In the professional services sector, excellent leaders are crucial because people are the heart of the business. These executives help companies complete projects, boost revenue, and drive growth.
Finding the right executives for C-suite roles in professional services can be tough due to limited time and resources. That’s where a dedicated executive search firm comes in.
Y Scouts partners with companies to find leaders who match their cultural DNA, core values, and future vision. We are committed to purpose-driven executive search and recruitment, making sure you get leaders who fit perfectly with your organization.
Let us connect you with the inspirational and innovative leaders of your company’s future.
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Leading in Professional Services
When leaders in professional services aren't forward-thinking or innovative, and they resist change to maintain the status quo, their companies may face challenges. You need flexible leaders who embrace change and are passionate about meaningful work
Trends in the professional services sector
Employee engagement is the key to retention in this industry. An excellent recruitment and executive search firm can help companies find leaders who inspire those around them and create or maintain a thriving culture.
Y Scouts has a unique search process that allows you to thoroughly get to know professionals with a proven track record in the professional services industry. We’ll find the perfect match for your needs, someone who can make an immediate impact.
According to Statisa, the professional services sector is currently valued at US $72.61 billion, and is projected to reach a value of US $95.44 billion by 2029. These statistics reflect the trending need for professional services across all industries — that’s why innovative, passionate executive leadership is vital to companies with a forward mindset and vision for growth.
Qualities needed in a professional services executive
Our process enables us to learn about the person behind the resume and how they could truly fit an opportunity based on their values, purpose, mission, and culture, and how these align with your company's needs. We look for candidates who embody the specific traits that make a great leader in the professional services industry:
- Adaptability
- Proven record of clear, empathetic, and effective communication with clients, leadership teams, employees, and stakeholders
- Strong support for emerging leaders
- Excellent time management skills
- Alignment with a purpose-driven culture, values, and vision
- Successful strategies for training, education, and development
- Tech savviness
A unique and proven recruitment and executive search firm
At Y Scouts, we connect you with candidates who can make an immediate impact by leading with their “why.” We believe that understanding personal and professional motivations is key to success for both companies and executives.
Purpose-driven leadership and growth happen when leaders and companies truly understand their motivations. But resumes and job descriptions alone don’t reveal true leadership. Real leaders shine when their values and vision align with your company. And Y Scouts excels in finding and retaining such executives through our unique, purpose-based approach.
Our proven search process is built on three core pillars: Role Visioning & Success Outcomes, Covert Discovery Process, and our Leadership Model for Hiring on Purpose.
Y Scouts executive search process
As the first purpose-driven executive search firm, Y Scouts is uniquely positioned to recruit your next professional services C-suite candidates. Here’s what our search model entails:
- Collaboration with your leadership team to discover your company’s “why” and to assess your company DNA — this allows us to narrow the scope of our executive search
- A proactive search for candidates with proven expertise and experience, who possess personal and professional traits that align with your why.
- Meeting only with candidates who possess a relentless commitment to learning and continual development, a proven record of driving results, and a history of developing other leaders within the professional service industry.
Y Scouts ATS and Client Portal
Unlike most recruiting firms that keep many aspects of their process behind a curtain, Y Scouts does the opposite. We provide our clients with complete access and full transparency to our entire Applicant Tracking System (ATS). Through the Y Scouts Client Portal, you and your leadership team can see exactly which candidates are in the pipeline, who we've reached out to, who is moving forward, why some were declined, and any notes along the way.
You'll have detailed information about each candidate and the ability to write notes, ensuring you always know where everything stands. Our portal is 100% confidential and secure, accessible only to our clients and approved members of their leadership teams. Y Scouts is committed to keeping you informed and involved in every step of the recruitment process.
The 3 uniques of our executive search and recruitment
Our search and recruitment methods use three unique principles to find leaders who guarantee the success and growth of your professional services company.
This approach enables us to customize the executive search and partner with you to find leaders who can quickly deliver results while aligning with your company's purpose, vision, culture, and values.
Role Visioning & Success Outcome
Our Role Visioning & Success Outcome model helps you to concretely define what an executive candidate needs to successfully fill your position needs, and how they would operate upon hire.
The Role Visioning & Success Outcome process includes:
- Collaborative brainstorming between Y Scouts and your leadership team to simplify the definition of the C-suite role you need filled. We’ll help you define the three most important success outcomes you will need your new executive to achieve within 12-18 months.
- A cross-section of your employees, from every department, will complete an extensive Company DNA Assessment that includes insight and feedback into your company operations and the unique features of your company culture.
When the DNA Assessment is completed, we’ll meet with 2-5 members of your leadership team to further define your why and the strategies your next executive needs to implement in order to succeed.
Covert Discovery Process
At Y Scouts, we don’t post jobs. Never have, never will. Our approach relies entirely on strategic, covert outbound outreach to find the right leaders for your company.
Our process involves reaching out to potential candidates who align with your values and vision. We search our extensive candidate profiles to find leaders who can make an immediate impact.
We begin with a 30-minute, informal conversation. No rigid questions, no checklists—just a genuine discussion to uncover the candidate's true motivations and character. We don't reveal any information about your company or the specific role at this stage. This allows candidates to relax and share their authentic selves.
This method helps us engage candidates on a deeper level, asking open-ended questions about their professional and personal stories. By doing so, we reduce the chance of rehearsed responses and accurately assess how well they would fit with your company’s culture and goals.
Leadership Model for Hiring on Purpose
Our last unique pillar, the Y Scouts Leadership Model for Hiring on Purpose, was developed by neuroscientist, Dr. Robert Cooper. Dr. Cooper created this seminal executive search model by researching the shared traits of global leaders and how they contribute to elevated and effective leadership.
This leadership model allows us to provide our purpose-based executive search and recruit professional services C-suite candidates who possess the following:
- An insatiable hunger for knowledge and relentless learning
- Proven ability to train, develop, and inspire emerging leaders
- A consistent track record of driving successful results
Check out a digital copy of the Y Scouts book, Hiring on Purpose.
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With access to over 1 billion candidate profiles and a proven purpose-based recruitment model, Y Scouts brings over 75 years of combined experience to the executive search process.
We’re committed to a collaborative partnership with you, and are dedicated to helping match you with the right candidates. By discovering your why, assessing your company’s DNA, and getting to know potential candidates, Y Scouts offers an innovative approach to executive search.
We can help you find a professional services executive with the inspiring leadership ability to lead your company into a successful future.
Connect with Y Scouts today.
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