Industry Leading Referrals
Over 85% of our business comes from current or former clients or referrals from those individuals, compared to the search industry average of only 27%.
Relationship Focused
We nurture genuine partnerships with each and every client. These relationships have often spanned ten-plus years, resulting in more than 20 searches for many of them.
Senior Level Service
One hundred percent of searches are led by partners or senior consultants– not just sold by them and then delegated to junior associates or outsourced to third-party recruiters.
Since 1954, Coleman Lew Canny Bowen has been connecting companies and organizations with the nation’s best executive talent. Our process starts with listening and establishing a genuine relationship with each client so that we fully understand your unique needs, culture, and objectives. You will work with experienced, senior partners who will guide you every step of the way. With offices in New York and Charlotte, we serve clients nationwide. So, whether you are preparing for the future or have an immediate need, we are ready to partner with you.
Industry Leading Referals
Over 85% of our business comes from current or former clients or referrals from those individuals, compared to the search industry average of only 27%.
Relationship Focused
We nurture genuine partnerships with each and every client. These relationships have often spanned ten-plus years, resulting in more than 20 searches for many of them.
Senior Level Service
One hundred percent of searches are led by partners or senior consultants– not just sold by them and then delegated to junior associates or outsourced to third-party recruiters to execute.
Our Process
The specific process and timeline of an executive search varies depending on the unique requirements of the role, the availability of suitable candidates and our client’s availability to interview and make decisions in a timely manner. While our goal is to fulfill each client’s needs as quickly as possible, we never sacrifice the quality of our work or cut corners in favor of expediting the process. With that in mind, below is a brief overview of our process that is applicable to most of the searches we conduct.
Experience and Core Competency
Regardless of the industry sector or function, our core competency is finding, recruiting and evaluating superior leaders and board members for companies and organizations of all sizes throughout the United States. Our team has deep experience recruiting executives across all executive level functions as well as highly specialized positions. We have worked extensively in multiple industry sectors including:
Industrial
Business Services
Consumer Goods & Services
Energy & Infrastructure
Financial Services
Healthcare
Higher Education, Government & Non-Profit
Industrial
Business Services
Consumer Goods & Services
Energy & Infrastructure
Financial Services
Healthcare
Higher Education, Government & Non-Profit
Case Study: CEO
Private equity firm retained CLCB to recruit an experienced executive to lead the transition of a founder-owned $25M home services business.
Case Study: General Counsel
National HVAC/Plumbing services company retained CLCB to recruit its first General Counsel after achieving $2 Billion in sales.
Case Study: CFO
A $5 billion publicly traded manufacturing company retained CLCB to recruit an experienced CFO to lead all finance and accounting .
Commitment and Pledge to Diversity
As long-standing members of AESC, we share their commitment to combat racism, prejudice, and discrimination within our own organizations, with candidates and the clients we serve, and in our communities. We proudly take and promote the AESC Pledge to use our collective voices and actions to help create a world that is inclusive, diverse, equitable and accessible for all.
Our Guiding Principles:
Accelerate
Each member who signs this pledge is committing to developing and deepening actions within their own firms. Our Guiding Principles will help inform firm-based actions which will accelerate a sustainable positive impact.
Educate
We commit to listen, engage, and learn so that we can do better both as employers and as trusted advisors. We will understand and leverage best practices to greatly enhance attracting and developing diverse talent for ourselves and our clients. We will work with our clients to identify leaders and assess them for their ability to create inclusive cultures where diverse talent thrives.
Advance
We will develop stronger and more diverse slates of candidates through robust research, outreach, and alliances. We will use our expertise to mentor diverse talent to raise their visibility and their success and will identify partnerships that allow us to engage more people, and thus have a greater impact.
Advocate
We will advocate with clients to help them embrace best practices that further their diversity and inclusion efforts which, in turn, will enhance business results. We will contribute our time and our expertise to under-served communities to advance racial equity and economic empowerment and to fight for social justice.
Accelerate
Each member who signs this pledge is committing to developing and deepening actions within their own firms. Our Guiding Principles will help inform firm-based actions which will accelerate a sustainable positive impact.
Educate
We commit to listen, engage, and learn so that we can do better both as employers and as trusted advisors. We will understand and leverage best practices to greatly enhance attracting and developing diverse talent for ourselves and our clients. We will work with our clients to identify leaders and assess them for their ability to create inclusive cultures where diverse talent thrives.
Advance
We will develop stronger and more diverse slates of candidates through robust research, outreach, and alliances. We will use our expertise to mentor diverse talent to raise their visibility and their success and will identify partnerships that allow us to engage more people, and thus have a greater impact.
Advocate
We will advocate with clients to help them embrace best practices that further their diversity and inclusion efforts which, in turn, will enhance business results. We will contribute our time and our expertise to under-served communities to advance racial equity and economic empowerment and to fight for social justice.
Member of The Association of Executive Search and Leadership Consultants
The Association of Executive Search and Leadership Consultants (AESC) is the global membership association for executive search firms that meet the highest quality standards in the executive talent industry.
Member of The Penrhyn International Network
Penrhyn International is a leading global network of premier retained executive search firms. Members provide customized solutions to help organizations identify world-class C-suite talent to meet their future needs.
Member of The BlueSteps Network
BlueSteps is an international career service that connects individuals with leading executive recruiters, jobs and career coaches.
Member of The Association of Executive Search and Leadership Consultants
AESC Members operate at the highest standards in the executive search and leadership consulting profession worldwide.
Member of The Penrhyn International Network
Penrhyn International is a leading global network of premier retained executive search firms worldwide. Members provide customized solutions to help organizations identify world-class C-suite talent to meet their future needs.
Member of The BlueSteps Network
BlueSteps is an international career service connecting individuals with the leading executive recruiters, jobs & career coaches worldwide.