Market Intelligence
Bespoke talent mapping, benchmarking, and remuneration insight, informing human capital strategy and giving leaders a clear view of the landscape they operate within.
Evidence for the decisions that precede a search.
Many of the decisions around leadership capital are made before a formal search begins. Should the role exist as currently scoped? What does the external market look like? What is realistic on remuneration? Are internal candidates ready? What are our competitors doing?
Market Intelligence engagements are designed to inform those decisions with evidence. We conduct bespoke talent mapping, remuneration benchmarking, and strategic briefings, delivered as standalone engagements, as briefing work ahead of a formal search, or as periodic inputs into human capital strategy.
Our clients include boards, chief executives, chief people officers, and investor teams, each using market intelligence to sharpen decisions that would otherwise rest on anecdote or assumption.
What we deliver.
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Talent mapping
Structured mapping of credible talent for a defined role or function, across named candidates, organisational context, and indicative readiness. Useful ahead of a search, a restructure, or a strategic hire.
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Remuneration benchmarking
Confidential benchmarking of remuneration practice across peer groups, supporting offer design, retention conversations, and remuneration committee decisions.
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Sector briefings
Periodic written briefings on leadership trends, movement, and emerging capabilities across specific sectors, supplying context for strategy and talent decisions.
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Competitor intelligence
Discreet, ethical intelligence on the leadership dynamics at peer and competitor organisations, informing hiring strategy and organisation design decisions.
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Diversity analysis
Evidence-based views on the diversity of the available candidate market, supporting boards and leadership teams to set realistic ambitions and design inclusive search processes.
How engagements are structured.
Brief & scope
A short definition phase to agree the precise question being answered, the perimeter of research, and the form of the deliverable.
Research
Primary and secondary research conducted by our research team, drawing on proprietary databases, market conversations, and our global network.
Analysis
Structured synthesis of findings by a senior partner, translating raw data into the specific insights that inform the decision at hand.
Delivery
A written report and partner-led briefing session, with follow-on conversations as needed to support the decisions that flow from the work.
Confidence where confidence matters.
Clients engage us for market intelligence when they want to replace assumption with evidence, and when that evidence will materially affect a decision that follows. Our work has informed the scoping of newly created roles, the calibration of offer packages, the shape of succession strategies, and the framing of restructures.
We deliver market intelligence to be useful, not comprehensive. A short report answering the actual question serves our clients better than a lengthy document that buries the answer. Our briefings are designed to inform the conversation that matters, and to leave no doubt about what the evidence supports.
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Leadership decisions shape the future of your organisation.
We would welcome the opportunity to discuss an upcoming mandate, a succession question, or simply to begin a longer-term conversation. All enquiries are handled in strict confidence.