Kathy Forbes is a Partner at The Forbes Group. She possess expertise in executive search, executive coaching, leadership assessment, leadership development, executive development and 19 more skills. Colleagues describe her as "As part of the Executive Search Committee for XCOR Aerospace, I had the pleasure of interacting with Kathy while she undertook a retained search for a new senior executive. XCOR is in the business of developing reusable space vehicles and safe, reliable rocket engines. We originally retained Kathy to recruit an SVP of Corporate Development. Where most recruiters would have been content to deliver a pool of qualified SVP candidates and collect a fee, Kathy challenged us to assess issues we had not previously identified. It took courage and a lot of effort from Kathy to undertake this difficult exercise. She led our committee through the process of evaluating key gaps in our leadership structure. The outcome was a revised strategy which resulted in our founding CEO shifting into the CTO role. This shift became a game changer. Instead of recruiting a new SVP, we focused our attention on securing an outside CEO whose strengths would complement our existing team. Kathy ultimately recruited an outstanding new CEO for XCOR. Our scientists and engineers quickly benefitted from the positive impact on strategy and productivity. We are now achieving significant advances beyond our original plans. The next time I face a crucial recruiting challenge, I will reach out to Kathy again. She has proven to be adept at identifying the strengths and limitations of a leadership team. Most importantly, she succeeded at helping us build an effective senior management team. We couldn’t ask for more. " and "Eight years ago we retained Kathy to recruit a new CEO for PKF North America (Now Allinial Global). I’m writing this recommendation because the candidate Kathy placed with us is still with us today and still going strong. He’s exceeded our expectations in terms of performance and has taken the organization to a whole new level. As I look back on the service Kathy provided, what stands out the most was her ability to accurately assess the candidates. First off, she understood precisely what we needed to take our organization to the next level. Secondly, from the vantage point of now having eight years’ experience working with the CEO we ultimately hired, I can state for a fact that Kathy’s original assessment of his strengths, weaknesses and traits was spot on. What we thought we were getting – we actually got. There were no surprises on our end, which is rarely the case when it comes to executive hires. If you are looking for a recruiter that can expertly guide you through the hiring process and help you accurately identify the defining traits and attributes of each executive candidate, I would call Kathy. "