clients

One of the most enduring sources of competitive advantage in today’s global economy is the ability to make insightful decisions about people. Watson Ford’s largest service practice – Executive Search – concentrates on helping clients achieve this advantage through the identification, assessment, and recruitment of the world’s most talented candidates. On the surface, our executive search process resembles others. However, new clients usually discover that the experience of working with the professionals at Watson Ford is quite different.

First, our briefing meeting is the beginning of an emotional and deep commitment to completing our work with professional excellence. Thus, we begin with a rich discussion of the critical business issues that the recruitment process will address and with a description of the essential requirements of that position. Next, our consultants will qualify the behavioral characteristics that an ideal candidate will require in order to succeed in the future role in the client’s organization. Then, our consultants are able to identify potential candidates by utilizing three different resources: their own professional networks and relationships, those of their worldwide colleagues, and through systematic research.

As we believe that approaching the candidate is one of two key points of maximum leverage in a search, Watson Ford never delegates this critical activity to researchers. If you currently require our services or wish to have an initial exploratory discussion about what Watson Ford can do to assist you in filling upcoming vacancies within a particular practice area, please contact us at info@watson-ford.com.