Business & Professional Services

Business and professional services firms have grown in complexity and increasingly face the organizational issues once reserved for large multinational corporations. Today, they are reshaping themselves to provide a broader range of consulting services to increasingly sophisticated clients who demand cost-effective and diverse solutions, while striking a balance between the need for professional management and the desire to preserve the unique elements of their culture.

With unrivaled practical experience and a deep understanding of the global business and professional services industries, our consultants find exceptional candidates with specialized expertise for key business and practice leadership roles.

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Leading With Culture

Because the senior leadership team tends to have a disproportionate influence on the culture, selecting and developing executives who reinforce the current culture — or help to evolve it — is one of the most important ways to make sure the culture is supporting the business.

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Lessons Learned

Drawing on our experience working with professional services firms, we have identified five best practices for avoiding the common pitfalls when recruiting experienced professionals.

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How to Think About Assessing Leaders

How can organizations improve their ability to make the most critical senior leadership decisions? We identify the characteristics of the most effective executive assessments.

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We are committed to our clients’ success.

We have conducted more than 600 executive-level searches for business and professional services clients over the past three years. In the past five years, nearly one-third of our placements have been diverse.

Our clients range from the largest global providers to highly specialized boutiques working in construction services, business process outsourcing, accounting services and management consulting, including the “Big Four.” We also work with organizations in credit reporting, B2B information, transaction processing, facilities-based services, and staffing and HR services.

Our consultants have worked in professional services firms around the globe, which gives us a deep understanding of the industry’s unique talent issues and access to proven leaders. More than 20 percent of our work is in advisory services to meet the evolving needs of our clients.