Leadership Hiring
The appointment that changes what the organisation can do next.
Some appointments change the trajectory of a business. We support boards and owners through those decisions with structure, evidence and independence.
The business problem
The question before the appointment.
Leadership hiring carries asymmetric risk. The cost of a poor appointment is rarely the salary; it is the eighteen months of direction that follow it.
We help define what the organisation needs the leader to achieve, test that definition against the market, and then run a disciplined process to the point of decision.
What it includes
The work itself.
- Role and mandate definition with the board
- Leadership specification built from the strategy
- Market approach and assessment
- Stakeholder and interview design
- Reference and evidence gathering
- Onboarding and first-year support
Leadership Hiring
The appointment that changes what the organisation can do next.
Who it is for
- Chief executive and managing director appointments
- C-suite and functional leadership roles
- Specialist leadership positions
- First executive hires in founder-led businesses
When clients involve us
- A leadership transition is planned
- The business is entering a new stage
- A functional capability is missing at board level
- An investor requires strengthened management
Relevant sectors
Frequently asked questions
The questions clients raise most often before we begin. If yours is not here, ask it directly and you will get a straight answer rather than a proposal.
- Do you support the appointment after it is made?
- Yes. We stay involved through onboarding and the first year, because that is where the value of the decision is realised.
- How is this different from executive search?
- The process overlaps. Leadership hiring places more weight on defining the mandate with the board and designing the assessment around it.
- Can you help design the interview process?
- Yes. We design the panel, the stages and the evidence each stage should produce, so the decision rests on comparable information.
- Do you work with first-time executive hires?
- Frequently. Founder-led businesses appointing a first commercial, finance or operations leader are a core part of our work.
- How are fees structured?
- As a retained fee in agreed stages, set out clearly before the work begins. There are no success-contingent surprises.
Related services
Partnership over transaction
Let us talk about the decision ahead.
Tell us about the business question you are considering. We will tell you plainly whether we can help.