Organizations
Executive Search
OUR APPROACH
Our search process stands out in our ability to think with you in a holistic way about the nature, needs, strategy, and direction of the organization – and what type of leadership will propel the organization to that optimized future.
Our highly personalized approach fuses three key strengths:
- A deep understanding of the practical management needs of non-profit organizations and what is required for operational, financial, and programmatic success; and
- An awareness and sensitivity to the role of culture in the identification of leadership; and
- The ability to serve as a strategic advisor and partner through complex leadership transitions.
OUR UNDERSTANDING
UNDERSTANDING PRACTICAL MANAGEMENT NEEDS
As experienced arts managers ourselves, we have a nuanced understanding of the operational requirements for success in the arena of non-profit management. We do not approach the search process primarily as consultants; we approach it from the perspective of a team which has personally administered dozens of non-profit institutions in a hands-on capacity – from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., to an Asian-American modern dance company, to a school for the arts in Harlem, to the first opera house on the Arabian Peninsula – and many, many more. In addition to our team’s previous professional experience, we regularly function as interim leadership for non-profit organizations in transition – partnering with boards and staffs as team members during periods of sensitive re-calibration. This lived experience is brought to our service as partners in Executive Search.
AN AWARENESS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF CULTURE
An outgrowth of our work with hundreds of executives and leadership teams over the years – including our administration of the premier training program for arts and culture managers in the world and our leadership of the largest, most comprehensive, and most diverse capacity-building program in the nation – we have developed a proprietary framework for analyzing the relationship between a chief executive, a board, a staff, and the community of service. This framework offers deep insight into the behavioral characteristics and cultural sensitivities that – in addition to one’s experience – produce every available confidence that the chosen candidate is a right fit, culturally, for the organization’s values, management needs, community of service, and strategic trajectory.
DECADES OF STRATEGIC PLANNING
Through our work consulting over 150 non-profit cultural and civic organizations on an annual basis on every concern from human resources to fundraising, we have a profound and up-to-date awareness of what is required for cultural organizations to excel in today’s quickly-changing environment.
ABOUT OUR PROCESS
Our full-service search process encompasses deep stakeholder engagement; an insightful and nuanced position profile; national (an international, where applicable) broadcast and recruitment; a fully facilitated interview and selection process; reference checks, negotiation and offer logistics; and personalized efforts specific to your organization’s context.
LEARN MORE
To request information or schedule an informational call, please contact Syrah Gunning, Executive Search and Development, at [email protected].
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