Waterstone Executive Search

Recruit, Align, Develop, and Retain Your Human Capital

Executive search, sharpened by culture intelligence. Our Recruit4Fit process has always done more than fill a role — it identifies the behaviours that define your culture and your top performers. Now, with Waterstone Culture AI, we bring 23 years of search outcomes and the Most Admired Cultures dataset to bear on every engagement. The result: candidates assessed for fit with evidence behind them, leadership teams built deliberately, and retention rates that remain unmatched in the industry.

Recruit4Fit’s candidate retention rate is unparalleled, anywhere. Why?

We dive into and reveal the leadership behaviours that drive success and your unique culture, the things candidates need to fit with today and enhance for tomorrow. We start with understanding the current culture of the organization and those behaviours that you want to preserve. We then look to your business goals in 3-5 years and guide you through imagining what aspects need to be added in order to achieve your goals.

We create opportunities for you to connect with candidates in a meaningful way outside of the traditional boardroom interview – from having them plan and problem-solve in real-time to assessing their behaviour, comfort, values alignment, and connection.

We get a fulsome view on candidates using strategies like directed referencing – reaching out beyond the candidate’s initial list to uncover deeper, more diverse perspectives. We focus on the skills and behaviours that will set you and your new hire up for success – on day 1, day 100, and beyond.

How Culture AI Strengthens Every Search

  • Culture Fit assessment benchmarked against the cultural traits of admired, high-performance organizations.
  • Leadership team design informed by what works — drawn from two decades of placements and the Most Admired research.
  • Decision support, not decision replacement. Culture AI augments our consultants’ judgment; it doesn’t replace it.

Get in Touch With Our Team to Learn How We Can Help

Trust in the capability of a seasoned executive recruitment firm that values the impact of culture. Our proven Recruit4Fit™ process is backed up by our best-in-class one-year placement guarantee.

Our Senior Executive Search Team

Marty Parker

MARTY PARKER
Founder and CEO

DARLENE MINATEL
President, Canadian Operations

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