Slayton Search Partners

About Us

Founded in 1985, Slayton Search Partners is a premier retained executive search firm dedicated to recruiting top executive talent to client companies throughout the globe. We know how important it is to find a partner who can understand your needs, recruit best-in-class talent, and counsel you toward a successful conclusion of the search process.

Built on strong principles of knowledge, integrity, communication and quality, we’ve evolved alongside an ever shifting business landscape, gaining insight and expertise while crafting a better search alternative.

Our way of Limit-Less® thinking and acting has made us one of the fastest-growing executive search firms in North America, building a distinguished roster of clients and attracting more of the top candidates sought after by top firms and organizations

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Solutions And Expertise

Attracting senior management talent in any industry can be challenging. Slayton’s exceptional consultants invest countless time and energy to build industry domain expertise and relationships with leaders in these verticals.

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  • Assessment
  • Data Analy./Mrkt. Intell.
  • Executive Coaching
  • Executive Search
  • Leadership Develop.
  • Onboarding
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News Briefings

How Strategic HR Leaders Unleash Workforce Potential

The hot U.S. labor market has shown remarkable resilience in recent years. Despite gradual stabilization—driven by a decrease in job openings and recent upticks in the national unemployment rate—the tumultuous echoes of the Great Resignation and quiet quitting continue to disrupt industries. As the war for top talent wages on, hiring, retention, and employee engagement will remain top business priorities in the new

Navigating DEI When Hiring Executive Leaders In Private Equity

In a historically homogenous sector, diversity rises as a leading differentiator among high performing private equity firms and their portfolio companies. From rising interest rates to increasing C-suite turnover, private equity firms and their portfolio companies have recently faced a spectrum of challenges that have limited their potential to achieve growth, according to a new report from Slayton

The Business Case for Gender-Inclusive Leadership Teams

The power of women in leadership has been widely documented over the past decade. When companies appoint more women to senior positions, research shows profitability grows, openness to change rises, and customer experiences improve. It’s no surprise that global organizations are strengthening diversity initiatives, seeking equal gender representation in leadership roles—and increasingly, companies are recognizing the

Why Investing in Top Private Equity Talent is Key to Future Growth

As competition for top talent grows, private equity firms must reevaluate their leadership needs and strengthen retention strategies. The private equity industry has entered a lull, according to a new report from Slayton Search Partners’ Dan Dunn. An article from Bloomberg says that firms are raising new funds at the slowest rate in over a decade; deal volumes

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Press Releases

Slayton Search Partners Named to Forbes’ Best Executive Recruiting Firms in 2023

(May 2023) Slayton Search Partners, a globally respected leader in retained executive search, is honored to announce its recognition as one of America’s Best Executive Recruiting Firms in 2023 by Forbes. Slayton ranks 15th out of 150 firms that specialize in filling top leadership positions. Forbes and Statista, a leading market data provider, presented this coveted honor

How Predictions of a Recession Impact Talent Strategy

(April 2023) JOHN DOYLE Executive Vice President As budgets tighten and leaders prepare for a possible recession, investing in the employee experience is still a high priority. Most economists agree we’re in a weird place right now, unsure if and when a recession might occur and what it will look like. For businesses that are trying to

Leveraging Compensation: Why Pay Equity Is Key to a High-Performing Workforce

(April 2023) JAY DAPRILE Executive Vice President Despite challenges, fair compensation remains critical to talent attraction and retention. Discussions about salary are no longer taboo. In the current business landscape, an environment characterized by pay transparency laws and calls for equitable pay, employees openly disclose salaries to shift the power of negotiation. These conversations, while

Not Just Granola: Exploring the Growth of the Natural Foods Industry

(March 2023) DAVID CECH Senior Vice President & Principal The natural and organic products industry has endured a handful of stereotypes over the years, labeled as a fad for the “crunchy” type. But with industry sales expected to exceed $300 billion this year—double the number from just a decade ago—the sector is throwing off the “granola” image