SERVICES
Discuss a Leadership Need
Retained Executive Search
For consequential VP through C-suite appointments requiring disciplined market access, assessment, and decision support.
Leadership Advisory & Evaluation
For role calibration, internal assessment, succession decisions, finalist comparison, and leadership-team evaluation.
Market Intelligence & Talent Mapping
For understanding the external talent market before a formal search or leadership need becomes urgent.
The answer is not more resumes. It is better judgment.
We lead retained executive searches for consequential VP-to-C-suite, president, and general-management mandates.
Every engagement begins by defining what the business must accomplish - not by recycling a job description or producing a larger candidate pile. From there, we map the relevant market, evaluate leadership against the mandate, and guide the decision through acceptance and transition.
Typical outcomes
- Clearly defined leadership mandate
- Relevant and fully mapped candidate market
- Carefully calibrated shortlist
- Evidence-based candidate assessment
- Reference and offer support
- Transition guidance
Not every leadership decision begins with a search.
We help clients define roles, assess internal and external leaders, compare finalists, evaluate succession candidates, and test assumptions before a consequential appointment is made.
Define what the role must accomplish before evaluating who should fill it.
Evaluate internal and external leaders against the same mandate and evidence.
Create disciplined comparisons when the differences between candidates are nuanced.
Assess whether potential successors are ready now, ready later, or better suited elsewhere.
When clients use this: This service is especially valuable when the organization has a credible internal candidate, several closely matched finalists, an evolving role, or disagreement about what the business truly needs.
Typical outcomes
- Role success profile
- Internal-candidate assessment
- Finalist comparison
- Succession-readiness findings
- Interview and decision framework
Understand the leadership market before a decision becomes urgent.
Talent mapping gives companies an informed view of relevant leaders, competitor structures, succession options, compensation realities, and the availability of talent - before or outside a formal search.
Identify relevant leaders, adjacent talent pools, and where the strongest prospects currently sit.
Understand competitor structures, leadership movement, reporting relationships, and market context.
Build a qualified view of prospective leaders before a formal need or vacancy emerges.
Test talent availability, compensation expectations, and mandate realism before launching a search.
When clients use this: This work is useful when a company is planning succession, entering a new market, building a new function, benchmarking its leadership team, or preparing for a search that may begin later.
Typical outcomes
- Leadership market landscape
- Talent map
- Competitor and organizational intelligence
- Compensation observations
- Pipeline of prospective leaders
- Search-feasibility recommendation
Which service do you need?
Executive Search
You have an approved role and need to identify, evaluate, and recruit the right external leader.
Leadership Advisory
You need to define the role, assess internal talent, compare finalists, or improve the decision process.
Talent Mapping
You need to understand the market before launching a search or before the need becomes urgent.
Retained by Design
Focused, committed partnerships - not contingency recruiting.
Nationwide Reach
Access to relevant leaders across markets, industries, and geographies.
Senior-Level Mandates
Typically VP through C-suite, president, and general-management roles.
Founder-Led Throughout
Clients work directly with Heather Whaley from intake through transition.
20+ years of executive-search experience
Two-year replacement commitment
A consequential hire deserves a consequential process.
Whether the need is immediate or still taking shape, an early conversation can clarify the mandate, the market, and the right next step.