Very responsive, professional, and delivered results.
Keith Brophy, CEO
ADHD Online
Executive search
Placing leaders to advance
Our executive search firm is best known for its track record of handling highly confidential and complex Board, CEO, and C-Suite recruiting assignments. We deploy access and insights in tandem with industry-leading technology and next practices to redefine excellence in executive search.
Our executive search approach
We understand that you’re not simply looking to fill a role vacancy. You’re looking to partner with an executive search firm that can help take your company to its desired future state. Ultimately, you’re looking to solve a business problem with a great executive or board hire.
As one of the top executive search firms in the world, we partner with you to define what success looks like and find that perfect-fit leader. We do this with a level of speed and precision that no other retained search firm can match.
We’ve created a completely unique retained search experience built for how search should work, not just how it’s always been done. Our process is co-created with each client to meet your needs with precision, speed, and relevance.
Our expert research team is backed by cutting-edge technology and proprietary platforms. This enables us to build rich talent pipelines across all industries and geographies.
Nothing at N2Growth is “industry standard,” including our results. In every meaningful category of measurement, we rank at or near the top of our profession. We’re continuously named one of the top retained search firms in the world for a reason.
From Fortune 500 corporations and leading private equity firms to high-growth startups and middle-market companies, global organizations trust us to attract, develop, and unleash their future leaders.
High-performing executive teams thrive on complementary perspectives and aligned competencies. Our proven track record shows we place exceptional leaders who bring diverse experiences and elevate organizational performance.
Vue, our proprietary search platform, amplifies this commitment by removing biased language, enabling fair opportunity, and evaluating candidates across 50+ dimensions to ensure top talent from all backgrounds is represented. Our consultants leverage global reach and deep industry access to help clients build inclusive leadership teams that reflect their culture, drive better decisions, and deliver long-term business impact.
Recognized among the best executive search firms
N2Growth has been named to Forbes’ list of America’s Best Executive Recruiting Firms for nine consecutive years, consistently ranking in the top 20. This recognition reflects our unwavering commitment to excellence, our innovative search methodology, and the trust placed in us by leading companies worldwide.
Performance that outpaces the executive search industry
There’s a reason our search firm is growing 5x the industry average. We win the majority of competitive search engagements and consistently rank high in client satisfaction. In every meaningful performance metric, we outperform the executive search industry.
We place executive leaders in just 94 days on average.
Our industry-leading NPS reflects the deep trust our clients place in us and the exceptional experiences we deliver.
We successfully complete 99% of all retained search engagements.
92% of executives we place remain in their roles two years later, proving long-term fit and impact.
What our clients say about our leadership solutions
We have worked with N2Growth to place three C-level executives across two organizations. The teams we worked with exceeded our expectations in every way. N2Growth is a true authority in executive search and leadership assessment and we are very pleased with the high-quality talent they helped us place within our organizations.
Carr Bettis, Executive Chairman
AudioEye
A collaborative and effective partner throughout the search process. They communicated frequently and efficiently, providing valuable structure for each search and adapting rapidly to feedback. Most importantly, they’ve found and placed many great people with Angaza– now invaluable members of our team.
Speed, flexibility, and a deep understanding of our organization’s culture were some of the main reasons we kept coming back to N2Growth to work with their team on multiple key leadership hires.
VP Human Resources
EnerSys
Excellent partnership, great process, and confidence in the N2Growth team’s ability to represent our brand and culture in the market. Superb tooling and very high-touch.
Rebecca Nash
Gravie
With N2Growth, you get the 3P’s treatment – Professionalism, Persistence & Payoff. The entire team conducts themselves with the utmost Professionalism at all times. Their team Persists in searching for the best candidates, which can sometimes take time. And when they succeed in finding your ideal candidate, clients enjoy the numerous payoffs that flow from talented and effective leadership. N2Growth gets my highest recommendation.
Xiao Li Tan, President
John B. Stetson Inc
I could not have asked for a better partnership than the one that I experienced with the team at N2Growth. Their ability to assess organizational needs and quickly identify and present numerous high-caliber candidates for consideration is second to none.
Adrienne Huntley
Priority OnDemand
The team at N2Growth adapted and responded to meet our needs and worked closely with us to secure the best candidate.
