Rewiring Leadership
Today, every leader is in the line of fire and no leader is suited to be best qualified… by experience or temperament…under all conditions, especially in these asymmetrical times. The high turnover of CEOs in
Recruiting Leaders Who Drive Enterprise Value
We are nationally recognized as a “sensitive matters leadership firm.”
Specializing In:
Critical, complex leadership executive search
Recruitment of boards of directors
Evaluations of the corporate board effectiveness
Guiding CEO and senior leadership successions
Our Success Scorecard
Since 2007, as an independent firm, our Partners have measured success with our clients by two fundamental quality benchmarks: completed recruitments and whether clients are totally satisfied.
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Our reputation is built upon hundreds of impact leadership recruitments advising:
- Publicly traded companies
- Private equity and their portfolio companies
- Family businesses
- Nonprofit organizations
To address today’s velocity of change, leaders are being challenged to accelerate decisions and execute more effectively and seamlessly.
Our clients tell us that we achieve superior outcomes by identifying and recruiting rare difference-makers – those who win, whose track records, grit, and determination drive pace, set priorities, and adjust to enhance enterprise value. These leaders know the what and the why that need to be accomplished and are determined to execute the how to achieve clear and measurable benchmarks that align with expectations of their shareholders and extended stakeholders.
Evaluating more than experience — the leadership alchemy of driving outcomes.
We recognize that today’s leaders must deliver results NOW even as their organizations face challenges that are nontraditional, unanticipated, and often asymmetric. With the velocity of change accelerating and with continual transformation, the qualities required to lead are being challenged, perhaps as never before.
We address change dynamics by establishing a scorecard unique for each client that:
Seeks candidates with insights into our client’s sector and specific challenges and opportunities to be addressed who demonstrate a track record of seamlessly-aligned priorities, resources while embracing a diverse team-oriented culture.
Ascertains how leaders influence change, make decisions, and the context, circumstances, and conditions that drove those decisions. How did the candidate learn from successes as well as those that fell short?
Judges candidates on their ability, accomplishments, and career shortfalls to effectively lead with courage to adapt to “the unforeseen.”
Determines if, and under what context, a candidate can execute real-time critical decisions effectively given the breadth and depth of their experiences.
Answering THE Fundamental Leadership Question
The bottom line, the fundamental question underlies our success in recruiting the best-qualified candidates — the right who?
If the client we represent were our own company, would the considered candidate be a true difference maker, knowing our (the client’s) unique situation, key to enhancing value and culture?
Answering this key question, we apply honed judgment and market-based acuity through a comprehensive vetting of a candidate, their track record, breadth and depth, successes, shortfalls, and pivots, and importantly, assessing the more subtle and nuanced aspects of how a candidate will lead.
We earn our reputation advising in dynamic market conditions.
Our Partners
Joel M. Koblentz
Joel is nationally recognized for resolving our clients’ most sensitive, critical, and confidential leadership and governance challenges.
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Joel M. Koblentz
Joel is nationally recognized for resolving our clients’ most sensitive, critical, and confidential leadership and governance challenges.
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Tom Branicki
Tom brings nearly 20 years of executive search experience across both the private and public sectors.
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Tom Branicki
Tom brings nearly 20 years of executive search experience across both the private and public sectors.
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Brian Fitzgerald
Brian concentrates on serving our clients in Consumer Products and Business-to-Business Services, where he has led recruitments of critical operational and functional executive leaders and directors for their boards.
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Brian Fitzgerald
Brian concentrates on serving our clients in Consumer Products and Business-to-Business Services, where he has led recruitments of critical operational and functional executive leaders and directors for their boards.
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Jeff Neppl
Jeff is recognized for bringing significant operating and team-building experience along with his almost two decades of high-level executive search.
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Jeff Neppl
Jeff is recognized for bringing significant operating and team-building experience along with his almost two decades of high-level executive search.
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Mike Veronesi
Mike is a trusted advisor and is recognized for guiding our emerging growth companies and established enterprise clients through their most complex recruitment, technology, and leadership challenges.
