Excellence, Integrity + Impact Our Approach to Executive Search Transformational leadership has a profoundly positive ripple effect across organizations and markets. For more than 40 years, Isaacson, Miller has developed and tested ideas about what makes a strong, visionary, and effective leader and how to run a meticulous and comprehensive process to identify the best match for our clients’ needs. We provide high-touch client service, delivered by carefully managed, professional teams dedicated to each search. We divide our work into five phases that encompass definition, candidate discovery, and selection. Understanding the ChallengeIsaacson, 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 + ScreeningBuilding 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 FieldThrough 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 FinalistsWe 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. The Final ChoiceIM 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. Our Commitment to YouIsaacson, Miller was founded with a clear and ambitious mission: to strengthen leadership across the civic sector. We hold a fundamental institutional commitment to building outstanding candidate pools consisting of the best talent in the field. At IM, we proactively recruit highly qualified candidates from a wide variety of backgrounds for our client organizations. BREADTH + DEPTH Here is How We search broadly and deeply for talent across every sector, demographic, region, and, when appropriate, the globe. We seek individuals who will make the greatest impact, those who bring not only skill and demonstrated accomplishments, but passion and lived experience to their work. We rigorously evaluate candidates for their record of accomplishments as well as leadership style and inclination. Intensive due diligence and risk analysis are hallmarks of our process. We advise and support our clients as they select leaders who will drive success. The most important factor in building a highly qualified candidate pool is making a significant up-front investment of time to brainstorm, research, and identify a broad set of potential leaders who reflect our clients’ purpose, culture, and aspirations. We are tireless in our efforts to mine our database and our networks to identify talent. Consistent effort, thinking creatively and expansively about leadership, and making a persuasive and compelling case on behalf of our clients ensures that our clients are presented with truly outstanding candidates. Experience + Dedication Evidence of Impact 40+ Years of Experience + Results We understand the characteristics that define visionary, inclusive, and effective leaders capable of guiding our clients to a successful future. 250+ Staff Our team of 250+ professionals serve mission driven organizations nationally and internationally. 80% Client Return Rate Reflective of our enduring relationships, 80% of our searches are for clients who return to us after being pleased with past results. 99% Client Satisfaction