Kristi Cappelletti-Matthews
VSP Global
N2Growth was a great partner in helping to find a new VP of Business Development. They were thorough in prepping us for the search. They brought us very qualified candidates to select from. In the end, we think we got a candidate that was an excellent fit for our organization and that we would never have been to find if we did the search ourselves.
Mike Guerina
ThinkWrite Technologies
Working with N2Growth has been a true pleasure. They’ve exceeded our expectations in every way. The entire team took the time to understand our company’s culture, placing us with incredible talent at an extraordinary pace.
Payam Shohadai
CEO Luma Pictures
This is the second search I have done with N2Growth. The candidates provided have been exceptional and the company is afforded the chance to explore not only talent that aligns to what we requested, but talent that is adjacent to the request. In one instance it reaffirmed we were targeting the right things, in the other it altered our path for consideration which resulted in a better long term outcome.
Annie Hart, VP Human Resources
ampliFI Loyalty Solutions
Very professional, well organized, responsive, and a well-prepared team that is easy and enjoyable to work with.
Senior Group Manager, Talent Management
Hyundai Motor America
I was very impressed with the caliber of candidates and the ease of working with the N2Growth team!
Mary-Lyn Baldauf CEO
Qsource
Board search and advisory services
Few things influence executive leadership more than an engaged, forward-thinking board. As expectations rise around board engagement, ethics, governance, and overall performance, boards are under increasing pressure to perform at the highest level.
Our board search consultants bring decades of expertise to the board search process. We advise individual board members, lead directors, committee chairs, and full boards on succession, governance, and long-term strategy, ensuring your leadership team is aligned and ready for the future.
- Board Chair & Board Director Assessment & Evaluation
- Director Selection & Board Composition
- Director Succession and Assimilation
- Board Advisory, Consulting & Development
- CEO & CXO Succession & Assimilation
- Board Chair Succession Planning
- Board Governance, Risk Management & Compliance
- Compensation
Executive search technology, redefined
Vue redefines the executive search experience by offering unparalleled transparency and collaboration at every stage of the process. Our proprietary platform provides you with 24/7 access to talent insights, reporting, and analytics to make informed leadership hiring decisions– faster and better.
With AI-powered data streams, Vue draws out talent insights on compensation, geography, and talent mobility. This gives you deep market awareness of where top executive talent sits and helps identify the largest possible pipeline of candidates for your organization.
Vue uses a comprehensive whole-person analysis backed by psychometric research and 50+ data points to match candidates to your leadership and business requirements.
Vue redefines collaboration with full transparency throughout the search. You’ll have 24/7 access to updates, reporting, and analytics – eliminating bottlenecks and accelerating decision-making.
Vue aligns candidate insights with your business strategy, helping you de-risk hiring decisions and accelerate leadership impact.
Executive search across all industries
We understand the intricacies of executive and board leadership across the economy. Our executive search consultants organize across nine core vertical groups to maintain unfettered relationships with coveted executive and board talent, cultivating access and insights in every sector.
Placing and advising the leaders of tomorrow
As an executive search firm, companies call upon us to find world-class talent and we deliver. But, it’s our fully integrated portfolio of leadership advisory services that sets us apart.
Contact us to learn how we can help you attract, develop, and unleash leaders.
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Executive search FAQs
An executive search firm specializes in finding, evaluating, and placing senior leaders like CEOs, board members, and C-suite executives. At N2Growth, we go beyond traditional recruiting by solving business problems through strategic leadership placements that align with your long-term goals.
Retained executive search is an exclusive, partnership-based model where a firm is hired to fill a critical leadership role from start to finish. We take a consultative approach that leverages deep research, proprietary technology, and strategic insight to deliver transformational leaders-not just available candidates.
Top executive search firms offer proven expertise, high success rates, and unmatched access to elite talent. We are consistently ranked among the world’s best, known for delivering results with speed, precision, and impact.
We place executive leaders in just 94 days on average, which is significantly faster than the industry norm. We move quickly without compromising on quality or long-term fit.
We specialize in CEO and C-suite placements, board search services, and executive leadership roles across all industries. Our executive search consultants serve clients in Technology, Media & Telecommunications; Industrials; Financial Services; Education, Government & Nonprofits; Consumer; Healthcare & Life Sciences; Business & Professional Services; Agriculture, Energy & Natural Resources; and Private Equity & Principal Investors.
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