Our Results-Based Hiring® framework for executive recruiting, organizational structure, and job design is a competency-driven approach to building high-performing teams. We’ve placed over 1,000 mission-driven professionals across functional areas and career levels, from associate to CEO. We hold a 100% search completion rate and an industry-leading 88% placement retention rate.
We have placed over 500 leaders in more than 100 trade associations and professional societies with budgets ranging from under $3MM to more than $300MM. We help you build for the future through leadership hiring, organizational structure design, and staffing strategies that support growth and innovation.
We have placed over 400 leaders in more than 110 nonprofits and social enterprises, from local direct service organizations to national institutes and foundations, with budgets ranging from $1MM to over $350MM. We help you strengthen capacity by recruiting mission-aligned leaders, designing effective team structures, and clarifying roles to drive lasting impact.
We specialize in recruiting CEOs and executive directors who are drawn to the demanding work of transformational change. Their record of success is the very reason we are able to offer a 2-year replacement guarantee. Our placements stand behind their work, and we stand behind ours. Our expertise spans a wide range of governance models—including federated networks—where aligning stakeholders and strategy is critical to long-term success. We’ve partnered with organizations with budgets from $2.5MM to more than $240MM.
We guide your team through an in-depth discovery to clarify your goals and define impact before crafting a custom executive search, organizational structure, or job design strategy. We uncover what your organization truly needs, then help you build a team to deliver it.
We offer fair pricing and 20+ years of experience recruiting across all functional areas and career levels, whether you’re hiring for a single critical role or restructuring staff to align with strategy. Our business model is built on partnerships—more than 87% of our work comes from repeat clients.