Inclusive and Accurate Leader Acquisition Leads to Diverse and Effective Leadership in Organisations
Leaders have the largest impact on people’s success at work, inclusive workplaces and organisations’ results. Without high-performing leaders, people’s potential to achieve results is restricted and organisations underperform. MU Executive Search provides MU clients with an inclusive search, an accurate selection and efficient service.
Today advances in science, data and transparency shine a light on what many have suspected for years, that the probability of a successful leadership hire through the conventional Executive Search model is only 50–60%
Read the words of our CEO Richard Moore
The conventional ways of appointing leaders are flawed – it has two major problems:
It’s ineffective in predicting which leaders will succeed in a new role – the Performance Problem, and diverse plausible candidates are excluded while others have special access - the Diversity Problem.
This problem must be addressed by inclusive search where plausible candidates are searched, beyond existing networks. The bias and random error in selection decisions have to be well controlled.
MU Executive Search is evolved by the – tested and proven to overcome the performance and diversity problems found in conventional leader recruitment. Using this way of working, MU Experts worldwide provide MU clients with an inclusive search, an accurate selection and efficient service.
MU Experts provide a tested and proven Executive Search service. We know for a fact that our evolved MU Executive Search™ beat the conventional methods in Executive Search when it comes to both leader appointment success rates and reduction of skew in selection decisions.
MU addresses the Performance Problem via a science-based, precisely tailored, and quality-assured way of working (MU Leader Selection Science®). Publicly available reports from studies made by the MU Research Institute repeatedly show that more than 90% of the leader appointments supported by MU Experts are successful. The success rate of the MU methodology is independently evaluated and scientifically analysed. This means that every appointment made based on MU advice is evaluated and the results are transparently reported externally in scientific reports (see e.g., Jonsson, 2023a, 2023b).
MU addresses the Diversity Problem with a fair and quality-assured selection method that is validated internally and externally by DNV-GL to be effective. Follow-up monitoring of gender shows that the MU selection processes contain no systematic skewness (see e.g., Jonsson, 2023b).
In total 93,8 % of the appointments made based on assessments 2020 and 2021 were evaluated as successful by the Hiring Managers. The success-rate of appointments made based on assessments 2020 and 2021 as evaluated by the Hiring Managers is similar for all gender categories
Furthermore, to secure the inclusion of diverse plausible candidates in the initial shortlisting of candidates MU Experts always search beyond existing networks and specified target pools.
Effective Leadership Acquisition is at the heart of MU’s mission, and we have an extensive track record of successful leader appointments. We will form a team of certified MU Experts committed to your needs and assuring an inclusive search and an accurate selection.
Our Executive Search experts can efficiently secure your next high level leader, such as a vice president or executive director, wherever in the world they are. MU is a leading global Executive Search firm providing executive search consulting and operating in more than 60 different countries. As one global company, we have no internal barriers inhibiting what we can do for you – we support our clients through long term, professional service for high level roles.
We are a senior managing executive search firm dedicated to finding senior executive talent worldwide. The MU Executive Search is designed to effectively handle both the diversity and performance needs of the client through a quality-assured and ethical process. MU Executive Search is an effective procedure for inclusive candidate acquisition and selection process that reassures inclusive candidate search beyond known networks and selections that are made through a scientifically verified fact-based prediction methodology.
Our Executive Search experts have the knowledge and expertise - as well as the analytical tools and methods - needed to understand our clients’ strategic goals, business, and organisational culture. This understanding guides the delivery of our services in all major practices and markets.
* Regularly published validation studies from the MU Research Institute
** Client perception surveys conducted in >15 countries, 2020-2022.
*** Reoccurring validation studies, annually audited by DNV-GL
To find out more about how MU Executive Search can dramatically increase the effectiveness of your leadership appointments and ensure your organisation outperforms, contact our team.
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An Open Letter from Richard Moore, CEO of MU
The Eye Watering (And Avoidable) Cost of Failed Leader Appointment
3 Steps to Increase Your Chance of Hiring a Succesful Leader
How to Solve the Diversity Problem When Recruiting Your Next Leader?
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