Through Executive Search and HR Consultancy
initiatives, we bring strategic solutions to leading
organizations and executive teams.
Our every day
We believe in organizational transformations through people driven by an increasingly ethical, human and sustainable leadership, that creates a climate of respect, trust and openness.
We explore constantly, measuring those changes that happen both, in the external environment and inside the organizations, in order to understand how to align those complementary energies capable of repositioning companies, providing courageous, transforming and integrative solutions.
Our clients are national and multinational companies with whom we work in different projects globally.
IHR Consultancy aims to become a strategic partner of its clients, developing lasting relationships. Proof of that is the fact that 90% of our new clients come back to us and a significant part of our activity is carried out for companies with which we have been collaborating for more than 10 years.
All of us have a dream and we have to take up the challenge to go out to explore to finally end up in oneself.
May be I was lucky to look for my wishes in the mountains, entrust my strong determination to improve to them and let my will venture into some expedition.
I have learnt that there are no shortcuts to the top: it wins oneself determination and the own effort. To know how to stay sane in chaos and how to handle ambitiousness in calm.
No matter the mountaintop is always further away… the success comes when you let your ambition fade, as a first aim, and you find, in the balance, the fair formula to always stay upright.
Bernard de Metz
The sea rewards those who have the courage to move away from the shoreline or to freedive under the surface: going there has shown me unsuspected horizons. In the vastness of the ocean, humility allows us to appreciate the risks and to accept our limits without vanity interposing.
If I had to name one vital actor in this very familiar, but also remote, environment, I would say it is the air. Knowing how to wisely breath in and breath out is mastering the art of submerging into a state of serenity, selfcontrol and connection with oneself.
We deal with busy schedules every day and we try to squeeze life here and there without taking a break. Nature reminds us that something as simple as breathing strenghtens our concentration and clarifies our mind this way we can really connect with what surrounds us.
Alejandro Cartozo
There are no little details in life. The quality of our experiences can be measured in those slight gestures that make, in the long run, a difference between normal and exceptional.
To fulfill that extraordinary level is what drives me to question myself every step of the way, to look further than the obvious, to get to know my environment and those that surround me and to try to make their lives better from my field of activity.
It is impossible for me to separate this philosophy from the one I use in the professional area and it is here where my intuition and the ability to listen and understand other’s interests and motivations turn out to be key factors in order to produce creative solutions adapted to their expectations.
Beatriz Cuesta
I travel with light luggage and with the confidence of a human network that always exceeds my expectations. Perceiving its connections and accompanying its challenges encourages me to deploy my capacities beyond what is foreseeable.
The road can sometimes be arduous and test the solidity of our ideas, but it is comforting to defend our genuineness with determination.
I am guided by mutual support and the vision of a sustainable world, with a value system that keeps us inspired and drives our spirit to achieve better results every day; the possibility of leaving a unique footprint around me: like the drop, confident in its purpose as it falls, even if it is not understood as an ocean.
After all, there are no obvious trails, but I can imagine no other place to find the best version of ourselves than by trying to inspire others.
Laura Guerra
We share values that allow us to leave a mark on people.
Our Associate Directors and Partners have a solid experience in executive search and HR consultancy services; our multicultural team of Consultants and Research Assistants bring creativity, diversity and a renewed vision, to respond to our clients’ daily challenges.
Intelligence, leadership, creativity, adaptability…
Drive your organization towards excellence and do not hire anything but exceptional transformative leaders.
To identify, draw in, assess and finally recruit those professionals better adapted to a position, our approach is based on our Consultants’ experience in recruiting, on a proven working methodology and on our assessment tools which provide a determinant added value to the process.
In every situation:
International
When it is necessary to extend a search process at an international scale, we work under a global perspective and our ability to detect and assess professionals from many diverse backgrounds (country, culture, sector…).
Our Partners and Consultants become points of reference in the project, managing the recruitment in a centralized way, for greater closeness with our client company and to ensure the identification of the best professionals with a profile in line with its corporate culture and needs.
Close to the client, the Partner is directly accountable for the process, coordinating a recruitment team in the various markets, which enables a unification of criteria, objectivity as well as greater proactivity.
Local
Our experience in more than 40 countries helps us to understand the cultural differences and the local realities of each market to define the most suitable recruitment strategy for each occasion.
We inform our clients about the characteristics of the local market and we provide them with an exhaustive vision of all the potential and alternative candidates, so that decisions can be made objectively and with full conviction on the choice of the most adequate profile.
The knowledge acquired from our client allows us to motivate the most demanding candidates and to evaluate, in an optimal manner, how they will fit into the project, their identification with the culture of the headquarters and their ability to be successful in the position.
Remote
In positions that involve very specific locations (an isolated site, a risky area…) we use an adapted approach, both to the search as well as to the assessment of the candidates.
We count on a solid expertise to reach and assess those professionals who, due to their experience and, above all, to their style, have the proven capacity to adapt themselves and even get results in restricted and hostile environments: isolation, distance from family, lack of certain resources, maximum 24/7 availability, coexistence with risky situations…
Facing new social, economic and business transformation challenges,
does your company have an organization able to adapt to the new requirements, with ethical and creative teams and leaders, committed to be the engine for change?
