Four searches, start to finish.
Every search firm describes its process. These are outcomes: what the situation actually was, what got decided, and where those leaders are years later.
What a case study is worth, and what it is not
Most firms publish logos. A logo tells you a company once paid an invoice. It does not tell you who was hired, whether the seat was defined correctly, what the alternative was, or whether the person is still there.
These open the file instead. The situation as it actually was, the decision that got made, the reasoning behind it including the times a smaller recommendation was the right one, and where that leader sits today. Two of them run past the ten-year mark, which is the only horizon on which a search can honestly be judged.
Client and candidate details are withheld or used with written permission. Every number comes from the file.
Great People Hire Great People
The HR Director placed here needed a generalist a few months later. The person recommended was two states away, in another industry, and not looking at all. She is still there ten years on, running a department that did not exist when she arrived.
The Head of HR Who Gave a Year’s Notice
A seventeen-year HR leader announced retirement twelve months early. The successor arrived from a NASDAQ CHRO seat, and the two overlapped for a full season before the handoff.
HR Rebuilt in Under Four Months
Eight hundred employees and a run of acquisitions had left HR reacting instead of leading. The director seat had been open a year. Three hires later, the function ran on its own.
Too Big for the Job
The obvious move was to replace a senior HR executive with another one. A smaller title and a smaller fee were recommended instead. She earned the bigger title in thirty-one months.
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Whether you are planning a succession three years out or replacing a seat that emptied last week, thirty minutes gets you a read either way. Confidential throughout.
Book a Strategic Talent CallZach Nold, Crucial Hire · zach@crucialhire.com · 312-612-1981
