Services
Executive Assessment for Hiring:
The costs of getting senior-level hires wrong are significant – and far reaching. We bring a depth of experience and specialist skills in assessing whether executives have what it takes to succeed in their demanding roles and environments. With a multi-method approach, we apply objectivity and rigor to maximise the predictive validity of our process. We give you meaningful, business and outcome-focused insights that enable you to make the right decisions on people.
Onboarding, Integration and Performance Coaching:
The stakes are high and therefore the risk of senior hires not working out, very real. In fact, the failure rate of external executive hires frequently ranges from 40 percent to 60 percent, in their first two years.
We provide specific, action-led recommendations around onboarding to help set executives up for success. Beyond this, we offer integration coaching, which is based on a clear framework, backed by empirical research and experience of successfully integrating executives into organisations.
PE Management Due Diligence:
Our long experience of working with PE firms gives us insight into the types of challenges and opportunities they face when setting up, and partnering with, portfolio management teams. We are experts in assessing both first-time – and tenured – CEOs and management teams under PE. We know what it takes to operate in such an environment. Together with an investor – management team lens, we bring insights and helpful recommendations around this dynamic.
Merger Diligence & Advisory:
Merger situations are unique when it comes to diligencing the management teams and advising on the talent for the combined organisation. We understand the inherent risks associated with such a challenge – and the strategies and approaches it takes to ensure the right management team leads the integration and consequently the combined organisation, successfully into the future.
Team Assessment & Development:
Effective top teams are comprised of the right people, in the right roles, aligned around shared goals and objectives, and focused on the right priorities – at the right time. They have great communication channels and healthy dynamics. They are united by common values and pulled together with strong cultures. Many teams struggle to achieve such a composition and / or functioning. We bring a wealth of experience and expertise in team effectiveness to enable top teams to be just that.
Board Evaluation & Dynamics:
Effective boards have the right composition, priorities, structures, communication, stakeholder management, dynamics and governance for their operating environment. Our board effectiveness offering provides thorough and objective evaluation to help inform the board review process. We bring specialist expertise in systems and dynamics, to help unlock issues and develop healthy, fully functioning and effective boards, that meet the needs of both the shareholders / investors and the organisation.
CEO & C-Suite Succession:
CEO succession seldom starts early enough, with far too many organisations ending up in emergency succession situations. We bring clear methodology and process for identifying future CEOs and C-Suite leaders. We help advise on potential and build this talent, ready for your future leadership needs when the time comes for the batons to be passed seamlessly.