In an increasingly more demanding business and social environment, it is essential to count on with executives with a high level of specialization in their activity, a wide knowledge of their markets, with international experience and, above all, flexible professionals, who are able to anticipate constant changes and with a versatile profile: prospective and strategic vision, decisiveness, political sense, ethics and values, ability to mobilize and develop talent and leadership in the implementation of projects.
In the current context of globalization, we understand that for a company to be competitive and viable is increasingly critical to get the design of its organization right and to make the correct choice of its managers and executives.
Our expertise in the analysis of the abilities, skills and the potential of managers and executives is based on our knowledge of organizations, on our capacity to interact with professionals of different levels and origins (sectors of activity, countries, cultures,…) and on the mastering of contrasted assessment tools.
This holistic, expert vision enables us to assess the Executive Board on the strategy to manage its teams of managers and executives, providing it with all the information and relevant tools to make decisions under different circumstances:
Planning the succession of the Executive Management
Industrial Company
The Managing Director intends to retire from the company within three years. The shareholders wish to plan his succession in advance, preferably with an internal candidate, and to have this time to prepare for the change.
In a context in which the company has various institutional shareholders with their own interests, the decision was made, so as to make the candidate evaluation process neutral, to make an external assessment of all the members of the Management Committee.
Based on the assessment carried out, we concluded that none of the members of this Committee had the correct profile to take over the position. In this complex situation because of the void that the departure of the current Managing Director could create, and of the need to make an external incorporation possible, we recommended that the Managing Director keep linked to the company filling an independent government organ, so that his successor, during this time, could benefit from valuable support.
Resizing the Top Management
A leading Insurance Company on the market, with 7 million clients and a staff of 18.000
This highly consolidated, traditional company faces an accelerated transformation in its sector (concentration, price war, digital competition...) that makes a strategic redefinition of its business and management model necessary.
The management assessment process consisted in redefining the necessary skills that the executives should have within the new business model, assessing them, measuring the gap between the existing and the target competences and, finally, defining individual and collective development plans.
35 top executives from the organization were assessed, their potentials and the development areas to achieve these new demands were detected and we provided our vision of the most suitable placement of the key people in an organization that was going to drastically reduce its top management team to win in agility, decision-making speed and execution effectiveness.
Improving the efficiency of a Management Committee
An industrial manufacturing company in the automobile sector, a subsidiary company of a multinational group. The subsidiary company is made up of a production plant that manufactures more than €100 million with complete activity, being the regional leader of a given product: R&D, industrialization, production, quality, logistics and commercialization.
The performance of the company was being blocked by a problem of communication and understanding between the members of the Management Committee, which had repercussions on all levels of the organization. This made difficult the interaction between departments, affecting the efficiency of the company and placing it in danger in an extremely competitive sector.
In view of this critical situation, the Managing Director required external assessment to help him understand the in-depth reasons for this general uneasiness and to recommend solutions that would enable the Management Committee to once again function as a united team in search of common objectives.
With transparency and closeness, in order to establish a relationship with the team based on trust, we got to know each member of the Committee, their background in the company, their views on the problems, their competences and motivations. With the perspective provided by the individual, exhaustive assessment of each member of the Management Committee, as well as their ability to interact with the others, we concluded that there was a need to reinforce some Management areas with more powerful profiles and we recommended the Management Committee to play a more protagonist role in planning the objectives and the periodical follow-up on them.
Preparing a team to face major business challenges
A company providing assistance services, the subsidiary company of a multinational insurance consortium. The group has established a five-year objective of doubling its activity as well as economic results of all its subsidiary companies.
Given this challenge, the assistance company analyzed whether, with its current team, it could achieve these objectives, in an activity in which the middle management (Heads of Teams, of Services, of Departments) is crucial to obtain results.
The assessment process consisted of evaluating a group of 80 middle managers. Beforehand, segments of competences and motivations for the project and specific action plans for each level (from reinforcing skills through to decision-making on laying people off) had been defined.
A thourough assessment process enabled us to place each person in their segment of competences with precision and to establish the most suitable management policy for each one.
Securing the leadership of the Executive Management
A financial entity with 750 employees, a subsidiary company of a top-level Bank, with which it shares its distribution network.
The Managing Director of the entity (who had held the position for a year) had his leadership questioned, leading to the malfunctioning of the Management Committee at a critical moment for the company, which had to carry out strategic transformation plans.
The project consisted of evaluating the Management Committee as a whole, including the Managing Director, to offer our external vision of the problem and the possible solutions and to thereby help the shareholding Bank to make a correct decision.
We recommended letting go two executives, who were not committed and who acted by confronting the members of the Committee and debilitating the position of the Managing Director and we advised reinforcing the HR Management, in a context of transformation which involved redefining all the processes. We also recommended giving the Managing Director a vote of confidence to give him the opportunity to prove his ability, with the support of a competent team and a better prepared Management Committee.
