03 · Leadership Consulting
Building leadership that lasts.
Assessment, succession and board effectiveness, grounded in evidence.
Overview
Our consulting practice helps boards and owners understand the leadership they have, and build the leadership they will need. Led by our partners, working with accredited assessment specialists where appropriate, we advise on executive assessment, CEO succession, board effectiveness and the integration of new leaders after a transaction.
What's included
Every engagement includes.
- 01
Executive assessment
Rigorous, evidence-based assessment of individual leaders and leadership teams against the demands of the strategy.
- 02
CEO succession
Multi-year succession planning that develops internal candidates and benchmarks them against the external market.
- 03
Board effectiveness
Independent board evaluations that satisfy governance codes and, more importantly, improve how the board works.
- 04
Post-deal leadership
Rapid assessment of management teams for investors, before and after a transaction.
- 05
Executive coaching
Confidential one-to-one coaching for newly appointed leaders and those stepping into larger roles.
- 06
Team alignment
Facilitated work with executive teams to clarify roles, decision rights and ways of working.
Process
How the work unfolds.
- 01
Frame
Agree the question the board needs answered, and how the answer will be used.
- 02
Gather
Interviews, observation, psychometrics and data, gathered with care and in confidence.
- 03
Analyse
We build an evidence-based view, tested against relevant benchmarks.
- 04
Advise
Clear written findings and recommendations, discussed in person with the board.
- 05
Support
Ongoing support to implement change, from coaching to succession programmes.
Typical roles
Where we are most often asked to help.
- 01Board evaluations
- 02CEO succession programmes
- 03Management due diligence
- 04Leadership team assessment
- 05First-year transition coaching
- 06Executive team alignment
Every assessment is led by a partner, working with accredited assessment specialists where psychometric instruments are used. We use validated instruments, never proprietary tools of uncertain provenance.
Yes. We believe assessment should be useful to the person being assessed as well as to the board. Every participant receives a personal feedback session.
Yes. Boards often ask us to provide an independent assessment of internal or externally sourced finalists. We treat this work with the same independence and care as our own searches.
Begin
Discuss leadership consulting in confidence.
Tell us about the appointment you are considering. A partner will respond personally, usually within one working day.