THE GOLD STANDARD FOR EXECUTIVE SEARCH

THE GOLD STANDARD FOR EXECUTIVE SEARCH

DELIVERING TALENT. EMPOWERING CHANGE.

Townsend is one of the best retained executive search firms in the business. Our proven, personalized approach allows us to move efficiently, meet unique challenges and magnetize top talent.

Combined with genuine passion for the clients we work with, Townsend gives candidates candid, accurate appraisals of the differentiators, challenges and opportunities that attract the strongest possible business leaders.

Our thorough, guided executive search journey produces impactful leaders that fulfill long-term goals, influence strategic plans and impact decision-making across the organization.

THE TOWNSEND SEARCH JOURNEY

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Provocative Questions

We explore every challenge and opportunity facing your company and industry to gauge your most pressing priorities.

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Culture Immersion

We develop a profound understanding of your company’s unique culture so it can be communicated vividly to executive candidates.

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Close Collaboration

Through our collaborative partnership, we candidly exchange insights as we define the role and its requirements for success.

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Extensive Exploration

Our team utilizes top technologies and proven processes to bring you the best possible leaders for your organization.

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Thorough Assessments

After vetting candidates’ careers, skills, interests, ethics and thinking, we provide honest insight to help you narrow the pool.

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Commitment to Longevity

Townsend is never about the quick win—rather, we deliver executive search journeys that prove fruitful long after a search has ended.

THE TOWNSEND SEARCH JOURNEY

Provocative-Questions-icon
Provocative Questions

We explore every challenge and opportunity facing your company and industry to gauge your most pressing priorities.

Culture-Immersion-Icon
Culture Immersion

We develop a profound understanding of your company’s unique culture so it can be communicated vividly to executive candidates.

Close-Collaboration-icon
Close Collaboration

Through our collaborative partnership, we candidly exchange insights as we define the role and its requirements for success.

Thorough-Assessments-icon
Extensive Exploration

Our team utilizes top technologies and proven processes to bring you the best possible leaders for your organization.

Extensive-Exploration-icon
Thorough Assessments

After vetting candidates’ careers, skills, interests, ethics and thinking, we provide honest insight to help you narrow the pool.

Commitment-to-Longevity-icon
Commitment to Longevity

Townsend is never about the quick win—rather, we deliver executive search journeys that prove fruitful long after a search has ended.

WHY TOWNSEND?

93%

CLOSE
RATE

85%

OF CLIENTS ARE
REPEAT BUSINESS

150+

COMBINED YEARS OF SEARCH EXPERIENCE

INTERIM SOLUTIONS

Townsend also has an experienced network of talented contract professionals ready to fill sudden vacancies, exceptional business volume, urgent deadlines and more.

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We see executive search as far more than filling a role—to us, it is a highly personalized process producing profoundly impactful leaders that fulfill long-term goals, influence strategic plans and impact decision-making across the organization.