Understanding the Challenge

Isaacson, Miller begins every search by learning our clients’ culture, strategic goals, and values. We define measures of success through listening sessions and translate our understanding of the search into a thorough, compelling position profile.

Networking + Screening

Building a qualified candidate pool requires judgment, creativity, and experience. We systematically and broadly seek out the most accomplished and passionate leaders to advance our clients’ core missions. We use our proprietary database and conduct extensive outreach to identify a strong pool of candidates.

Narrowing the Field

Through a rigorous interview process, we learn in detail about a person’s career motivations, track record of accomplishments, discoveries from mistakes, and long-term aspirations. We then test our hypotheses through intensive research. Finally, we establish a connection between our candidates’ capacity to address challenges and maximize opportunities of the role under consideration.

Selecting and Assessing Finalists

We assist with structuring the final review, offering guidance on both the substance and logistics of the interview process. When finalists are invited for the last round of interviews, we ensure that candidates and clients complete their learning about one another. The IM interview process is complemented by extensive referencing and background checks. Our method relies on direct conversations to clearly establish the candidate's ability to advance our client’s mission.

If desired, we offer a full assessment of top candidates for our client organizations. Members of IM’s leadership team are trained and certified in the Hogan Assessment methodology, which is designed to predict leadership workplace performance based on the science of personality.

The Final Choice

IM provides clients with an outstanding, well-matched set of candidates, and for this reason, the final choice can be complex. We remain active partners throughout this phase of the search helping our client make a well-informed decision. While the final choice belongs to our client, we make recommendations as appropriate. We also stay in close contact with our finalists to facilitate concluding conversations. Although we do not provide legal advice, we help our clients think through compensation packages and advise on relocation and family considerations. Our goal is to assist our clients in making the best hire possible.

Facilitating a Successful Transition

The transition to a new leader is a critical time for any organization. We meet with the new leader and the search decision maker every three months to gauge progress and to support the new leader’s success in the first year. 

In some circumstances, more extensive services are desired and create meaningful benefits for both the organization and its incoming leader. In these instances, we provide additional supplementary services including performance evaluation planning and development, strategic planning, organizational development, executive coaching, and senior team assessment.