Senior Executive Recruitment

 The Executive Shortlist has the expertise and insight required to recruit executives who either manage other people or manage special relationships (i.e. they require special qualities or some other difficult-to-assess ability). Many firms are excellent at sourcing applicants but only a few demonstrate the uncanny ability to deliver 'great' candidates. One explanation is that only in the final stages - after close examination - does it becomes clear that truly great candidates (more particularly those capable of leading and managing through tough times) are are not only hard to find, but that the selection of top executives is so often a compromise!  Consider for a moment:

� Upward pressures of business will ensure that people, generally, will be promoted by management until they fail – or become ineffective – in their role.  But until they fail they will look like excellent candidates.

� The drives and motivations of most managers and executives are unconscious, hidden from ‘public’ display, and seldom known even to themselves; consequently

� Most executives actively seek promotion and feel compelled to apply for increasingly complex (and more senior) roles, irrespective of their true capabilities or their capacity to fully comprehend the position, and finally

� It may take months to discover who is in over their head (or heart) because everyone will be trying to make things work during the honeymoon period. 

• provide up-to-date, sophisticated intelligence and honest, realistic counsel to clients hiring senior executives
• maintain a close, confidential relationship with clients through all phases of the recruitment process
• provide market-competitive fees and guarantees
• maintain the flexibility and technology to conduct assignments across Australasia

In the words of best selling author, Jim Collins ('Good to Great' Harper Collins 2001) we help our clients get the 'right' people on the bus (and keep the wrong ones off)!