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Mike Veronesi
Mike is a trusted advisor and is recognized for guiding our emerging growth companies and established enterprise clients through their most complex recruitment, technology, and leadership challenges.
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Strategic Advisors
Kathy Gersch
Kathy is president of Kotter International and brings over 25 years of executive-level experience across both public and private organizations and in professional services.
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Kathy Gersch
Kathy is president of Kotter International and brings over 25 years of executive-level experience across both public and private organizations and in professional services.
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Lawrence Levin, Ph.D.
Larry is a global leading executive coach specializing in optimizing the capabilities and effectiveness of CEOs and their teams.
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Lawrence Levin, Ph.D.
Larry is a global leading executive coach specializing in optimizing the capabilities and effectiveness of CEOs and their teams.
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Jim Matte
After a notable corporate and legal career, Jim Matte currently consults with several companies and private equity firms regarding a wide range of human resources matters.
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Jim Matte
After a notable corporate and legal career, Jim Matte currently consults with several companies and private equity firms regarding a wide range of human resources matters.
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Patricia Wheeler, Ph.D.
An expert in leadership development and executive coaching, Patricia has more than twenty years of experience focused on helping smart, technically talented executives become more effective leaders.
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Patricia Wheeler, Ph.D.
An expert in leadership development and executive coaching, Patricia has more than twenty years of experience focused on helping smart, technically talented executives become more effective leaders.
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Lynne Zappone
Lynne is an accomplished business executive who specializes in executive coaching, leadership development, business transformation, and building culture and talent management strategies for global organizations across diverse industries.
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Lynne Zappone
Lynne is an accomplished business executive who specializes in executive coaching, leadership development, business transformation, and building culture and talent management strategies for global organizations across diverse industries.
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Global Cooperation Partner
AvS Advisors
Founded by Andreas von Specht, AvS Advisors with offices in Europe, South America and Asia, is highly respected for recruiting senior level leadership and governance counsel for our clients who require high touch guidance on their most sensitive leadership matters.
AvS Advisors
Founded by Andreas von Specht, AvS Advisors with offices in Europe, South America and Asia, is highly respected for recruiting senior level leadership and governance counsel for our clients who require high touch guidance on their most sensitive leadership matters.
To deliver now requires outcome-oriented and inclusive leaders who:
Know time is short and thoughtful action must be determined, quickly taken, and measured.
Demonstrate character, agility, grit, and courage in confronting the inevitable curveballs — without ego.
Continually assess the executives serving in critical positions, recognizing that those who have performed well to this point may not be the most effective to win the future — where pivots and changing, and realigning organizational capabilities are required to unleash the power of their teams.
Ably establish trust in their words and actions as critical elements in maintaining the delicate balance of stability while in the midst of addressing disruptions.
Evaluating More Than Experience — The Leadership Quotient of Driving Outcomes.
Importantly, using our Candidate Evaluation Scorecard, unique to each client situation, we also assess a leader’s capacities and the leadership subtleties of cultural fit that, regardless of specific conditions, will define their suitability to lead successfully.
While we take into full account experiences and track records, we seek those that exhibit the ability and fortitude to deliver meaningful change as we delve deeply into each candidate’s explicit ability to focus clearly on priorities, think and act forward, gaining team buy-in, adjusting to new market realities and setting ground rules, consistently reviewing relevant performance benchmarks to achieve impactful outcomes.
We evaluate the critical elements of leading with empathy and curiosity… with a willingness to listen and continually learn, reassessing and pivoting as conditions unfold.
We judge and reference on how effective the candidate has guided, developed and challenged their key leaders for more complex roles and enterprise-wide contributions.
Client Successes
Leadership Perspectives
Perspective: First Quarter Leadership Market
As we progress through the 1st quarter, below are our views of the current executive market. Our Observations: In discussions with our clients…executives and boards… and, with candidates for our searches, clearly, there is a
Leadership 2025: Betting on Jockeys… Not Horses
“I will either find a way, or make one”-Hannibal Barca It’s a given that every client is seeking to recruit leaders that will deliver results…NOW! We’ve all heard the leadership attributes that our clients seek…
Serving clients nationally with partners in Atlanta, the Northeast, and Florida.