THE WORLD’S BEST HIGH-END TALENT, ON DEMAND
Business Talent Group (BTG), a Heidrick & Struggles company, is the leading talent marketplace that connects independent management consultants, subject matter experts, project managers, and interim executives with the world’s best companies.
BTG provides just the right on-demand talent needed: remote or on-site, part-time or full-time, individuals or teams, all around the world. That’s why more than 50% of the F100 and hundreds of other leading companies trust BTG to curate, vet, and compliantly deliver talent who fuel growth, innovation, and performance improvement.
LIMITLESS ACCESS TO TOP ON-DEMAND TALENT AND SKILLS
Whether you want to place an interim leader, flex your team, or access consultants and experts with in-demand skills or expertise, Business Talent Group delivers top business minds with experience in the industries, functions, and capabilities you need. Meet your agile workforce.
Interim Executives and Leaders
Source seasoned leaders who can seamlessly bridge critical leadership gaps, address specific challenges, and provide strategic guidance and hands-on execution during periods of transition, crisis, or opportunity. We specialize in interim CEO, CFO, CHRO, COO, CIO, CTO, CISO, and CMO placements.
Independent Consultants and Experts
Utilize a flexible talent model and access independent professionals to scale teams up or down as needed. Bring in niche knowledge, add a complementary skillset, provide additional capacity for a project—or all of the above. Engage experienced management consultants with classic big firm training, boutique firms with pre-built teams, and subject matter experts to provide deep insight and analyses, assess emerging opportunities, and develop strategies that drive growth and innovation.
GUIDED BY EXPERIENCE
Business Talent Group was founded in 2007 with the mission of bringing the best on-demand talent to the most important projects to enhance business performance and improve people’s lives, and is recognized as a consulting disruptor and workplace innovator.
Heidrick & Struggles acquired BTG in 2021 to become the first global leadership advisory firm offering the full spectrum of executive and high-end talent solutions—from on-demand independent professionals to interim executives to permanent placements—together with its consulting services.
A WORKFORCE REVOLUTION FOR THE MODERN ENTERPRISE
As former management consultants and executives, we understand the needs of major corporations and independent consultants. Those experiences inform everything we do to unite and support our talent and clients on their most important work.
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HIGH-END INDEPENDENT TALENT, ON DEMAND
As leaders and organizations increasingly focus on the need for speed, agility, flexibility, and innovation, companies are turning to independent professionals to fill critical skill, expertise, and leadership gaps for a range of specialized mission-critical projects.
Business Talent Group, acquired by Heidrick and Struggles in 2021, provides clients seamless access to an on-demand marketplace of top independent talent, including professionals with deep industry and functional expertise for interim leadership roles and critical, project-based initiatives, such as performing a market assessment, development of an eCommerce strategy, standing up a global supply chain, or placing an interim CHRO to prepare for an IPO.
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Despite slow, sometimes halted, hiring and frequent budget tightening amid global economic uncertainty, an acute need remains for high-end independent talent—also known as on-demand talent with skills to pivot adeptly in today’s increasingly competitive business environment. In its sixth annual High-End Independent Talent Report, Business Talent Group (BTG), a Heidrick & Struggles company and talent marketplace for
Companies today are facing a business landscape that offers significant opportunities for growth and innovation fueled by drastic changes in consumer demand, rapid technological advancement, and the widespread adoption of hybrid work. Yet new concerns have emerged— from the extraordinarily tight labor market to rapidly rising inflation to geopolitical tensions that stress not only supply
The world of work is undeniably different today than it was just a few years ago. During one of the most turbulent periods for business in decades, companies have undergone significant changes to rise to the challenges—from increased adoption of remote working to transforming their very business models and product offerings to meet the ever-increasing
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