James Beazley, Managing Director, 6 GroupJames Beazley, Managing Director
“It doesn’t make sense to hire smart people and then tell them what to do; we hire smart people so they can tell us what to do.” This timeless adage by Apple founder and tech czar Steve Jobs best represents the value proposition 6 Group offers its clients.

A global executive search and talent intelligence firm focused on identifying, engaging, and developing standout talent, 6 Group assists international high-growth companies in attracting, recruiting, and retaining top-tier professionals from across the globe. It is also one of the first in the UK to be accredited with B Corp status, meaning it operates at the highest standards of environmental and social performance. Its unique, highly adaptable linear service model, combined with a partnership approach, has made it a go-to partner known for its unmatched assessment, talent mapping, pipelining, and executive search excellence.

Drawing on its team’s extensive experience in executive search and leadership assessments, 6 Group has maintained and grown its international track record of success. . Today, it caters to the Asia Pacific, EMIAS, and American regions, helping businesses raise their talent bar while catapulting it to an international executive search and leadership firm. Its clients span a wide range of industries, including energy, utilities, industrial, Consumer, financial services, and infrastructure.

6 Group’s core competency lies in its ability to identify and hire the senior most executives for businesses, but it has scouted talent with specific skillsets for lower-level roles in the organisational hierarchy. Its team has built exclusive, proprietary methodologies, leverages popular social networking sites like LinkedIn, and employs traditional and advanced search techniques to find the right talent. Devised 17 years ago, these methodologies are frequently refined to ensure they align with the current global business scenario. 6 Group’s research team also collaborates with executive search consultants to execute tasks, from identifying high calibre technical specialists to seamlessly onboarding them.

“The proprietary executive search, leadership, and capability assessment methodologies are our key differentiators. They are designed to be wholly inclusive and ensures our clients have the greatest choice of diverse talent to find the right talent - every time,” says James Beazley, managing director of 6 Group.

The firm is best recognised for leadership assessment services and its recent efforts to enhance these capabilities. It subjects potential talent to psychometric and behavioural assessments, analysing whether their skills are aligned with a client’s organisational strategies. The team has created a first-of-its-kind digital competency ranking tool and assessment methodology that assists them in understanding the highest-ranked competencies for either hiring (for) or auditing the capability of an organisation. 6-Group has consistently identified employee capability gaps and strengths, helping companies address them and amplifying productivity by 30 to 40 percent.

The proprietary executive search, leadership, and capability assessment methodologies are our key differentiators

Illustrating 6 Group’s executive search and leadership assessment excellence is its collaboration with a leading Finnish client. They approached the team to merge the talent pool of their nine organisations under a single umbrella. The right combination of people, processes, and technologies helped the team onboard talent from various ethnicities and technical backgrounds for different roles. After the first collaboration, they realised the value of 6 Group and its ability to go over and beyond, offering the best services. The client joined hands with it yet again, where the team delivered to its commitments and their needs.

This instance stands testament to its focus on addressing varying client requirements while building longstanding relationships. Despite no dearth of players in the executive search realm, 6-Group has successfully managed to continually pip its competition.

“We measure our success rate every two years, and currently, it stands at a staggering 92 percent compared to other executive search and leadership firms, which are roughly toggling at 70 percent. This proves that 6-Group is a highly preferred consultant among its target audience,” says Beazley.