Executive Search
Our approach
In the environment in which organizations now operate, traditional functional leadership roles are evolving and new ones are emerging: Functional leaders, whatever their domain, are expected to act as true strategic advisers and partners to stakeholders.
We help our clients to search for new talents and build strong leadership teams in order to navigate these new challenges.
In the talent war, we see our role as Executive Search Recruiter assessing talents’ market, benchmarking it and feeding back to our client.
Our searches are always driven to find candidates with the best expertise and experience combined with the right cultural fit with the organization.
Our methodology process
1. Context Assessment
- Understand the client needs, its organization, business goals and culture
- Assess the assignment complexity and analyse the reasons why the job is attractive
- Define objectives and the ideal candidate profile
- Draft the position specifications that describe the opportunity and the organization for potential candidates
2. Search Strategy and Identification
- Draw up a specific search target perimeter to be agreed with the client
- Draft a list of potential candidates according to the client’s brief (Long list)
3. Approach and assessment
- Interview candidates, assess their qualifications and expertise as well as their management and leadership skills
- Feedback to the client regularly during the search process with progress assignment and insights in market reaction
- Benchmark all the candidates considered
- Select candidates in a Shortlist to be shared with the client
- Draft confidential reports underlining the key strengths and weaknesses of each candidate
4. Candidates meeting with the client
- Brief the client ahead of each interview
- After each meeting, debrief with the client, and give subsequent feedback to the candidate
- Assess the interest level of each party to pursue the process
5. Negotiations and integration
- Assist the client and candidate in their negotiation
- Provide insights on market compensation and the benefits package for the position
- Perform formal reference checks where local laws allow
- Maintain an ongoing contact for a year with both the candidate and the client to ensure a successful integration into the organization
Assessments / Leadership Consulting
Multiple approaches
We use multiple approaches to assess a candidate’s skills such as leadership, motivation, management skills and ability to fit in a new role.
Identify key matters
Our role is to identify potential areas for improvement, as well as risk factors in order for our client to be able to anticipate and mitigate potential difficulties, and optimize chances of success.
Improvement levers
Our intervention can occur in a context of potential promotion, yearly review, or even as a mean to improve an individual’s or team’s performance or identify the most likely future leader in an organization.
