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Tone-wise, boss wanted Tony Robbins, client wanted Harvard Business Review. Copywriter (me) threaded the needle. Boss insisted on maximizing word count due to misapprehensions about SEO best practices. Copywriter delivered 1000+ words for each page. Client loved it.

Several months after final delivery, client, under new management, edited site text to the point where copywriter no longer felt comfortable using the live site as a sample. Below is the original text from the “Execuitve Search” page at launch.

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EXECUTIVE SEARCH

Transformative leadership starts with the perfect fit.

Securing the right leadership team is a crucial investment in your company’s future, and given that 40% of all executive searches end in failure, choosing your next CxO is too crucial a decision to leave in the wrong hands. At Ellig Group, executive search is more than just our core business. It’s the central hub around which we’ve built an entire ecosystem dedicated to providing our clients with the leadership and tools they need to succeed on every level.

Choosing an executive search firm based on size is like choosing a CEO based solely on their pay history. It’s the kind of safe solution people gravitate towards when goals take a backseat to risk aversion. Our decades of combined experience in business and leadership has taught us that safe solutions lead to “good enough” outcomes. And “good enough” is never good enough. 

Any executive search firm can run your criteria through a database and churn out a list of candidates who are suitable on paper. We choose to do more.

We know that experience is more than a CV. Identity is more than a checkbox on a form. Leadership is more than a PowerPoint presentation. Data is the engine, not the driver. Our process is human-driven and data-powered.

Your executive search is our priority

Ellig Group is a partner-led firm. Every search we conduct is supervised from start to finish by CEO Janice Ellig, supported by her team of seasoned and talented industry professionals. This allows us to deliver a level of white-glove service that is simply unparalleled within the industry. 

Our partner-led process means your search will get the attention it needs and deserves. Your case will never be fobbed off on a junior account executive or relegated to the back burner when a new client comes along. 

Our personalized, high-touch, and hands-on approach to partnering with our clients is unsurpassed. We leverage innovative technology to offer our clients clear and transparent communication with 24/7 access to their search via an online portal. 

From the convenience of their mobile devices, whether they’re in the office or on the road, our clients can access proprietary assessment tools, review shortlists, and provide timely feedback.

Our signature white-glove service isn’t just a client experience issue, it’s a performance issue as well. We want you to enjoy working with us, but more importantly, we want to deliver the results you need and deserve. Our thoughtful, fastidious approach to the search process facilitates both.

Executive Search Without Limits

All the resources of a larger executive search firm mean nothing if the best candidate for the job is off-limits to them due to a conflict of interest. Ellig Group’s solution to this problem is elegant in its simplicity: in order to serve our clients optimally, we choose them carefully. When you work with us, you do so with the knowledge that our obligations aren’t limiting your options.

International Reach, Global Footprint

Ellig Group is the New York member firm of IIC Partners, a leading worldwide executive search consortium with offices in nearly 40 countries, including 8 in the United States. IIC Partners comprises independently owned and operated, retained search firms with over 350 search professionals. Partnering with these firms provides us with instant access to talent worldwide, enabling us to support our clients in all of their markets with minimal off-limits issues.

DEI Without Compromise

We will give you the best slate of candidates for the job because that’s what you need. That slate will be diverse because that’s who we are.

When we say “DEI is our DNA”, we’re not just blowing smoke. We’ve been delivering diverse slates of candidates since 1977. To us, the push for greater diversity in c-suites and boardrooms is not just the latest trend – it’s been our mission from day one.

We are immensely proud of our unparalleled track record as game changers in the executive search industry. Our numbers tell the story: 95% of our candidate panels contained women and/or diverse executives, resulting in 75% of our executive appointments and 85% of our board appointments being women, people of color, members of the LGBTQ community, people with disabilities, and/or veterans.

We take a broad view of inclusion across a range of areas, including ability, age, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, and gender identity and expression. 

Your success is our agenda. Fit is our priority. DEI is our DNA.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Matter

Your customers, clients, and community are diverse. Your leadership team needs to understand their needs. Aligning your leadership’s demographics with those of your stakeholders is not a complete solution, but it’s a good first step.

Study after study confirms that diverse leadership is not merely a virtuous goal but a business imperative. Empirically, diverse teams perform better. Qualitatively, they are more resistant to “groupthink” and thus more capable of innovation.

While progress towards gender parity and racial equity remains slow, those corporations that have prioritized these objectives have reaped the benefits. We stand proudly on the forefront of the push towards parity, as we have since our inception as a firm. If DE&I are your priorities, Ellig Group is your solution.

Executive search is just the beginning

Leadership transition can be a time of many challenges, even when the incoming exec is a perfect fit for their new role. We offer a variety of auxiliary services to smooth that transition and ensure success for our placed candidates:

• EXECUTIVE ASSESSMENT

• A tailored assessment methodology produces data-driven insights into leadership, performance, and culture.

• ACCELERATING IMPACT

• A post-placement strategic “roadmap” to onboard newly-appointed leaders and enhance results.

• EXECUTIVE COACHING

• Individual leadership coaching for executives seeking to increase their leadership effectiveness or navigate a transition and team coaching designed to optimize larger groups of leaders and support organizational health.

• LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

• Curated programs include team and group facilitation and on/off-site meetings on topics including transformation, teambuilding, resiliency, and communication.

We stay close to our placed executives in their new positions, and continue to work with them to ensure a long-term career in the organizations in which they are hired – and beyond.