What We Do
At Brakeley Search (formerly Leadership Search Partners), we are passionate about delivering professional, high quality executive search services to nonprofits.
We provide retained executive search services to organizations seeking Chief Executive Officers/Executive Directors, Chief Financial Officers, Chief Operating Officers, Development Officers and other members of the senior management team. We serve local, regional and national nonprofits in a wide range of fields, and only take on a search when we truly believe we can provide exemplary service and outstanding results.
The hallmarks of our work are a deep commitment to personalized service, the proven ability to match organizational culture and leadership needs, not just skills and experience, and doing what it takes to ensure our clients do not settle for second best.
How We Do It
We take a holistic approach to our work bringing an understanding of the whole organization, and its culture and values, to each project. We offer our clients expertise in nonprofit governance and management, combined with over 25 years of recruiting experience in the nonprofit sector.
We understand that hiring the right leader does not automatically translate into great organizational performance over the long haul. All of our search contracts include providing onboarding and performance management planning to help ensure that the leaders we place transition well into their roles with clear areas of accountability. We work with our clients for a full year after a hire is made.
We leverage our depth of recruiting and consulting experience with hard work and intellectual rigor to ensure that our clients find the perfect fit – for their mission, culture, values and their specific challenges.
Why We Do It
Nonprofits cannot afford to spend valuable time and resources on the wrong hire. We believe that nonprofit organizations should have access to the same level of search expertise and service as large institutions and corporations. We take pride in delivering professional, high quality executive search services to social sector organizations of all sizes.
Why Choose Us
Our Network of candidates and contacts was built over many years of consulting with hundreds of organizations and leaders. Our reach is broad and deep.
Our Expertise comes from on-the-ground experience in recruitment, human resources management, and nonprofit consulting and training. We combine depth of understanding of nonprofit organization management and governance with high-level recruitment practices.
Our Values are kindness, generosity, transparency, accountability and respect, all of which we strive to reflect in all of our interactions with clients and candidates. We understand that every contact we make on a client’s behalf impacts the image of that nonprofit organization.
Our Focus is high touch. We serve a small group of clients at any given time, with services tailored to each organization’s specific needs.
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Statement
A diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace is one where all employees, whatever their gender, race, ethnicity, national origin, age, sexual orientation or identity, education or disability, feel valued and respected. We are committed to a nondiscriminatory approach and provide equal opportunity for employment and advancement in all worksites. We respect and value diverse life experiences and heritages and ensure that all voices are valued and heard.
We are committed to modeling diversity and inclusion in all our recruitment efforts in the nonprofit sector, and to maintaining an inclusive environment with equitable treatment for all.
To provide informed, authentic leadership for cultural equity, we strive to:
- See diversity, inclusion, and equity as connected to our mission and critical to ensure the well-being of our staff and the nonprofits we serve.
- Acknowledge and dismantle any inequities within our policies, systems, programs, and services, and continually update and report organization progress.
- Explore potential underlying, unquestioned assumptions that interfere with inclusiveness.
- Help to challenge assumptions about what it takes to be a strong leader and who is well-positioned to provide leadership.
- Practice and encourage transparent communication in all interactions.
- Commit time and resources to expand more diverse leadership within our staff and clients.
- Lead with respect and tolerance. We expect all employees to embrace this notion and to express it in workplace interactions and through everyday practices.
We are committed to presenting a diverse pool of candidates. 100% of our candidate pools represent diversity. Our track record of placing minorities is impressive – Over 92% of the leaders we placed are people of color, LGBTQ, and/or women.