Talent Intelligence Services

Strategic Talent Mapping

Talent mapping is an exercise designed to allow organisations a clear view of the available talent in a given market. Our dedicated research team undertakes extensive research in order to profile senior executives, key specialists and future talent across a range of industry sectors and organisations.

This research provides quantitative leadership analysis in a given market and helps to understand the nature of leadership in that market by using a methodological framework to document in minute detail the who, what, where, when and how of leadership. It helps to determine the market leaders, the companies and trends involved.

Talent mapping is a valuable tool for companies anticipating future recruitment needs, companies expanding into new markets or countries, and companies looking to benchmark themselves against their competitors.

Executive Market Intelligence

The Executive market intelligence service analyses leadership capability in a given market and leadership talent in specific industry sectors.

The service enables our clients to understand:

• Leadership teams within competitor organisations
• Senior executives operating within specific markets
• Organisational structures and reporting lines
• Leadership career trajectories
• Emerging talent within specialist sectors
• Broader trends influencing executive mobility

This intelligence gives clients a clear view of leadership talent availability across the wider market, supporting more informed hiring and strategic decision-making.

Leadership Landscape Analysis

It's often beneficial to have some market awareness at the very beginning of the process of searching for a Senior executive. Our Leadership Landscape Analysis provides an information rich, carefully constructed picture of the talent landscape and key elements of the market.

Typical research outputs include:

• Leadership market maps                           
• Talent pipeline insight
• Sector leadership analysis
• Market benchmarking information
• Executive profiles and biographies
• Organisational structure analysis

These deliverables provide organisations with clear, actionable intelligence about the leadership market.

Global Talent Intelligence

Our clients are global and internationally mobile and are therefore very interested in what is happening internationally in the talent markets in which they operate. Through our global presence, our in-depth understanding of global industries and our geographic reach, we are able to provide a comprehensive global view of leadership talent across all of the regions of the world.

We regularly undertake research across markets including:

• United Kingdom
• Europe
• North America
• Asia Pacific
• Middle East

This section offers perspectives on the international leadership skills and on the global distribution of leadership talent.

Supporting Executive Hiring Strategy

There is no executive search practice that is truly effective without a high level of market understanding. Creating an overview of the key leaders in an industry, and of the management teams within organisations, generates a knowledge source that can be used to underpin search and recruitment activity.

Our research supports:

• Executive succession planning
• Future leadership hiring
• Strategic workforce planning
• Leadership benchmarking
• Salary benchmarking
• Competitive intelligence

Research Methodology

We focus on specific markets and sectors, and use a number of structured information collection techniques. These combine industry data, contact and organisational information with market and sector intelligence to create a comprehensive leadership landscape.

Contact our team to discuss your research requirements.