What differentiates McAulay Smith?

Our agility, precision and speed of execution, combined with our industry knowledge and reach. We are known as strategic advisors, who partner with clients to achieve industry-leading outcomes.  

Is executive search purely about who you know?

Finding the right leader for your organization is part science and part art. We combine proven assessment and integration techniques with deep market intelligence and a global talent network. What begins as a data-driven process concludes with nuanced decision-making.

How do you ensure that a chosen candidate is the right fit?

We start with you and your hiring team. Together, we determine the vital skills and traits that a candidate must have to thrive in your company and your culture. It is not enough to recruit a high-profile executive to run a brand-name corporation. The real question is whether that executive will achieve the desired returns on investment and objectives and exceed your targets. More than two decades of our firm’s positive results speak for themselves.

How have you achieved an industry-leading
customer return ratio?

Acting as a third-party resource – a trusted advocate – allows us to help you assess your existing talent and find a leader who will offer added value to your team and organization. We deliver results quickly and effectively by serving as strategic advisors rather than as traditional recruiters.  

Does McAulay Smith specialize in any specific industries?

While our firm serves mid-tier to Fortune 500 clients across the economic spectrum, we are a market leader in the nuclear, utility and energy sectors. Customers on three continents rely on us for our deep technical knowledge, combined with our extensive network. We have:

  • led searches for an unprecedented 24 chief nuclear officer roles, dozens of C-Suite executives, and hundreds of commercial nuclear power generation leaders;

  • searched and found utility industry chief executive officers and dozens of C-Suite leaders for investor-owned utilities, municipalities and rural electric cooperatives; and

  • continued to lead the utility industry in recruiting diverse officer candidates.

Why is performance-based pricing so essential?

True partnership requires skin in the game. That is why McAulay Smith was one of the first retained executive search firms to initiate a performance-based compensation structure. Most search firms bill based on timing, we bill based on actual results.

 
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