Retained Executive Search Built To Carry Through The First 120 Days
Advius combines retained executive search with structured 120-day integration support, so the hire is not treated as finished when the offer is signed.
The risk does not end when the offer is signed.
Most executive searches are treated as finished on the start date. However the evidence supports an alternative approach.
The months after the offer are where executive hires succeed or fail. Those first 120 days decide the outcome.
of executive hires fail within 18 months.
The direct cost, compensation paid out, and the search run twice.
Operational disruption while the seat is empty or misfilled.
Whatever the executive was hired to do waits, stalls, or dies.
Built for the people accountable for the hire.
Three disciplines. One accountable process.
Clarity
The search brief rewritten until every criterion is defensible. Vague briefs are the leading cause of failed placements.
Precision
An exhaustive, tiered market map you approve before first contact. We show our work.
Momentum
We stay through a 120-day integration plan delivered as a document, not a promise.
The 120-Day Integration Plan.
A custom, written plan for the executive's first 120 days, built with the client before Day 1 and carried through together.
Listening tour
Stakeholders, systems, and current state. The executive maps the terrain before making moves.
Diagnosis and priorities
Top initiatives named, ownership mapped, and alignment confirmed with the people who matter.
First moves
Specific deliverables tied to the top priorities. Early wins made visible to the board and the team.
Momentum check
Metrics, feedback loops, and adjustments. The transition ends with evidence, not hope.
Founder & CEO
Craig Devereaux
Craig started Advius Group to fix what is broken in executive search. Too often, companies rush to fill an executive role and end up with disruption instead of progress. Where most firms focus on speed to fill, Advius focuses on speed to impact. The work rests on three essentials: a ready team, the right fit, and tailor-made integration. That is what turns a hire into a leader who lands.
"A placement is not a win. A hire who is still there, still performing at day 120 and years after placement, that's the win."
Search Specification
- Business context
- Role outcomes
- Scorecard criteria
- Integration risks
Market Map
- Target companies
- Source roles
- Candidate archetypes
- Outreach logic
Candidate Brief
- Career narrative
- Scope
- Stakeholder experience
- Motivation
- Cultural read
120-Day Integration Plan
- Listening tour, Day 0 to 30
- Diagnosis and priorities, Day 31 to 60
- First moves, Day 61 to 90
- Momentum check, Day 91 to 120
Start a confidential conversation
Our first conversation is a working session. You leave with a sharper brief, whether or not we work together.
Response within one business day. NDAs available on request.
