Our Firm

We built the leadership firm we wished existed.

Our Story

With decades of experience and a bold new approach, we are elevating the standard you should expect from an executive search and leadership advisory firm.



Our Partners come from top leadership firms and executive roles at world-class companies. We all hungered for a better, more human way to build relationships and business value.

We founded August Leadership to deliver an unparalleled experience for our clients and candidates. We built our firm to do our life’s work—and enable your people to do theirs.

Our firm is purpose-built to deliver better results and experiences for our clients and candidates.
The Human Angle
The Human Angle

Our industry values transactions. We value meaningful client relationships. We invest the time to deeply understand our clients' needs and cultures, which is why we're able to deliver better results.

Partner-Led Engagements

Unlike the traditional model where Partners delegate to a junior team, our incentive model allows Partners to stay involved and visible at every step and to collaborate with each other, bringing deep industry knowledge and decades of experience.

Agile & Entrepreneurial
Approach

Our model is free of any bureaucratic and administrative distractions, so our Partners can spend all of their time delivering superior results and an unparalleled experience to their clients.

Unparalleled Candidate Access

We see candidates as humans, not just a set of capabilities and career experiences. And because we aren’t constrained by off-limits, we have the widest access to candidates.

Our Purpose &Values

Our life’s work is unleashing the power of human leadership to transform the industries, professions, and communities we touch.
Entrepreneurial Spirit
Human Relationships
Achieving Together
Craftmanship
Global Perspective
Entrepreneurial Spirit
Human Relationships
Achieving Together
Craftmanship
Global Perspective
Entrepreneurial Spirit
Human Relationships
Achieving Together
Craftmanship
Global Perspective
Entrepreneurial Spirit
Human Relationships
Achieving Together
Craftmanship
Global Perspective
Entrepreneurial Spirit
Human Relationships
Achieving Together
Craftmanship
Global Perspective
Entrepreneurial Spirit
Human Relationships
Achieving Together
Craftmanship
Global Perspective

Our Impact

From global client outcomes to uplifting communities, our impact goes far beyond the scope of a mandate.
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client satisfaction score
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Partner experience
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6%
of our projects have Partners with international expertise
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charities supported in 2024
Being a Partner at August Leadership is entrepreneurial, collaborative, motivating, and global. It’s not a bureaucracy, it’s not political. It’s inclusive and kind.
Kelly Smith O'Hara
Partner
New York
In most search firms, the search firm feels that they own all the relationships that we create and that we work for the firm. August Leadership characterizes it as just the opposite: The firm works for us.
Craig Sabina
Partner
Hailey, Idaho
Joining August Leadership was really about finding an opportunity to do what I love to do with enough freedom—but with others. The collaborative spirit that I found here was unmatched by anywhere else.
Arnaud Tesson
Partner
New York
August Leadership’s platform is really unique because it gives you every tool you could possibly need, and then it gets out of your way so that you can do your best work.
Lukas Beech
Partner
Seoul