Light-weight. Heavy impact.

Diagnose first. Then define the role.

Decades of work on what drives executive success in mid-sized companies. More than 40 research studies, coupled with live PE search experience, shape the Sync process.

How we work

Sync. Align. Select. Support.

  • Value creation plan and investment thesis
  • Leadership and organizational health
  • Current versus required capabilities
  • The mandate — what this leader owns over the first eighteen months
  • The capabilities it requires, ranked
  • Leadership profile, and fit with the team already in place
  • Sourcing across a vetted bench of PE-experienced operators and the open market
  • Candidates scored against the requirements set in Align
  • The same structured scorecard for every candidate and every interviewer
  • Pre-start alignment between sponsor, CEO and the incoming leader
  • A 90-day plan built from the mandate and the success measures set in Align
  • Check-ins with the sponsor and the hire through the first two quarters