I have the pleasure of leading our North American Executive Interim Management business. My colleagues and I support a wide range of clients providing them with exceptional talent on an interim basis to address capacity and capability challenges. We hire ‘traditional’ executive interims who provide an experienced and steady hand on the tiller allowing an organisation to cover sudden gaps in their leadership. We also hire 'strategic interims' who are bought into an organisation for a defined period of time to help drive change and elevate operational performance. This is the fastest growing and most exciting part of our portfolio as leaders look for cost effective and timely change that doesn't increase operating cost. This service was borne from clients wanting a change based approach, not a consultant advising them of what was wrong but an operational leader who has dealt with this challenge before to help them understand the issues and then to be an embedded leader to own the solution.

Lee Hecht Harrison Knightsbridge is the world’s leading talent development and transition company. We help businesses simplify the transformation of their talent and workforces to accelerate results and reduce risk. We are a leading Executive Interim provider in Canada. My role is to lead the Interim Management practice in Canada, managing the partners and our research teamsThe way Interim is being leveraged in Canada has changed significantly in the last 18 months from being a ‘gap filling’ solution to being a cost effective and efficient tool to inject key subject matter expertise, best practices, ideas and perspective to strategic initiatives and help move the needle.The speed of economic and technological changes means that the right path yesterday may not work today and could be a disaster by tomorrow. Solving these dynamic problems is what separates those who excel from the organisations who are closing their doors.We all need to create nimble and flexible organisations which is why more and more companies have the goal of 20% of their senior workforce being interim to give them the flexibility to invest in key knowledge and skills without changing their operating cost. The traditional staffing model of hiring permanent employees weds you to the value of a set of skills that are likely to be of less value to you next year and restricts you from investing in bringing in the subject matter expertise you need tomorrow. Canada has caught onto the value of interims in the last few years and as referenced in the Harvard Business Review article below, companies are using the tool to create a competitive advantage in how they deliver excellence to their customers and are changing the way they acquire skills and address capacity challenges. https://hbr.org/2012/05/the-rise-of-the-supertempIf I have tweaked your interest please call me to learn more on 416 928 4747

LHH Knightsbridge is Canada’s fastest growing human capital company, with 26 offices and 250 employees across Canada, the U.S and the U.K., including Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Calgary, Vancouver, as well as Halifax, Moncton, and St. John’s through our strategic alliance with Knightsbridge Robertson Surrette. LHH Knightsbridge works with organizations to help them seamlessly execute their strategy through people. Teams of experienced specialists in Leadership & Talent Development, Executive Search & Recruitment, Interim Management, Career Development & Transition, and Workforce Management provide integrated solutions to deliver on your human capital needs. LHH Knightsbridge has the people and services you need when you need them.We leverage our broad human capital experience and expertise in assessment and organizational development to understand your structure, culture and challenges to ensure the right fit. Speed matters. We typically present candidates within 5 days. In the event we cannot fill your assignment, you’ll know within 2 days. Your need is urgent and so is our response; our only goal is helping you succeed. LHH Knightsbridge interim executives offer a fast, cost effective and low-risk solution to any urgent leadership gap. Please contact me on 416-928-4747 to discuss your needs and how we can help

WWII led to the creation of employment agencies and in the last 3 years we have seen the biggest shift in decades in practices and processes within corporate talent acquisition. Companies who 'get it right' have been able to significantly reduce agency spend, decrease time to fill and improve their overall branding within the passive candidate community thus increasing the calibre of professionals they hire. The importance of getting the best talent available to help companies achieve their financial goals has been hightened by the global financial crisis and a long period of economic uncertainty.The next evolution is to leverage the power of big data to assess the impact of externally sourced talent and build out global sourcing strategies that actually work ! Through my time working for a Fortune 1 company and partnering with hundreds of companies from VC funded start-ups to Fortune 50 household names, I have a compelling combination of skills that can be leveraged to take advantage of the evolution within corporate talent acquisition.Innovative Corporate Recruitment Solutions is a consulting firm who can help you unlock the true potential of your company by improving your overall talent acquisition and development strategies.If you are looking to decrease agency spend, improve time to fill, increase the overall skill level of your recruiting team, evolve your graduate recruitment strategies, improve your brand within the passive talent community, leverage big data to assess the impact of talent on your organization, select and launch a new ATS or CRM or harmonize your global recruitment practices then please email me.I would welcome the opportunity to meet you to assess how I can help your organization and give you a free quote.Steve

