Associate / Expert Principle LAS India Office

EgonZehnder :

Egon Zehnder (www.egonzehnder.com) is trusted advisor to many of the world's most respected organizations and a leading Executive Search firm, with more than 400 consultants and 69 offices in 41 countries spanning Europe, the Americas, Asia Pacific, the Middle East and Africa. Our clients range from the largest corporations to emerging growth companies, government and regulatory bodies, and major educational and cultural institutions. The firm is a private partnership which allows us to operate independent of any outside interests. As a result of this unique culture, Egon Zehnder has the highest professional staff retention rate for a global firm in our profession. We have a blue chip client base across all industries and operate at the Board and senior management level.

LAS Role Profile

The role holder is expected to play the dual role of being a subject matter expert in the space of leadership development, as well being client facing, working with client counterparts to design and deliver leadership advisory solutions . The role holder will work closely with EZ Consultants on all mandates- partnering with them to design and deliver LAS solutions for clients. Some key responsibilities include :

• Conceptualizing solutions for clients based on their leadership context and challenges. This includes, but is not limited to :
• Design of impactful leadership workshops for CEO / CXO / CXO-1 teams, on a range of topics including Top Team Effectiveness, Leadership Team Engagement, Collaboration, Change Leadership, Building High Performing Teams etc. This includes conceptualizing the problem statement, designing workshop agendas, determining workshop modules / frameworks to be used, creating detailed workshop run sheets, participant guides etc.
• Design of 6-12 month leadership development programs / journeys for clients, based on their specific requirements. This includes ideating across various learning methodologies that can be utilized (workshops, online learning, coaching, projects etc.), and stitching together an impactful program construct with clear outcomes and a superior participant experience
• Design of culture transformation journeys to help clients understand their current culture, and shape the culture for the future. These are typically conducted utilizing Egon Zehnder’s proprietary Organization Culture Profile Tool
• Design 360 feedback survey interventions for leaders
• Design leadership assessment constructs, utilizing EZ tools and validated frameworks. Work closely with consultants to design impactful assessment reports to capture core insights and development plans
• Work closely with consultants to participate in business development discussions, customized pitch creation for clients. The role holder will be expected to bring their expertise to design impactful pitch decks for clients and participate in BD discussions with consultants, to share the approach and thought leadership
• Deliver leadership advisory solutions for clients
• Play the role of a key client counterpart to deliver projects
• Engage with client stakeholders during the “diagnose” phase of any project- this may include speaking with key stakeholders to understand the organization context, current need, conduct intake interviews etc. This may also include design and deployment of diagnostic surveys to help uncover core themes
• Deliver projects as per agreed timelines and quality considerations
• End to end project management responsibility (work with other experts and EAs for this, as may be required)
• Engage with Knowledge Center teams for specific requirements such as visual support, creatives support, data / analytics support etc.
• Co-facilitate sections / modules of leadership workshops
• Engage with the Global LAS community at EZ, to stay up to date with latest thought leadership, solutions, share success stories etc. and bring these back to the India context
• The range of solutions that the role holder will be expected to work on include, but are not limited to :
• Leadership Workshops
• Leadership Development Programs (6-12 month journeys)
• Culture Transformations
• 360 Leadership Feedback
• Leadership Assessment

Requirements

Core experience for a role holder :