About

In a market saturated by placement agencies that are focused on completing a hiring transaction, Keynote Search answers the question organizations are really asking: How do we find, fit, retain and achieve the peak performance of exceptional talent? Executive Search and Recruitment alone solves one problem – finding people. It doesn’t solve the bigger challenges of productivity, engagement and performance. That is why we not only find the best candidates but we help them succeed and reach their peak performance through our post-placement integration program to increase productivity and performance through 9 structured sessions in the first 90 days.

Keynote Search was built to address the weaknesses in traditional executive search and recruitment. Co-Founders James and Donna Baker relocated to Ottawa from London, England as part of a team to launch a global recruitment business in Ottawa. After achieving incredible success and spending more than a decade in the industry, they viewed the industry as broken. They were often at odds with the metric driven, non-human approach to the business. Recruitment and the people involved had become commoditized. This simply did not work for the Bakers, and thus Keynote Search was born!

Holistic Approach

Keynote provides a holistic solution to talent acquisition and performance with the support mechanism required to accelerate integration, results, development, and retention.

Recruitment Re-engineered

We have re-engineered recruitment with the best processes around post placement support, executive coaching, team dynamics, engagement and development.

Every Organization is Unique with Unique Talent Requirements

The key to finding the right executives on behalf of our clients is to gain alignment with all stakeholders, understand the organization and its values while defining the core aspect of the role. We do not rely on outdated databases. We perform every search project from scratch and unique to the key criteria for the role and organization.

Executive Coaching

Through listening, probing and interpretation, our experienced coach will help to provide clarity to the key issues that arise for both your new executive and your organization. By providing a sounding board, issues can be surfaced and a pragmatic approach to solving them is created.

9 Structured Sessions

From pre-start date steps to create alignment, key insights, and expectations through to covering self-awareness, style, strategy alignment, networks and connections, key objectives, early wins, continued alignment, ongoing objectives and follow-ups at 6 and 12 months.