Welcome to Value Centric Talent

A recruitment resource for private equity and select corporate clients. Specializing in corporate officer talent to support value creation. 

Value-centric talent is a talent management approach that focuses on the value that employees create for the organization. This approach views employees as assets that can be leveraged to achieve business goals. There must be a link between talent and the strategy or value creation plan for the company.

We feel that the traditional search model has become too transactional and that there is a clear breakdown in the interests of the client and those of the search firm. In short, the industry was more about dialing than understanding what was truly needed to support the value-creation agenda of the client. 

The business model employed by the big firms and even big boutiques conflicts with the best interests of the client. Our business model solves the alignment issue that we have witnessed as a partner with a major firm, as a CFO candidate, and as a buyer of retained search services (client). 

We believe that the value of human capital is the key driver to the creation of shareholder value. A systematic approach needs to be utilized to get the best outcome. We are able to bring the functional experience to a situation that our client may not have.

We operate as unsentimental owners focused on business performance and investor returns – we operate as owners. We understand the value drivers of your business and what the levers available are to drive the value creation process.

We understand that we must deal effectively with the high stakes and urgency required by working with a PE portfolio company or a public company. We are able to roll up our sleeves, think and act quickly, prioritize, and be decisive. Operating successfully requires a hands-on consultative approach with a bias toward action. Our operating principles require that we do the work and do not rely on inexperienced lower-level individuals to execute for us.

This also means that we want to create alignment between parties be that a financial sponsor and management team in a PE situation or a Board and Management team in a public ownership structure.

Finally, to create alignment with our clients we offer the following principles and thoughts as to why we are different.

1. We are focused on functions we know.

2. We limit the number of projects by a consultant. 

3. We only used fixed fees to align economic interests.

4. We have access to candidates as off-limits is not an issue.

5. We do the work.

6. We have a continuous improvement mindset.

We believe that as a partner to our client, we must combine art and science, creativity, and experience to solve your human capital issues.