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Succession. A leading risk management issue? 

The dynamic context we now operate within requires boards and senior executives to deal with volatility, complex demands, and a highly competitive marketplace, including competing for senior talent. It is demanding they reshape and expand their roles to include much more than corporate governance and to actively engage in the development of organizational culture, strategy, response to market conditions, and talent management.

Organizational culture is critical as trust is rebuilt to bridge the gap revealed by COVID between organizations, leadership, and their people. Clarity and transparency are crucial now as leadership provide direction and guidance while expanding and evolving our organizations. The strength and stability of traditional conventional wisdom and values – what has created success until now – must balance with what will ensure success into the future. Key to this is expanding our core organizational values and leadership skills to include compassion and empathy to co-create work environments where culture is congruent with shared values.  

I can help you navigate these transitional challenges with candidates at the Board of Director, CEO, and Executive Leadership levels who possess the unique matrix of expertise, skills, and experience combined with the values and personal and interpersonal attributes today’s context requires.

With a deeply informed understanding and awareness of our post-COVID realities, I provide creative, resourceful, specifically tailored, research-driven retained executive search; relevant, meaningful strategic expertise; an inherent ability to objectively discern fit; and an authentic, insightful, personal approach.

You receive the benefits of access to the best and most appropriate candidates; a thorough evaluation of your marketplace and valuable competitive insights into your industry; and consistently successful long–term outcomes.

An organizational and leadership culture that authentically reflects organizational values, vision, and purpose.

Utilizing innovative solutions that I have developed through lateral thinking and extensive experience I approach each search as the unique project it is. My method ensures context. Its core components are an original search strategy and original research tailored to your organization’s unique, specific requirements.

All aspects of each search are conducted personally, beginning to end. No segment of any search is subcontracted to third parties, ensuring the integrity of the project is maintained and all elements of the search are fully congruent. As context is invisible to technology, I do not rely on technology, but use it as the valuable support tool it is. 

Superior communication skills, demonstrated leadership abilities, and a genuine passion for my work contribute to bringing each and every project to a successful conclusion.