A defined advisory project
A specific leadership question, agreed research and a decision discussion with the relevant stakeholders.
Leadership Intelligence & Advisory
A considered view of your next leadership decision.
Independent leadership intelligence and advisory for founders, boards, family owners and investors in luxury, lifestyle and consumer businesses. Available as a defined project or a scoped recurring engagement.
A confidential first conversation. No completed brief needed.
Support between appointments
You may need an external view before a role exists: the next senior hire, the leadership implications of growth, succession options or a decision about an owned business. We bring search experience and market evidence to those questions.
Choose the scope that fits the decision
The engagement sets out the questions, outputs, meeting allowance and research involved. Fees and timing are agreed in advance; additional assignments are scoped separately.
A recurring advisory engagement
Scheduled conversations and agreed market updates supporting senior hiring priorities or succession planning.
Leadership market mapping
A standalone view of the relevant leadership market when external evidence is needed before a decision.
What a retainer can include
Depending on the brief, recurring support may include a review of senior hiring priorities, a bounded research update, role-definition advice and discussion of external succession options. A fractional advisory arrangement can provide continuity without implying an executive management role or an unlimited HR service.
Leadership questions around ownership change
We can scope research and leadership options for an investor considering an acquisition or the development of a portfolio business. The work is grounded in leadership-market knowledge. It does not constitute transaction execution, legal due diligence, investment advice or valuation.
A clear boundary between advice and appointment
Advice may establish that a search is needed, that the role should be different, or that further internal work comes first. If the decision becomes an appointment, retained search is commissioned separately. Recommendations remain tied to the evidence and scope of the engagement.
The brief and the evidence
Agree the leadership question, research involved, outputs and meeting allowance. A defined project or recurring engagement should state what is included, available capacity and how additional work will be commissioned.
Before we speak
Practical questions.
What can a recurring engagement cover?
Agreed discussions, bounded market updates and advice on senior hiring or succession priorities. Scope, meeting allowance and delivery capacity are confirmed before the engagement begins.
Is this an executive or HR management role?
No. The service supports leadership decisions. Day-to-day management, employment responsibilities and specialist legal advice remain with the client and its advisers.
Can advisory work lead to a search?
Yes, where an appointment is the appropriate next step. A retained search is scoped and agreed separately rather than assumed to be included.
Start the conversation
What does your business need next?
Share the leadership decision you face. We will discuss the scope, timing and how we can help.