Taking on an expansion plan with a suitable team
Pharmaceutical multinational company, worldwide leader in ethical and hospital products
The company conceives an ambitious expansion plan in a zone of emerging countries where, to date, it has little presence. A sustained medium-term financial effort is planned. It is vital for the executive management of the territory to be able to have a high-performance, trustworthy sales team, committed to the project.
Our task consisted in finding people with suitable characteristics for the job, from other existing teams in the region, as well as others that are culturally close.
We set up an assessment centre to detect the necessary talent: We assessed the potential of the people and their motivations for the project to be able to create a team in line with future requirements; recommending, at the same time, individual and collective development plans.
Inspiring, human, ethical: a new perspective on leadership is possible in order to ease the detachment of your collaborators.
Give your Managers and Directors the opportunity to discover themselves and to find new professional paths.
We assist the manager’s exit: a tailored advice throughout the process of professional transition turns the participant into the main character of his/ her own development and repositioning.
In a sincere way, we assess people, succeeding in helping them to relocate and recognize themselves in that new approach or change opportunity, closer to their style, virtues and competences.
Our experience and knowledge enable us to assess any professional driving his/ her project towards those objectives aligned with his/ her expectations in which he/ she can be “unique”.
Guided by an experienced consultant, we develop a dynamic and reflexive approach that allows the manager find and activate his own levers of change.
In these new times we are now living through, so in need in humanity, we continue to choose growth based on ethical, creative and committed leadership.
Is it your vocation that has guided you along your career path? Are you in a position from which you can develop the very best of yourself? Does your company help you achieve your goals? Or perhaps you are wondering what your professional value is and what perspectives might open up for you.
Each position belongs to just one person, but only if you find your own characteristics and singularities, or in other words, everything that makes you different from the others, you will be “unique”.
Become the protagonist of your own development and set out a strategy to boost your career and achieve your goals.
Our experience allows us to help you assess your profile, looking at your strengths and weaknesses in order to match your expectations with your potential.
We use a personalised assessment to accompany you in the process of re-orienting your career so that you make an impact, add value, and find opportunities that best match your virtues and skills.
There are certain moments in our career when we need outside help to keep on moving forward successfully.
An expert and personalised approach will help you:
I like my company and enjoy my job, but now I am wondering if I am following the best professional path for me.
I work for a large multinational company. I joined about 20 years ago through a development plan for young talent and things have gone well. I have always been well thought-of and have accepted changes in responsibility and promotions offered to me. I now occupy a relevant management position in my organisation and enjoy considerable recognition.
Nevertheless, I feel I have not been the owner of my career, having accepted everything I have been offered without question, and I am wondering whether I could develop better and with more success in another type of job and another environment. At this stage in my career, changing course seems a difficult and risky decision.
C.A. – HR Manager
Thanks to the way I have progressed in the company and my good results, I have been promoted on several occasions. But in the last and most recent career move I am facing serious difficulties.
I was part of a marketing team concentrating on product development, where I was highly valued for the ideas I brought to the table and for my results. They promoted me to Director of the department to replace the person who was my manager at that time; it was a big change for me as I went from a mainly specialist position to leading the team I used to be in.
Since then, I have not achieved the results that were expected of me and I feel that I have not managed to mobilise my team in the desired direction. Due to the company’s circumstances, I prefer not to make it “public” that I need assessment to help me understand what is behind my difficulties and how to solve them.
M.S. - Marketing Director
I want to change the dynamics of my career and do something different, but the market does not see it that way.
With an engineering background, I have spent my entire professional career in project management and technical supervision. I want to change course, take on different functions with more of a focus on management and development, but the offers I receive always take me to the same point.
I know I have the ability to open myself up to new responsibilities and sectors where I can foster my creativity, strategic vision, people skills and experience in managing complex and wide-ranging projects.
H.M. – Technical Director
I am an executive consolidated in my sector who suddenly had to leave the company I was working for.
It is new reality for me to find myself unemployed for the first time. That said, as I am well-known and recognised in my sector, I am receiving quite a few offers, but I feel they are not really aligned with what I want to do.
Although this is a stressful situation and the pressure is on me to quickly slot into a new role, I also feel that I should not rush into it. This should be a good time to think seriously about what I want and reposition myself, knowing that with a good strategy I can make the most of this situation to find a more interesting challenge.
J.A. – BU Manager
Being “Smart” means having the courage and wisdom to recognise that every decision we take has an impact on how we project ourselves throughout life.
Knowing your levers and finding out how to activate them is the first step towards generating change.
Lead your future and contact us. #beSmart
We address to professionals eager to bring sense to people and value to business: An invitation to defy current complexity
We have the chance of working with extraordinary people that make us challenge ourselves and also feel very human.
If you are open to listening about new opportunities, send us your CV. We will analyse it and our Consultants will contact you if we need further information or if suitable opportunities arise.
Madrid
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28009 Madrid
(+34) 91 310 14 18
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Paris
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75008 Paris
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Barcelona
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