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Good isn't good enough.

With accelerating innovation & increasing competition, good is no longer good enough. If talent is your most important asset, you need great.

So, what are you doing about it?

Are you hiring middle-of-the-road performers, or people that are culturally corrosive? Are you overpaying for talent? Are you sacrificing quality for expedience?

There is another way.

For over 20 years we’ve turned constraints into opportunities to be creative, guiding our clients to appoint remarkable people that drive outsized business impact.

Who We Are

Founded in 2003, Leapfrog Search serves the consulting & tech space in Australia, New Zealand & Asia.

We focus on appointments that are designed to materially impact our customer's (and our customer's customer's) business.

That might be a CEO, CTO, General Manager or other leadership role.

 

But it also might be a key individual contributor role in strategy, consulting, delivery, partnering or business growth.

We are a low-volume, high-conviction executive recruitment firm.

The quality of our work is measured by the value our appointees create for our clients over a number of years.

Our clients range from local start-ups to global top ten market cap companies. We've supported many of these for over a decade, partnering with leadership & internal talent acquisition teams on crucial and hard-to-fill roles.

We work with bold leaders that are invested in judicious hiring, who recognise that a great appointment can change everything.

How We Work

Expertise

Deep insight into the consulting & tech space, and hard-won expertise in identifying top talent.

Think

Gaining advantage often requires taking an unorthodox or even contrarian approach.

Context

Don't presume or accept face-value. Performance can't be assessed without understanding context.

Listen

Listen intently. Ask incisive questions. Cross-reference & verify. The devil is in the detail.

Challenge

Respectfully challenge & be challenged; exploit collective expertise to get the best outcome.

Great

Great hires raise the bar & inspire others around them. They change the trajectory of their business.

No person or business is perfect. Eliminate surprises. Quantify gaps. Stress-test concerns.

Durability

Finding the best possible  (rather than first passable) candidate is effortful. Leave no stone unturned.

Strive

Diversity isn't a marketing tool. It's a secret weapon against group-think & complacency.

Diversity

Contact

That's enough about us.
Let's talk about you.

Darryl Garbutt

Founder + Principal

Leapfrog Search

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