Case Study: Global Tier 2 Firm Increases Success Rate and Reduces Turnover of New Partner Hires
We recently worked with a Global Tier 2 firm with a high population of recent partner hires that were showing early failure signs.
Leadership Acceleration
WHAT WE DO
We radically amplify leadership potential. 
As talent strategists, the work we do sparks measurable performance acceleration in leaders and teams. The professional services and private equity firms we work with protect their investments in top talent and drive sustainable practice growth. Typical results include:
6Mo
Speed the time-to-traction on new leadership investments by 6 months
15%
Improve performance to drive a 15% increase in practice or portfolio growth
32%
Build more diverse teams by reducing turn and de-risking non-traditional hires by 32%
Our strategic approach to talent acceleration is tied to real outcomes
Leadership
DNA
Verity Leadership
AssessmentSM
Our proprietary assessment, is the only one built specifically for professional services leadership.
Developed in partnership with Hogan Assessments, it is at the core of everything we do.
Actionable
Talent Strategies
The Science of
Leadership
Our statistically validated algorithm is proven to predict performance and accelerate your leaders.
That’s because it correlates leadership traits to your unique context, role, and business requirements.
Programmatic
Approach
The Wisdom of
Talent Advisors
As stewards of your talent and your business we drive leaders to tangible outcomes.
Our strategic approach to accelerating leaders is grounded in behavioral science and informed by decades of experience in the industries and roles we serve.
USE CASES
Driven to Help Solve Your Toughest Challenges
Invest in Partner Readiness
It’s expensive to hire partners from outside of the firm. Identify your high potentials and invest in development to build and retain the next generation of leaders.
Build Sustainable DE&I Programs
You’ve invested in diversity – now what? Protect your investments with a talent strategy and structure that increases success rate and performance for the long term.
Drive Practice and Revenue Growth
Hiring for growth only goes so far. Drive revenue increases per partner and measurable performance improvement by aligning talent to put the right people in the right roles.
Decode Success DNA in Your Culture
What behaviors really drive success at your firm? Benchmark leaders and culture carriers to reliably predict success of new hires, lateral hires, promoted leaders, and teams.
Accelerate New Leaders
Get a faster return on your human capital investments. Speed time to traction with a combination of science and wisdom – combining data with business context and talent strategy.
De-Risk Non-Traditional Hires
In a tight talent market, great new leaders may come from non-traditional sources. Develop a talent strategy to increase traction and success rate as you widen your hiring aperture.
Increase Success of Acquired Teams
Big changes can derail even the best teams. Perform talent due diligence to gather insights on skills and alignment. Create talent strategies to increase the probability of success.
Align Leader Strengths to Best Use
Today’s leaders want more meaningful opportunities. Assess strengths, derailers and motivators of top talent, aligning them to roles where they can achieve the highest potential.
Insights
How to Accelerate the Leaders You Already Have
As the economy slows and the potential for a recession looms, many firms are backpedaling hiring efforts, when it comes to executives and leaders.
The Pitfalls of Self-Referential Hiring
The term “self-referential” is usually used to describe creative works. Collins Dictionary states that describing a book or film as self-referential means that the work itself is concerned with its own composition.