Meridian Management Advisors differentiates its practice by:
- Direct ownership – Founder handles full engagement of each project to ensure that the client’s organization, business, and objectives are not only well understood and represented, but more importantly, to improve marketplace engagement, collect and utilize critical market feedback, and enhance real-time search strategy that directly impacts the project outcome.
- Rigorous research – Practitioners that rely on a static internal database, who are volume-driven, and functional/industry specialists are often complacent and recycle candidates based on who they already know, placed, or repurposed from other colleagues’ projects with misaligned search objectives and mandates. Meridian Management Advisors will conduct tailored, thorough, and strategic research on every project.
- Eliminating conflicts – Standard industry practice structures “off-limits” agreements with clients to allow “poaching” in other parts of the company; Meridian honors full “off-limits” for the entire entity to protect client’s best interest; the Founder-led model also eliminates in-fighting amongst larger firm’s internal peers from competing for executives who are often actively pursued for multiple projects within the same firm simultaneously.
- Performance-based fee structure – Retained executive search industry’s standard practice requires full payment of the consulting fee in 90 days regardless of outcome. Meridian Management Advisors commits to a performance-driven fee structure subject to completion with full reconciliation based on the actual placement’s compensation structure.
- Unwavering values and standards – Meridian Management Advisors will always act with absolute confidentiality, honesty, and discretion; provide objective, constructive, and critical evaluation; and timely professional feedback to ensure all constituents’ best interests are considered.