Our Services
We focus on your specific needs, whether your business is changing, facing disruption, undergoing strategic activity or simply optimising growth and opportunity. We provide advice and solutions that enable and ensure success.
Before starting any Executive Search or any project, we focus on one premise: we can only define the right scope and ideal executive profile when we deeply understand the client’s current business context — including how technology and AI are reshaping its market, operating model and leadership needs. From this diagnosis, we align expectations, prioritize what really matters and clarify the strategic and operational challenges this new leader must address in a fast-changing environment.
Client’s current business context
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Stabilizing and Optimizing the Operation: when the priority is consistency, the focus is on protecting what works and extracting more value from the current structure.
- Defining mandate, responsibilities and success criteria to sustain and improve performance.
- Replacing a key leader with no ready internal successor.
- Adding targeted expertise to strengthen a specific function or technical area.
- Checking whether the current leadership team is truly prepared for the mapped challenges.
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Leading Change and Strategic Shifts: here, the need is less about continuity and more about changing direction, mindset and results.
- Appointing an executive with a solid transformation track record to lead and accelerate change when there is no time to develop someone internally or risk losing a market window.
- Redesigning one or more structures (from C-level to middle management) that are underperforming against the strategic plan.
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Building New Capabilities and Growth Engines: this scenario, the organization is creating what does not yet exist — new structures, business lines and management models.
- Designing and implementing a new area or even a new company from scratch.
- Launching a new business unit, strategic vertical or core function to support growth.
- Bringing in a leader who has already built similar structures, using their prior achievements to reduce risk and shorten the learning curve.
Executive Search
Our Executive Search service is a strategic solution for companies seeking leaders aligned with their specific needs and organizational culture. Through a structured and confidential process, we identify, assess, and present highly qualified candidates for senior leadership positions.
Executive Search
Our Executive Search service is a strategic solution for companies seeking leaders aligned with their specific needs and organizational culture. Through a structured and confidential process, we identify, assess, and present highly qualified candidates for senior leadership positions.
Process Stages
Our streamlined process ensures quality results every step of the way
Requirements Analysis
In-depth understanding of the role, required skills, and cultural fit desired
Research & Mapping
Leverage network and specialized tools to identify potential candidates
Thorough Evaluation
Detailed interviews and behavioral assessments with Grit methodology
Shortlist & Integration
Curated candidates with reports, plus negotiation and onboarding support
Our comprehensive approach ensures that every hire is not just a placement, but a strategic addition to your team that drives long-term success.
Board Solutions
The modern Board has evolved beyond its traditional supervisory role. To navigate continuous change and rapid disruption, an effective Board serves as the core of vision, strategy, and accountability. As such, the composition of the Board is arguably the most crucial element of a contemporary organization.
At GRIT, we recognize this dynamic. Whether you need to evaluate your current Board or enhance it with additional expertise, our professional teams are here to support you.
Board Solutions
The modern Board has evolved beyond its traditional supervisory role. To navigate continuous change and rapid disruption, an effective Board serves as the core of vision, strategy, and accountability. As such, the composition of the Board is arguably the most crucial element of a contemporary organization.
At GRIT, we recognize this dynamic. Whether you need to evaluate your current Board or enhance it with additional expertise, our professional teams are here to support you.
Chairperson Search:
A leadership change at the top of a company requires thorough evaluation and focused attention. It demands specialized expertise to identify outstanding candidates whose leadership qualities, integrity, business acumen, and personal attributes not only exceed expectations but also align with the company's culture and complement the specific skill sets of the Board.
Due to the complexity and sensitivity of this process, only our partners, with proven expertise, manage Chairperson search projects for our clients.
Non-Executive Director and Advisory Board Search:
The selection and appointment of Non-Executive and Independent Directors to Advisory or Supervisory Boards are crucial decisions for companies aiming for a distinctive and strategic position in a globally competitive market.
We leverage our global expertise, extensive international network, industry-leading methodologies, and a robust database of executive-level candidates to identify outstanding individuals for each role. Our proven success in executive search highlights our creativity, as well as our commitment to confidentiality and the sensitivity required in Director searches.
CEO Search and Succession Planning:
Selecting a new CEO is one of the most challenging and vital decisions a Board can make for any modern organization. GRIT Executive Search has built specialized expertise to support companies through the smooth and successful transition of their CEO..
Strategic research and advisory
At Grit Executive Search, our Advisory service provides expert insights and market intelligence to guide strategic, structural, and talent-related decisions. We support organizations in transformation by delivering current, relevant data to ensure informed, effective business initiatives.
Our services include Acquisitions Due Diligence, Perception Studies, Sector Analysis, The Impact of Regulatory Change, Competitor Landscape and Succession Planning.
Whether you’re preparing for future executive placements, assessing succession planning, or evaluating new market opportunities, we offer the necessary expertise to make confident, data-driven decisions for sustainable growth and success.
Strategic research and advisory
At Grit Executive Search, our Advisory service provides expert insights and market intelligence to guide strategic, structural, and talent-related decisions. We support organizations in transformation by delivering current, relevant data to ensure informed, effective business initiatives.
Our services include Acquisitions Due Diligence, Perception Studies, Sector Analysis, The Impact of Regulatory Change, Competitor Landscape and Succession Planning.
Whether you’re preparing for future executive placements, assessing succession planning, or evaluating new market opportunities, we offer the necessary expertise to make confident, data-driven decisions for sustainable growth and success.
Acquisitions Due Diligence
- Identification of stars to be retained post-acquisition
- Evaluation of culture fit and possible short and long-term consequences of merger
- Leaver analysis at target company. Who leaves and why?
Perception Studies
- Providing feedback on a client to impact both their marketing and their broader corporate strategy.
- The process involves analysing demographics, conducting exit interviews, and market interviews to identify areas of improvement
Sector Analysis
- Researching and reporting on a target sector to support a strategic plan. Report on how the sector functions and identify key people across the market to build a team.
The Impact of Regulatory Change
- Benchmarking and insights in the context of regulatory changes
Competitor Landscape
- Clarity on competitor strategies.
- Understanding the impact of changes in competitor organisations to inform hiring plans
- Compensation intelligence on LTIP and benchmarking of salaries.
- Trend analysis to evaluate future vulnerability in competitors.
Succession Planning
- Researching and reporting on a target sector to support a strategic plan. Report on how the sector functions and identify key people across the market to build a team
Executive Assessment & Leadership Development
We assist our clients in making data-driven decisions about their people. We identify and evaluate the key success factors for individuals, offering guidance on how to optimize their performance and increase their chances of success in their roles. Our services focus primarily on three areas:
Executive Assessment & Leadership Development
We assist our clients in making data-driven decisions about their people. We identify and evaluate the key success factors for individuals, offering guidance on how to optimize their performance and increase their chances of success in their roles. Our services focus primarily on three areas:
Selection Assessment
Helping our clients make the most informed hiring decisions by predicting an individual’s ability to meet the demands and challenges of a new role, as well as their cultural and strategic alignment.
Development
Collaborating with senior leaders to enhance their performance and unlock their career potential. We integrate assessment with a tailored development plan and a personalized coaching program
Leadership Team Assessment
Providing insights for data-driven decisions on the complementarity of leadership teams’ skillsets, identifying development actions needed to leverage or strengthen their collective capabilities.
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