Boyden – Bringing Value to Client Organizations by Addressing Their Critical Leadership Needs

"We strive to bring value to client organizations by listening to and understanding their needs, leveraging our sector strengths, as well as employing our tailored approach."

Talent acquisition is a series of strategic steps that businesses use to find and hire the highest quality candidates for openings within their organization. To excel in this endeavor, many employers rely on recruitment technology, which helps automate the most labor-intensive tasks of the hiring process and provides valuable data and intelligence that can help them make better decisions. Having the right people in the right roles helps businesses improve productivity and remain competitive in the market. Without a talent acquisition strategy, organizations may find it difficult to not only source active candidates, but also to market themselves as a preferred employer and network with passive candidates. Certain roles, like senior executives and individuals with highly-specialized skill sets, can generally only be sourced through talent acquisition. Yet, any business, regardless of its staffing needs, can benefit from a forward-thinking, talent acquisition strategy that addresses both the job vacancies of today and those of tomorrow with a strong pool of candidates.

Boyden is one such firm, which is recognized as one of the world’s premiere leadership solutions and talent advisory firms. They work with globally-oriented, growth, and emerging organizations providing executive search, interim management, and leadership consulting services, committed to collaborating with clients to discover the right leadership solutions that enable them to meet their business objectives. Their expertise is both broad and deep. Every Partner at Boyden has deep sector and functional expertise supported by local, regional and global knowledge. Boyden's collaborative teaming results in conversations that define the bigger picture – the impact of economic policy, government regulation and geopolitical factors — balanced with client needs and objectives regarding leadership needs and solutions.

Delivering a Consistent Level of Service Excellence to Clients around the World

Interim Management: Interim management enables you to bring new leadership on board to address immediate needs and stay only as long as required. Boyden’s interim executives are highly seasoned and prepared to make an immediate impact, giving you the benefit of an exceptional depth and breadth of expertise with no permanent obligation. A career in interim management is dynamic and challenging, offering variety and flexibility. Many professionals achieve highly successful careers in the interim market, moving through a series of assignments in a number of organizations. When time-critical leadership needs arise, Boyden Interim Management is prepared. Their global resources and expertise enables them to deploy exceptionally qualified interim leaders who assess complex business concerns efficiently and implement solutions effectively. Boyden’s top interim management teams put experts by your side to help you identify a qualified interim executive who can add value quickly. They work with an extensive global network of career interim executives and have a successful track record in meeting their clients’ needs. The company has built a community of interim executives who thrive on solving complex problems, taking the lead, and making a measurable impact.

Leadership Consulting: Your Leaders are your most valuable asset and pivotal to your business performance in today’s evolving and unpredictable environment. At Boyden they provide you with the knowledge, tools, techniques, and guidance to navigate the factors that impact a Leader’s potential for success. In a world where change happens at a fast and unpredictable pace, effective leadership is vital to business performance. For companies looking to develop their leadership capability, Boyden Leadership Consulting helps organizations solve their most complex business issues. By providing a broad set of solutions, Boyden works with your leaders and your organization to develop the appropriate leadership expertise. As global leadership specialists, Boyden consultants work through the entire leadership cycle, from attracting the best leaders to onboarding them effectively, assessing and developing them through the company’s business cycle. The senior industry experts and leadership consulting specialists work continually to ensure a high-quality strategic foresight and leadership insights that support leaders’ decision-making processes.

Assessment & Profiling: Through their assessment process, Boyden identifies which leaders' best deliver the vision, increase performance, and encourage positive change within an organization. They believe in profiling against future requirements and the specifics of each business and strategy. Their assessment approach provides insights into why leaders do what they do and what they need to do to adapt and evolve, supporting them in reaching their full potential. They use a variety of methods to predict a leader’s future performance. They also help you navigate through the right leadership traits that will help you succeed in the market. Boyden's leadership development solutions are co-created, bespoke, experiential, and directly relevant to your daily challenges and hybrid in tools and methodologies used. They support leaders by creating personalized leadership journeys based on organizational and individual needs. Their solutions are twofold: they focus on developing a pool of successors (leaders that are prepared to succeed at any given time) and they identify the most appropriate candidates for a given role or position in your organization. They see succession planning as an opportunity for development at both individual and organizational levels.

Trina D. Gordon | President and CEO, Boyden World Corporation, United States

Trina Gordon is a recognized leader in talent advisory and leadership solutions. Guiding the global organization, she works closely with the board, practices and partners to execute the firm's strategy, growth and client performance standards in alignment with long-term objectives. Trina also oversees the firm’s continuous development, with a commitment to promoting a client-centric focus.

"Our key performance and client service metrics inform everything we do, from global teaming and key account management, to enhancing our own sector expertise, leadership insights and client collaboration and service."