We strive to be the best, rather than the biggest or the most visible or the most diversified. Since our founding in 1969, we have expanded organically, not by acquisition. Each of our 39 wholly owned offices and every one of our 275-plus consultants around the world reflect Russell Reynolds Associates’ strong values and traditions, which prize unmatched client service and long-term client relationships.
We focus on executive-level positions, enabling our consultants to concentrate solely on the universe of senior executives and deliver the best solutions to our clients’ leadership requirements. We are consultative rather than transactional; executional rather than sales based; and prone to favor deep, long-term relationships over multiple short-term engagements.
Our "one-firm" culture drives us to embrace teamwork, collaboration and knowledge sharing. All our offices share equally in the profit and loss of the entire firm. Because we have chosen to remain private, we can focus exclusively on our clients’ leadership challenges, undistracted by the pressure of near-term earnings. Even so, our relentless professionalism produces a level of profitability envied throughout the industry.
We pride ourselves on a rigorous search process, which has built-in benchmarks that have been proven over time to identify the best candidates swiftly and effectively. For example, we commit to: determine the universe of candidates in 15 days; provide a list of three candidates in 30 days; and identify the lead candidate in 50 days. We survey clients after every search and reward our consultants based on the feedback they receive.
All our consultants come to us with experience either in search or, most often, experience in the industry in which they will serve. They are the best trained in the search business. Using a fine blend of art and science, our consultants find the right leaders for our clients-the art of judgment acquired during years of industry and search experience combined with the science of our process and systems.
The results produced by our 44 practice areas constitute the final proof of our delivering on our promises. Seventy percent of our business flows from previous clients-which is the ultimate seal of approval.
We find the best candidates; our candidates stick; our candidates consistently succeed.
Our entire culture is steeped in finding the best person for each search we conduct. This promise is embedded in the way we work, the kinds of people we invite into the firm, the obsession we have with being each client’s most trusted advisor.
We are able to make this claim because:
- Our people are the best in the business:
Our market knowledge and search experience are unrivaled. Our executives know your industry because they have worked in it themselves. Most of our business is repeat business, which is the greatest validation of being the best that can be made. - What you see is what you get:
The team that presents to you is the team that will conduct the search. We involve partners in every search-you are getting the top talent and experience in the field when you select Russell Reynolds Associates. We do not delegate your search to a back office junior staff that you never see. - We utilize the best team for your needs:
Because we operate the firm as "one office," we draw upon the talent and experience of consultants from our 39 offices worldwide. No other firm goes as far as we do to ensure that your needs are understood and accommodated by the resources we have-anywhere in the firm. - Our services are limited to executive search and assessment:
By limiting our focus to the top end of the management spectrum, our consultants are in the best position to deliver the best solutions to our clients’ leadership requirements.
Ours is a culture of excellence and collaboration with an unwavering commitment to client satisfaction:
We do not take shortcuts, and we do not treat the search process as a transaction. Our goal is to be the best, not the largest or the least expensive. You get what you pay for, and, as with any premium provider, we stand by our pledge of delivering greater value than any other search firm.
