and culture is detailed. We bring the opportunity to life. When we discuss an opportunity with a candidate, we do so with authority and nuance, establishing our client’s credibility, the value of the opportunity, and the excitement of a potential new career chapter. We also apply this level of attention to each candidate that we review, enabling us not just to understand the broad strokes of a career, but revealing the hard-to-spot professional and personal characteristics that separate the good players from the truly outstanding.
With our boutique size we avoid a central pitfall of larger firms, where it’s all too easy for them to be conflicted out of an engagement. It lets us reach across competitor pools and adjacent sectors with full access to source the most talented leaders. We focus on C-layer, EVP, SVP and VP placements in a variety of functions, including general management, marketing, sales, product, technology, and operations. Our client relationships are multi-year, strategic partnerships. To be a part of so many growth stories is highly satisfying and the reason that we love what we do.