Our Expertise:
Cook Associates’ Board Advisory Services practice is multi-dimensional, encompassing Director recruitment, full Board and individual Director assessment and evaluation, as well as CEO succession planning.
With more than 10 years of experience in corporate governance consulting and recruitment, the practice is uniquely positioned to offer a full range of recruitment and assessment capabilities to both privately held organizations and publicly traded companies across all industries, with a particular area of expertise in serving middle market businesses.
In the post Sarbanes-Oxley era of corporate responsibility, shareholder activism and scrutiny, corporate governance has taken on a whole new meaning. Today’s Directors must be hands-on, engaged and strategic. Companies and their shareholders expect more, holding their directors to a higher set of standards.
Whether for recruitment, assessment or CEO succession planning, our process is designed to ascertain the optimum balance of skills and experience required among both management teams and boards to build and manage successful businesses. We focus on identifying, attracting and retaining the most highly-qualified candidates necessary to develop tomorrow’s organizations.
In addition to assessing candidates’ professional experiences and backgrounds, our process is also designed to produce results pertaining to fit, personality and chemistry. Today’s Board of Directors must be skilled and diverse in their range of experiences, and they must also have the ability to work as a unit and team, effectively providing counsel to the CEO and serving as a key driver in shaping the company’s strategy.
Strategic approach:
Cook Associates Board Advisory Services Practice is consultative and hands-on. Serving as your trusted advisor, we strive to provide value-added counsel throughout the duration of the search or consulting project to ensure your objectives are met. Our consultants embody a culture built on the personal qualities of professionalism, dedication, flexibility, integrity and goal attainment, and our recruitment and assessment processes reflect these attributes.
While we strive to provide timely results, we never sacrifice quality. Our consultants are committed to delivering a successful client experience, which we constantly measure and track throughout the duration of the project. Our ability to identify, assess and vet talent, combined with our consultative approach, produce meaningful results that will make a lasting difference in your Board and your organization.