Get the best talent
The right talent can transform your business. We go further to help you find, attract and keep the leaders who’ll help you meet your business goals.
Proactive and broad perspective
We take an international and creative approach by looking for talent across all markets and regions and considering diversity at each step.
Standout shortlists
We carry out thorough research and assessments and use data and analysis to identify the highest quality candidates who meet your list of ‘must haves’.
Transparent and hands-on
We’ll give you regular, transparent and insightful progress reports and will iterate our approach as needed.
We deliver rigorously vetted executive Interims at speed, leveraging deep industry expertise for critical leadership needs.
Rapid Interim executive placement
Essenta provides highly experienced Interim Executives within 24–48 hours for leadership gaps, transformation, and business-critical projects.
Deep industry expertise & due diligence
Extensive knowledge in Private Equity and Listed sectors, with a thorough vetting process including references and case studies.
Client & Interim-focused approach
Prioritising strong relationships, long-term impact, and tailored support, including guidance on IR35 regulations and professional development.
Functional capabilities
Essenta has built an extensive network and track record within global Consumer, Digital and B2B sectors, across the following functional disciplines:
- Interim CEO, MD
- Interim CRO, Transformation Director, PMO Lead
- Interim CFO, FD
- Interim CCO, Commercial Director
- Interim CHRO, CPO, HRD
- Interim CTO, CIO, IT Director
- Interim CMO, Marketing Director
- Interim COO, Operations, Supply Chain, Procurement Director
Develop your most essential team
We build high-performance leadership teams, combining data-driven insights with a deep understanding of each client’s unique needs.
Assessment
Make confident decisions about the leadership team you need to deliver on the next stage of growth. The Essenta Discovery Process® combines art and science, generating one of 40,000 possible reports for unprecedented accuracy, authenticity and scalability across leadership populations.
Performance
Strengthen the performance of your leaders as individuals and as a team through leadership offsites and bespoke executive coaching programmes.
Succession
Identify, develop and engage the top 10% of leaders the business needs to execute and address the critical gaps to future-proof your most essential talent.
Understand leaders true unique character with objective insight
Shape your most critical talent strategy with the unparallelled accuracy and and scalability of our proprietary tool.
Candidate assessment
Make confident hiring decisions with an objective view into capability, readiness, value fit and behaviours.
Accelerated transitions
Reduce the time it takes for your new leader to land in role and reach full effectiveness with personal insights on how to manage, motivate and communicate from day one.
Team effectiveness
Assess the quality and capability of your leadership team identifying strengths and gaps to drive performance and transformation.
What we measure to reveal a leader’s true unique character
Cognitive EQ: Can they operate at this level of complexity?
We measure how the leader thinks and makes decisions, identifying their natural talents. This reveals how clearly they see the outside world and themselves.
Behaviours: How do they prefer to get things done?
We measure how the leader prefers to operate in their most natural state. This reveals how to manage, motivate and communicate with them.
Values: What motivates and drives them?
We measure what drives and energises the leader. This reveals the type of environment, team and role that would be most fulfilling for them.
The Essenta Discovery Process® is unique in 3 ways
Accuracy
Most assessments are based on a limited set of parameters like Big 5 personality traits. Personality does not capture how a leader thinks and what truly motivates them. The Essenta Discovery Process® is powered by state-of-the-art AI. It assesses a leader using 56 million thinking patterns, resulting in one of 40,000 possible leadership profiles.
Authenticity
Traditional psychometrics measure behaviours, which can change up to 200 times a day. They do not explain what causes these behaviours.The Essenta Discovery Process also measures EQ and values to reveal why a leader behaves the way they do.
Scalability
Many assessment centres require multiple hours of in-person reviews and are difficult to scale. The Essenta Discovery Process® combines a self-serve digital survey with a debrief session for each leader that is run remotely. It is highly scalable across leadership talent populations.