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.

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

Women Returning to Workforce in Droves

For the better part of the past three years, professional women have been challenged with significant gender equity setbacks. Slayton Search Partners’ last analysis of women in the workforce revealed a dismal state; in 2022, female workforce participation was at its lowest in 33 years. “Women were burning out and leaving the labor force at far higher rates than

A Look at the High Demand for Top CFOs for Private Equity Firms

In times of volatility, financial stability becomes an understated hallmark of business success. Private equity firms have, appropriately, responded to the severe macroeconomic challenges of recent years with caution, making unprecedented pullbacks in investment and reaching record levels of dry powder, according to a new report from Slayton Search Partners’ Dan Dunn. “Today’s firms are steadying their balance sheets

How Fear of a Recession Impacts Talent Strategy

As budgets tighten and leaders prepare for a possible recession, recruiters say that investing in the employee experience is still a high priority. Most economists agree that the economy is in an unusual state, leaving them unsure if and when a recession might occur and what it will look like. A new report by Slayton Search

How CEOs are Managing Today’s Challenges

The demands placed on corporate leadership seem to have skyrocketed. Being the boss has never been easy, but in the wake of the pandemic, a CEO’s path to success has only become more fraught with challenge and complexity, according to a recent report from Slayton Search Partners’ Richard Slayton. “Add to that the rising tides

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Press Releases

Leveraging the Strengths of Family Business Through Outside Leadership

(March 2023) STUART SMITH Senior Vice President & Principal “That’s the way we’ve always done it!” So goes the dreaded phrase that stifles growth and insulates inefficiencies. And unfortunately, it’s an all-too-common utterance in the world of family businesses. The strengths of family-owned companies, particularly in the first and second generations, are significant, but they

Addressing C-Suite Turnover in the Industrial Manufacturing Sector

(March 2023) JOHN NIMESHEIM Managing Director As 2023 opened with the threat of a looming recession, many leaders of the industrial manufacturing sector could only sigh a little deeper. This was coming after several years of drastic change and uncertainty: the pandemic, the disrupted supply chain, wars and natural disasters, social justice and climate change,

Reflecting on Women in the Workplace Today [Article Roundup]

(March 2023) The substantial impact of women in the workforce is undeniable across industries. When more women enter the C-suite, research shows organizations benefit from higher profitability, more social responsibility, and a greater propensity for strategic change. Best of all, the results are long-lasting. Inspired by the tenacity of their forebearers, younger generations of women embrace ambition

Equity vs Equality: Why Gender Equity Is the Way Forward

(March 2023) This International Women’s Day, we celebrate the commendable strides women are making toward equality in the workplace. Women now hold a record 32% of senior leadership positions, and 90% of companies employ women at the C-suite level. However, to fully appreciate this progress, we must also recognize the obstacles professional women have faced and those