Conducting an Executive Search for a Chief Executive Officer embedding exemplary standards of leadership and management across the organisation.
The Brief
Future Leadership™ was engaged by a not-for-profit early childhood education organisation to fill the role of Chief Executive Officer to design and implement organisational strategy, lead and manage growth, while simultaneously continuing to drive the development of culture and quality improvement.
Requiring a candidate to offer a strong values alignment to the quality ethos the organisation has built a reputation on.
Candidate net Promote Score
Future Leadership combines truly personalised relationships with innovative technology solutions to ensure an approachable and efficient process for all our Net Promoter Score across clients, successful candidates and unsuccessful candidates is well above industry standard.
Candidates supported every year
We maintain genuine relationships with past candidates and continue to support them with leadership solutions long term, after they land their role.
Senior Women Appointed since 2002
Over half of the executive search assignments undertaken by our team have resulted in the appointment of outstanding female or LGBTQI+ leaders to high profile roles.
Candidate Retention Rate for 12 months since 2002
Our thorough briefing process and ability to engage passive candidates mean that we go to great lengths to find the right person for the role – long term!
The Process
Future Leadership™ undertook a comprehensive search process tailored to the organisation’s needs. To find a candidate who is authentic and an empowering people leader, with high emotional intelligence and an unwavering commitment to excellence in delivery and impact.
Key steps included:
- Engaged with the board to understand the role’s strategic priorities and challenges.
- Leveraged extensive networks, advertising campaign to identify candidates with demonstrated experience of leading innovation and growth, including developing new offerings and scaling existing programs.
- Eight candidates were shortlisted, with three who progressed to panel interviews.
- The final candidate presented strong and accomplished Chief Executive experience in education.
This rigorous process ensured the appointment of a candidate to ensure the long-term sustainability of the organisation.
The Outcome
The successful candidate was appointed to the role at the end of January 2025. A skilled and experienced reformer (policy development through to implementation) and values driven, reflective leader who models professionalism.
