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Venture Leadership Quarterly
Greeting
Welcome to the April 2009 edition of Venture Leadership Quarterly – an e-newsletter for the venture capital community with insights from and updates from Nosal Partners LLC – the Executive Leadership Solutions™ firm.
Turning the Tables: How to Evaluate an Executive Search Firm
For the past 40 years, organizations have relied on executive search firms to deliver leaders that meet strategic objectives and drive shareholder value. To produce the right outcome, the search team needs a deep understanding of—and insight into—a client organization’s challenges, objectives, strategy and culture. Equally important is the ability to approach the best candidates.
The unfortunate reality for many client organizations today is that they receive from an executive search firm neither the insights, nor the candidate access required to assemble the right executive leadership team. Many search firms have adopted a transactional approach to search work that is counter to the type of rapport and sense of partnership required to grasp clients’ underlying needs. Moreover, countless off-limits restrictions from a vast client base dramatically shrink the pool of candidates that the largest firms can tap, often keeping the best talent out of reach—an ironic downside to the extensive resources super-sized firms tout as a selling point.
The article, “Turning the Tables: How to Evaluate an Executive Search Firm,” which appeared in a recent issue of HR Management, explores some of the industry conditions that have brought about these trends, and suggests strategies for ensuring that you get the quality delivery and candidate access you deserve. Click here to read the article.
Recent News from Nosal Partners’ Emerging Growth Company Practice
A Few of Our Current and Recent Assignments for Clients Backed by Notable VCs
- Chief Executive Officer for online luxury goods auction marketplace
- Chief Executive Officer for pharmacy automation solutions company
- Chief Financial Officer for mobile business applications platform provider
- Chief Compliance Officer for pharmacy benefit management solutions provider
- VP, Development for on-demand software solution provider
- VP, Solutions Applications for systems software platforms, tools and applications provider
For more information about the searches listed above or about Nosal Partners’ Emerging Growth Company Practice, please contact Louis La Rocca at 415.369.2208 or at louis.larocca@nosalpartners.com.
Click here to read about some of Nosal Partners' current assignments.
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