Parent Possible promotes and supports evidence-based, high-quality programs focused on parents of children from birth to kindergarten. Each program seeks to engage parents where they are – inspiring parent involvement, facilitating school readiness, and strengthening opportunities for children to achieve their full potential.
Location: Denver, CO
Category: Talent Acquisition
Industry: Nonprofit Sector
Size: 10+ employees
Length of Time to Fill Role: Less than 3 months
Hired Candidate: Brian Conly
Situation
Organization needed experienced well-respected leader in Early Childhood Education to continue to drive their mission and retain a highly valued culture within the organization. This search needed to be completed on an accelerated timeline to help mitigate the lag time between Executive Directors.
Action
As with other impactful organizations, this process required input from many different stakeholders. In addition to the Board, we surveyed sites that define the organization to obtain insights from others as to what was important in a new leader. We also engaged the staff, both in initial discussion and throughout the interview process, to ensure they had a say in their future leader. We identified objective criteria and creative ways to rate candidates, who could effectively fulfill this role, assessing their fit over the course of three interviews PRIOR to sending them to the client. We facilitated multiple interviews with the client and facilitated consensus discussions and objective evaluations of candidates.
Impact
Provided several well-qualified candidates for the role, which allowed the client to consider the strengths and possibilities of each. Although multiple candidates could effectively succeed in this role, it became a question of what direction the organization wanted to go. The resulting hire was a candidate with the ability to help identify hidden pain points and optimize an already well-oiled machine.
Callouts
- Role filled < 3 months
- Hired within salary rang
