Our executive search firm is best known for its track record of handling highly confidential and complex Board, C-Suite, and CEO recruiting assignments.
Our Approach
We understand that you’re not simply looking to fill a role vacancy by partnering with an executive search firm, but rather, you’re looking for a leader who can help take your company to its desired future state. You’re ultimately looking to solve a business problem with a great executive or board hire. We come alongside you to figure out what that looks like and find that perfect-fit leader wherever they might be. As a top executive search firm, we do that with speed and precision that no other retained search firm can match.
We have created a completely unique retained search experience for our clients, built for how search should work, not just how it’s always been done. We pair best-in-class research capabilities with an internal commitment to cutting-edge technology and product development. This produces deep, rich talent pipelines across all industries and geographies for our clients. Our transparent search application, known as N2Vue, gives clients 24/7 access to their entire pipeline with real-time reporting, data and analytics. N2Growth also uses a bespoke pricing model that offers a variety of engagement options to accommodate virtually any company. We meet you where you are instead of forcing you into an outdated, industry standard pricing model. Overall, our unique process is co-created with each client to deliver what they need, when they need it.
Nothing at N2Growth is “industry standard,” and that includes our performance. In every meaningful category of measurement, we rank at or near the top of our profession. N2Growth’s executive search practice has been continuously named one of the top retained search firms in the world for a reason. We invite you to join Fortune 500 companies, leading private equity firms, fast-growing startups, and successful middle-market companies in selecting N2Growth as your preferred leadership and talent partner.
N2Growth recognized in Forbes List of Best Executive Recruiting Firms for seven consecutive years! This achievement is a testament to our commitment to excellence, and we're proud to be counted among the best.
Track Record
Industry leading performance metrics
There’s a reason our search firm is growing at five times the industry average, winning 86% of our competitive selling opportunities, and are rated higher in client satisfaction – we outperform the industry in every meaningful category of performance measure.
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Diversity Commitment
More diverse teams are better teams. We have a proven track record of helping organizations get there with some of the highest diverse placement rates in the industry.
We are on a mission to help companies become more diverse, equitable, and inclusive. First, because it’s the right thing to do. Second, because it will make your team perform at a higher level, the C-Suite’s diversity of thought and perspective leads to better decision-making and better outcomes.
Our search consultants have the major global reach, infrastructure, and network because we are a top-ranked search firm. And we are harnessing those resources to advance the mission of increased equity at the executive level. If your company is looking to diversify its leadership team, we can provide you with unparalleled access to the executives you need but can’t seem to find.
Whatever your unique company culture needs to diversify, to become that equitable microcosm of society that you aspire to be, we can help.
Many organizations have established robust DE&I education and training programs. While incredibly important, training alone is not enough. It’s a starting point. Leaders need to identify, attract, and retain diverse leaders that will be a culture add and help accelerate your organization toward a better future. A more aware culture is one thing, but when employees can look around the organization and see other people like them, that represents real diversity.
We’re ready to partner with you to co-create a more equitable future together.
Industry Groups
We understand the intricacies of executive and board leadership and have a robust network of C-level recruiters with unfettered access to tier-one talent.
The boardroom has never been under more scrutiny. At a time when expectations for board engagement, ethics, governance, and overall performance have never been higher, many boards lack diversity and leadership. Our corporate board recruiters are experts in board search services, bringing decades of expertise to the hiring process and finding the right leader.
Boards are under pressure from the capital markets, media, regulators, shareholders, CEOs, and other constituencies to provide strategic value and ensure the enterprise’s sustainability through executive transitions and complex market conditions. Whether it’s advising individual board members, lead directors, committee chairs, or working with the entire board, we are expert consultants and widely known as a top-tier board of directors search firm that offers professional board advisory services for our clients:
• 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
• CEO & Board Coaching
• Board Governance, Risk Management & Compliance
• Compensation Committee Assistance
Few things can influence executive leadership like an engaged, productive, and insightful Board of Directors. Our team of expert consultants has deep expertise in amplifying boards by helping them identify their needs, align their resources, lead in the present, govern, and plan for the future. If you’re ready to maximize your board’s impact, effectiveness, and efficiency, then we should talk.
"Compromise has its place in business – but it has no place in the talent acquisition process."
— Mike Myatt, Founder
What Clients Are Saying
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.
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.
I was very impressed with the caliber of candidates and the ease of working with the N2Growth team!
Mary-Lyn Baldauf CEO. Qsource.
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.
Excellent partnership, great process, 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.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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