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BES Executive Search is a trusted partner delivering inclusion-first executive recruitment across public, private, industrial, and technology sectors.
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Discover BES Executive Search EDIA training built on data-driven learning, quizzes, workshops, and certifications to strengthen inclusion in the workplace.
Mid-Level Recruitment Support
Mid-level recruitment support promotes roles, assesses candidates, and strengthens hiring outcomes with structured, equitable processes.
Organizational EDIA Audits
Organizational EDIA audits uncover gaps in equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility with clear insights and actionable recommendations.
Cultural Transformation Support and Strategic Planning
From engagement charters to strategic plans, toolkits, and governance support, we help organizations strengthen team cohesion and build high-performing cultures.
Executive Coaching
Executive coaching strengthens inclusive leadership, builds cultural competency, and drives sustainable growth for leaders and teams.
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Indigenous Knowledge/Jason Murray
This reflection piece argues that National Indigenous History Month should be an opportunity not only to deepen our understanding of history, but also to examine how it shapes our everyday choices.
Professional Development/Jason Murray
In this article, Jason Murray offers six practical and personal strategies for individuals who want to deepen their impact as a leader and grow in their leadership abilities with intention. Rather than focusing on titles or external validation, he emphasizes the importance of building confidence through experience, developing a clearly articulated leadership identity, and cultivating the emotional intelligence required to lead others well. He reminds readers that leadership is not about having all the answers but about staying flexible, curious, and anchored in service.
Industry Trends/Jason Murray
In this article, Jason Murray explores the nuanced dynamics that can shape hiring outcomes when search committees are involved. He outlines practical strategies for Hiring Managers and Committee Chairs to cultivate structure, promote balanced participation, and avoid common pitfalls. Drawing from years of experience in executive search, Jason offers tools to help leaders ‘read the room’ and ensure that decision-making processes lead to thoughtful, equitable, and successful hires.
Industry Trends/Jason Murray
Effective leadership begins with questions, not answers. In Part I, we explored how new leaders can build trust and uncover hidden dynamics by asking who truly holds influence and what people are afraid to say. In Part II, we turn to questions that help leaders align with the organization’s true definition of success, understand the legacies they inherit, and lead with intention. These questions are essential for building credibility, advancing inclusion, and laying the foundation for sustainable leadership.
Industry Trends/Jason Murray
The early days of an executive’s tenure are filled with promise and pressure—it’s a time of introductions, immersion, and inevitable information overload. While most onboarding processes focus on organizational charts, strategic priorities, and compliance, the most successful leaders know that the real work lies beyond what's written down. They understand that every organization—no matter how structured on paper—has its own ecosystem of relationships, histories, and unspoken truths. This article outlines two critical questions new leaders must ask to decode the visible and invisible dynamics that shape organizations—and to lead with clarity, integrity, and inclusion.
Talent Acquisition/Jason Murray
In this article, Jason Murray explores the pivotal final phase of executive and senior leadership recruitment: converting your chosen candidate into a confirmed hire. He outlines nine high-impact practices that go beyond negotiation tactics and into the realm of leadership stewardship—ensuring the offer stage reflects the values, clarity, and credibility of your organization. Designed for hiring teams, executives, and search partners, this article serves as a timely reminder that the way you close sets the tone for everything that follows.
EDIA/Jason Murray
As public discourse grows more polarized and organizations face pressure to retreat from equity commitments, leaders must be prepared to speak clearly and practically about the value of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (EDIA). This article offers a strategic reframing of EDIA—not as a moral obligation, but as an essential operating discipline. It provides decision-makers with language to defend the work, insights to ground it in daily practice, and a reminder that EDIA, when done well, is not only ethically sound—it is operationally wise.
Watch recent thought leadership videos on inclusive leadership, workplace culture, and transformation.
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In this instalment of “Be the BES Leader,” Helen Mekonen explores why how you show up in such moments can matter just as much as what you say.
Watch Why How you Show Up is Just As Important As What You Say
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As you move into executive roles, how you communicate matters just as much as what you’ve accomplished... and arguably, even more. In this instalment of Be the BES Leader, Jason Murray explores what executive-level communication "sounds like" and what hiring committees listen for, including how you frame challenges and how you navigate complexity.
Watch The Invisible Line Between Senior Leader and Executive
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Melissa Sumnauth explores why the true test of hybrid or in-person work lies in how leaders foster connection today - and how the choices they make will shape workplace culture and the ability to retain talent.
Watch You Can Mandate Presence, But Not Connection
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Helen Mekonen explains why clarity, coupled with authenticity and consistency, matters, because authenticity and consistency, matters, because your story is being interpreted long before you walk into the interview.
Watch Why Clarity, Not Just Authenticity Builds Trust in Hiring
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In this instalment of "Be the BES Leader," Jason Murray examines why confidence may help you get noticed over the course of your career, but sound judgment is what helps you become an executive.
Watch Why Confidence Stops Working at the Executive Level
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In this short, Jason Murray explores why strong leaders get held at that threshold and what hiring committees are actually looking for beyond performance, including signals of trust, judgment, and peer-level presence.
Watch Why High Performers Stall Below Executive Level
Indigenous Knowledge/Jason Murray
This reflection piece argues that National Indigenous History Month should be an opportunity not only to deepen our understanding of history, but also to examine how it shapes our everyday choices.
Sustainability/Stephanie La
Green AI emphasizes the importance of balancing innovation with environmental responsibility, addressing the significant environmental and ethical challenges posed by AI development, such as high carbon emissions, energy consumption, and data privacy concerns. While AI offers transformative benefits, including climate change prediction, pollution monitoring, and public health insights, its rapid advancement often prioritizes speed over sustainability. By adopting Green AI practices—such as energy-efficient algorithms, renewable energy sources, and sustainable development goals—organizations can reduce their environmental impact, align with sustainability objectives, and foster long-term growth while contributing to a more sustainable and equitable future.