1. executive
search
consultants
personal touch. global reach

2. Guiding Principles
Unrivaled Matchmaking Creating effective and durable employment
relations begins with a search. Matchmaking is both art and science. We listen
and we understand before starting a search or making a recommendation.
Client Focus Success depends foremost on our relentless commitment to
serving our clients. We do not stop until the assignment is completed.
We are Accountable Search work affects our clients’ and our candidates’
lives deeply. The seriousness of this work guides our conduct. We hold ourselves
accountable both for results and for the integrity of the search process.
Culture Match We believe that culture match is the critical element in
determining an individual’s success within an organization. We constantly refine
our skills in personality analysis and in matching candidate personality with client
culture.
Transparency by Design We practice full disclosure. Our processes are
designed to be transparent, open, and comprehensible to all. Transparency is
more than a practice; it is a value we cherish.
Service permeates every decision, every action, and every recommendation we
make with our clients and candidates.
Relationship A search is a transaction. It is also the beginning or end of a
relationship. We manage client and candidates engagements like one step in a
long relationship. Our revenue model and our conduct depend on ongoing
business relationships, knowledge of our candidates, and knowledge of our
clients and their businesses.

3. Who we are
We are in our third decade in the field of executive search. We serve clients worldwide,
and are skilled at both cross-border executive appointments as well as attracting world
class candidates to our domestic clients.
Daubenspeck & Associates has been ranked among the “Top 25 Executive Search
Firms”, according to Crain’s Business, and our founder, Ken Daubenspeck,
is recognized as one of the world’s “Top 150 most influential” search
consultants according to Business Week.
We are recognized for the depth we are prepared to go to understand, serve and satisfy
our clients. We hold ourselves to a higher standard than our industry. While many firms are
satisfied if they complete two-thirds of their assignments, we complete every assignment
for which we are retained. But we do not define success by a 100% completion rate, or
our 96% retention rate. We believe success is defined by whether or not the candidate we
place accomplishes the objectives they were recruited for. It is for this reason our
guarantee for an executive placement is twice the length of the industry standard.
Our Approach
The fundamental differentiator between success and failure of an enterprise always
comes down to the quality of the people and how well they work together. We make it
our job to know the best talent available, to provide our client access to the most qualified
candidates, and insure the candidate our client selects fits their culture.
Exceptional search execution is one of the most important skills an
enterprise can develop. As organizations grow leaner, often these skills are not
allowed to become institutionalized. We have refined our methodology over three
decades, enabling us to produce quality results, every time.
We are selective, and we are effective. We have a reputation for providing our
clients with very personalized attention and putting consulting back in the job of executive
search consulting. While big firms focus on their revenue, growth and market share, we
prefer to focus on our clients, and emphasize quality service and delighted clients.
We are known for our unique and comprehensive profiles. Our Position Profile represents
a clear and common understanding of our client’s business and corporate culture, and
the market conditions that affects them. We also strive to build team consensus around
the opportunity, search criteria, key success factors of the position, and personality profile
of a qualified candidate. Likewise, we provide our clients with an equally comprehensive
Candidate Profile, providing an insightful perspective about a candidate, their
qualifications, their personality, their motivation, and any issues that may impact our client’s
ability to attract the candidate.
Because we earn the trust of both client and candidate, we become
trusted advisors to both; we insure success and satisfaction for all
parties.

4. Experience and Expertise
Daubenspeck and Associates has executed hundreds of search assignments for over
one hundred clients worldwide, covering most industries, and virtually every major
function. Our clientele is diverse ranging from large to small cap enterprises, including
financial services, professional services, consumer products, energy, global technology
and IT services, telecommunications, higher education and not-for-profit. Functions
supported have included finance, accounting, information technology, human resources,
tax and audit, compliance and marketing.
180 North Stetson Avenue, Suite 1935 Chicago, IL 60601
312-297-4100
www.daubenspeck.com