Case Study
WORKING WITH PHAIDON INTERNATIONAL - USA
Phaidon International is the parent company of five award-winning micro-specialist recruitment brands; Selby Jennings, Glocomms, EPM Scientific, DSJ, & LVI.
The leadership of the business is through organic development with 90% of its leadership having gained promotion from within.
In 2018 Phaidon International was acquired by Quilvest Private Equity exited in 2022 and then aquired by Further Global.
The Management team brief
The brief was to coach, advise and provide counsel to MD USA, West Coast & South to assist him and his team to successfully transition into great growth strategic leaders whilst also achieving key post-acquisition milestones.
Through a blend of support and challenge, coupled with deep company insight and extensive sector expertise, we helped create and craft clear transition and organisation growth goals, advise on the successful steps for leadership on a wider US scale; shift execution focus from operational management to strategic & visionary business leadership, create an inclusive and progressive working culture to underpin the delivery of the vision and mission; align all actions to the execution of investors key US growth milestones; help articulate and gain stakeholder buy-in for brand growth & new US scale opportunities, provide accountability support to the MD and key Directors in his team.
Jo Watts
Global Talent Director
The Leadership Team Brief
To enable brand Directors to transition into their roles as greater rounded leaders evolving their approaches and examining style changes to become highly effective both in the commercial & people leadership aspects of their roles, whilst challenging them to create robust business plans and with clear deliverable impact measures and milestones.
“Lightbulb has been instrumental in shaping the way leadership perform”
The results
The results have been instant. Lightbulb Leadership Solutions has been described as a ‘game changer’ by Oliver Cooke, West Coast & South USA, Phaidon International.
“Lightbulb have been integral to my success and to our growth achievements in the US. They work at pace and are able to adapt to the massive changes we’ve experienced on our growth and scale journey. I’ve had so many ‘Lightbulb moments’ that has helped me and the team to craft and create strategic & tactical solutions that deliver real results. They have worked across multi-functions and disciplines with ease, both internally with our talent and externally with our clients.
The feedback is always fantastic, and I recommend them to any hyper-growth organisational leader pre and post PE acquisition looking to enact and embed significant change.”
Oliver Cooke
Managing Director, Phaidon International
The Client Brief
Fiona McKay was invited to be the keynote speaker on International Women’s Day 2018, speaking to Phaidon’s US top banking & buy-side clients on her groundbreaking research on ‘Why Feedback Holds Women Back’.
The event enabled Phaidon to align this event with its wider D&I strategy and allowed Phaidon to be the first US organisation to reveal the research to the US market.
The event delivered deeper client engagement and the positioning of Phaidon as a pioneer in bringing new learning, insights and development to their clients, strengthening the partner relationship and getting closer to the critical conversations that count around female leadership acceleration and the reduction of the gender pay gap in Banking & Buy-side.
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