Your search keeps failing and you are not sure why. Role scope is off, comp is under market, or the process is losing good candidates at the finish line. We fix it before you start another search. Fixed-fee, project-based, no retainer required.
Most failed searches are not search failures. They are scoping failures, comp failures, or process failures dressed up as search failures.
The recruiter gets blamed. A new recruiter gets hired. The same role fails again. The cycle repeats until someone walks into the room and says the spec was wrong from day one.
That is what Advisory is for. We come in before a retainer is signed and stress-test the assumptions. We look at the org chart, the comp band, the candidate market, and the interview process. We tell you what is broken and what to fix. Sometimes the recommendation is "do not search yet." Sometimes it is "search, but rewrite the spec first." Sometimes it is "the role is fine, the interview panel is the problem."
The output is a written diagnostic and a clear set of recommendations. Fixed fee. Two to eight weeks depending on scope.
The job description does not match the actual scope. Or it is two jobs in one. Or it is written for a unicorn that does not exist in the candidate market.
The comp band is below market. Or the equity is structured wrong for the candidate profile. Or the bonus structure does not align with what closes a passive candidate.
You are searching in the wrong pool. Or the right pool is too thin and a different candidate profile would deliver the same outcome.
The interview panel is losing strong candidates at stage three. Or the offer process is too slow. Or there is no closer in the room when it matters.
The hiring manager and the board are not aligned on what success looks like. The search fails because the offer never converges on one profile.
The role is fine, the hire is fine, but the first ninety days are not set up for the new leader to succeed. We fix the landing pattern before the hire arrives.
If you are halfway through a stalled search, the highest-leverage spend is often the diagnostic. Tell us what has already happened. We will tell you what to fix.