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Who We Are
H!RED is a boutique executive search, leadership and talent advisory business supporting organisations where people decisions carry real commercial consequence.
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We help organisations make high-stakes leadership and talent decisions with greater clarity, evidence and execution discipline, combining executive search, market intelligence, leadership advisory, assessment and organisational insight around the outcome the organisation is trying to achieve.
One accountable partner from decision through to outcome.
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Founders and CEOs
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Boards and investors
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PE-backed and growth-stage businesses
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Technology, SaaS, telecoms and infrastructure organisations
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Chief People Officers, HR Directors and Heads of Talent
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Businesses entering new markets or undertaking transformation
Who We Work With
H!RED works with organisations where leadership and talent decisions carry real commercial consequence
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Direct senior involvement.
Built around the decision.
When Clients Engage Us
H!RED is typically engaged when an organisation is:
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Appointing a critical leader
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Entering a new market
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Scaling after investment
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Rebuilding a leadership team
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Testing succession or readiness
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Improving organisational or TA capability
The common thread is decision quality
Connected capability across the leadership and talent lifecycle.
Organisational Insight
Culture & engagement
Leadership alignment
Team effectiveness
Organisational diagnostics
Leadership & Talent Capability
Executive Search & Team Build
Senior & executive hiring
Leadership team build
Market entry & new capability
Succession & replacement
Leadership Assessment
& Transition
Leadership assessment
Psychometrics
Executive coaching
Onboarding & transition
Talent &
Market IntelligenceÂ
Talent mapping
Competitor intelligence
Compensation & availability
Location & market feasibility
Talent Acquisition
Capability
TA strategy & operating model
Capability assessment
Team structure & skills gaps
Responsible AI & candidate experience
One accountable relationship, from market insight and leadership decisions through to organisational and talent capability.
Technology-Enabled. Human-Led.
AI can improve speed, reach and intelligence.
It should elevate, not replace, human engagement.
Technology & AI
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Research acceleration
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Market intelligence
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Decision support
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Workflow efficiency
Executive Engagement
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Informed conversations
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Context and nuance
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Individual motivation
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Relationship-led interaction
Experience & Reputation
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Clear communication
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Transparent processes
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Candidate trust
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Employer brand protection
At senior levels, every candidate interaction shapes the organisation’s reputation.
Most firms fill roles...
...we structure decisions.
Most firms:
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Run process
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Work to brief
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Present CVs
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Optimise for placement
H!RED
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Structure decisions before search
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Define success before candidates
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Uses market evidence
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Assesses context
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Supports beyond appointment
Example Engagement
Context: Global Telco SaaS entering the US
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Challenge: The original Director-level brief did not reflect the commercial outcome required.
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Intervention: Reframed the mandate at VP level and aligned scope and incentives to the revenue objective.
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Impact: A clearer VP-level mandate, better-aligned incentives and a stronger basis for selecting against the real commercial objective
Clients work directly with the people leading the engagement.
Darren Kenny
Executive Search, market intelligence, leadership advisory and TA capability
Who You'll Work With
Greig Cunningham
Executive coaching, onboarding, transition and performance
Zoë Hill
Leadership assessment, strengths-based coaching and structured evaluation
Before you make your next leadership or talent decision...
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Are you clear on what success requires?
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Do you understand the market?
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Are you assessing capability in context?
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Is the organisation ready?
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Will the outcome be supported beyond appointment?
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For leadership and talent decisions that carry real consequence:
