Business Challenges

Customer-Focused Growth

In the face of fierce disruptive and competitive pressure combined with and changes in consumer power and behavior, we deliver customer-centric leadership talent focused on serving the customers of tomorrow.

Transformation & Innovation

Digitally savvy leaders with an eye toward what’s next are absolutely essential in today’s business environment—not just in IT functions, but across an organization. We find the innovative leaders of tomorrow, today.

Diversity

Organizational approaches to culture have shifted due to evolving shareholder expectations and a growing focus on the importance of diversity, equity and inclusion, and corporate social responsibility.

Culture Risk

A healthy culture is key to a thriving organization that attracts and retains the best and brightest talent, while an unhealthy culture can put the viability of a business in jeopardy.

Environmental, Social & Governance

The criteria and economic models that ensure commercial success are shifting. Successful businesses will be those that meet the needs of as many people as possible, utilize as few resources as possible and engage with and are responsive to as many of their stakeholders as possible.

Family Business Governance

Family businesses are unique in their shared values, vision and dedication to building a legacy. However, they can put their future at risk without proper governance and succession planning.

Board Composition & Effectiveness

As business evolves, so must a company’s board. We help you enhance your board composition and create a succession plan that will carry you into the future.

Mergers, Acquisitions & Integrations

M&A can be scary even during the best of times as questions around capabilities, culture and overall fit make the merging of two companies incredibly tricky.

Portfolio Company Leadership

With unprecedented levels of dry powder, private equity activity has reached peak levels and the demand for high-quality board and C-suite talent is at an all-time high. Our expertise in finding the right talent with a particular focus on ESG & DE&I helps us identify leadership that will maximize value-creation for private-equity firms and their limited partners.

Succession Planning

Succession can add huge value and mitigate significant risk in an organization. But to get it right, companies must have a clear picture of where talent lies, as well as an objective process for finding the best candidate beyond the “heir apparent.”

Activism, Vulnerability & Defense

Activist investors are increasingly taking companies to task on their ESG practices and more. Board composition and governance standards are critical elements to building a defense strategy.

Shareholder & Stakeholder Engagement

Expectations for companies to consider the needs of all stakeholders versus just shareholders has increased dramatically in the past several years. Boards have to consider how to balance the expectation of all groups as they manage the companies.