Thorough but Timely
Let’s face it, there is an inherent trade-off between the speed with which an assignment is executed and the degree to which your search firm has explored and developed all candidate options available to you. In other words, there’s a trade-off between being thorough and being timely.
You want both, of course, but the quality of the outcome is what everyone remembers…and rightly so. Quality takes time.
We are dedicated to executing your search in the least possible time. But never at the expense of being as thorough as is necessary to achieve the best result for you.
Large or Small
Put simply, our specialty is search. More specifically, search work involving those critical positions - wherever they might be in your team roster - that really matter to you. Positions where the right individual can make a real difference to your overall success.
The people who fill these positions are as important to the success of smaller teams as they are to the success of larger organizations. In fact, it's usually true that the smaller the team, the more quickly the right - or wrong - team member can contribute to - or subtract from - your success.
At McCracken & Partners, we are as experienced and effective working with smaller and medium-sized companies as we are larger organizations. We regularly act for a wide variety of industries and companies, ranging in size from entrepreneurial "start-ups", through privately held mid-sized companies to industry-leading, global organizations. We value and treat all clients equally. Just as importantly, we work equally well with everyone.
Large or small, our clients are most commonly found in competitive, high-change environments where the need to identify and recruit the very best is crucial to building and sustaining competitive advantage.
Our Clients. Our Partners.
We're proud of our clients and the trust-based relationships we develop with them. We look at the big picture - your big picture - not just the "specs" for a given position. And we try to stay abreast of developments in your company and your industry...both during and between assignments.
Our goal is to build long-term, "trusted supplier" advisory and service provider relationships with our clients. In the process, we often become a virtual extension of your management team and an addition to your network of personal and business advisors. In this and many other respects, our clients become our partners too.
McCracken & Partners is a member of Penrhyn International, one of the oldest and largest global partnerships of independent retained executive search firms. Legally based in Zurich and chaired on a rotating basis - currently in Munich - Penrhyn member firms can be found in major cities throughout Europe, North America, South America, Asia and Australia.
McCracken & Partners / Penrhyn International is a global member of the Association of Executive Search Consultant ("AESC"). Headquartered in New York, with a regional office in Brussels, the AESC is the professional body representing retained executive search consulting firms around the world. Among other activities and responsibilities, the AESC promotes the highest professional standards in executive search through its industry-recognized Code of Ethics and Professional Practice Guidelines.
Penrhyn International has been represented in the regional and global leadership of the AESC for over thirty years. Penrhyn members have served as Chair of the AESC globally, in addition to serving on and chairing many of its Committees. In fact, Penrhyn is the only firm able to boast four individual winners of the AESC's award for distinguished contribution to the executive search profession, a reflection of the importance Penrhyn gives to the support and observance of the highest standards of professional practice.