Walmart Canada has revenues in excess of $20BN and employs over 95,000 associates.Working with the SVP People, I had the privilege of leading the talent acquisition team who were servicing all of our business lines in Canada, providing guidance and advice on internal and external talent pools. That includes our bank, e-commerce offering, real estate and our retail operations. Duties:• Coaching, managing and developing a team of talented talent acquisition specialists• Building multi-channel sourcing strategies including active and passive strategies• Advising my team and key stakeholders across the complete recruitment life-cycle from inception (requisition) through to the candidate's on-boarding plan• Assessing internal talent pools for current and future roles and partnering with key stakeholders and our high potential talent to unlock their potential within Wal-Mart • Personally headhunted and attracted exceptional talent into the organization at director level and above• Partnering with business leaders and the HR team to build talent pipelines based on current and future talent needs• Building and developing a robust talent management strategy for key strategic initiatives and organizational re-structuringKey achievements:• Created and drove the strategy to evolve the team from talent acquisition to talent advisers• Significantly reduced agency spend whilst increasing the caliber of talent attracted into the organization• Launched a new CRM for Canada• Launched a new tool to assess the impact of the talent we hired into the company• Created and executed a new branding strategy• Ran our graduate recruitment process and successfully filled all roles whilst deepening our partnership with key universities across Canada• In partnership with HR launched a new recruitment workflow process across the whole organization which defined accountability, increased the efficiency of the team and improved engagement

This was a really exciting opportunity for me to work for Randstad who have a market leading position in Canada as the country’s largest and best known recruitment firm. Randstad is not only a major player in Canada but at $20BN+ it is one of the world’s largest recruitment firms with an enviable client and candidate reputation.My role was to work closely with our clients to identify exceptional talent to join their businesses in senior leadership roles. The roles my team and I focussed on will be;C - suite - (CEO, COO, CFO, CIO)VP - suite Senior Finance rolesSenior HR rolesSenior Marketing rolesSenior Sales rolesSenior Supply Chain rolesSenior Merchandising rolesSenior IT rolesAt Randstad we have a database both here in Canada and globally which has been developed over the last 50+ years and with a market leading presence in many countries we can give our clients access to the best talent throughout the globe and talented executive’s access to career shaping opportunities across the globe.Executive Search has changed a lot in the last 10 years, first with the internet and now with social media. This has completely changed the methodology of Executive Search and the speed to deliver short lists. When I first started in Search it used to take us 3 months to deliver a great short list, now my team can deliver an exceptional short list including a truly global search within 4 weeks.Canada has been a big importer of senior talent and this will only increase as the Canadian economy goes from strength to strength through various rounds of global financial crises. Every company knows the critical importance of hiring the best talent and my team can not only help you to discuss your opportunity with the right professional, we can help you to secure and retain their talent to help you exceed your businesses objectives.

Built on 30 years of expertise, The Mergis Group provides specialized recruiting services to a diverse portfolio of clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies to small and mid-sized businesses spanning multiple industries.The Mergis Group operates through a network of offices throughout Canada led by a team of recruiting experts with extensive knowledge and proven career experience in the industries they service.Specialties: Headhunting, Career counseling, Large scale North American recruitment projects, People management and TrainingI ran our Canadian operation which comprised of 4 offices. Our teams focussed on partnering with a broad range of clients from Fortune 500 companies to Private Equity plays, the NFP sector, Healthcare and the Broader Public Sector. The keys to our success come from our deep understanding of our clients needs and the candidate landscape. We found the best talent in Canada and worked with them to help them realise their career potential at our clients.Our specialist teams focussed onBankingFinancial ServicesNFPPublic SectorHealthcareFund AdministrationAccountingMerchandisingSupply ChainIT

Running the Ontario operation

I had the pleasure of creating and leading 2 teams within our Public & Not for Profit divisionI ran our healthcare practice where we worked closely with a broad range of clients from the department of health to the PCT's and the hospitals. We partnered with them to find strategic interim executives who were SME in key areas of finance, technology, operations or human resources. I loved this stage in my career as we were able to find exceptional professionals who worked with our customers during a significant period of change for the NHS in the creation of the PCT's, changing of the funding to 'payments for performance' and finding ways to leverage technology to improve patient outcomes and drive efficiencies.I was also responsible for running our Charities, Government and Education team for central London. We worked with our clients to find the right human capital solution to help them drive significant change within their organisation. This was a really exciting time to work within the broader public sector as they began to see the exceptional values of hiring interim managers to help drive strategic initiatives.

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