Hire. Grow. Sell.
The Leaders Lab helps you hire the right leaders, build a business that can scale, and when the time is right - facilitate your successful exit. Engage us at any stage, at your pace.
Hire.
We have placed over 1,000 leaders across industries who have created billions in market cap value.
The wrong hire slows everything down. Finding executives who can truly take your business to the next level is challenging and doing it yourself pulls you away from running the company.
At The Leaders Lab, we take the guesswork out of recruiting. Every leader we introduce is rigorously vetted for track record, skills, and cultural fit. With more than 1,000 successful placements behind us, you get fewer resumes, stronger candidates, and the confidence that your next leader will be ready to scale with you driving EBITDA and market cap growth.
And our support doesn’t stop at one hire. We partner with the leaders we place to help them build out their teams through direct placements, contract recruiting, and by strengthening internal recruiting functions. Every solution is tailored to your needs and your specific stage of growth.
Over the years Ken, Shannon and the team at The Leaders Lab have delivered time and time again saving me countless hours of interviewing and always produce the highest quality executives.
I recommend them without hesitation!
Nick Bradley
CEO High Value Exit
Host of Scale Up with Nick Bradley
Grow.
We help you build the team & systems that fuel growth and create lasting value.
Scaling isn’t just about adding revenue - it’s about building a company that runs smoothly and grows sustainably. At The Leaders Lab, we help you strengthen the foundation by building out the organizational chart, ensuring financial health, and implementing systems that support long-term growth or a future exit.
We’ve guided companies in creating the processes and structures that have taken startups from early stage to billion-dollar businesses. These systems don’t just drive sales and profits they make the business easier to run and become valuable assets in their own right, increasing enterprise value.
Check out our interview with John Warrillow on The Leaders Lab Podcast.
Sell.
Exit-ready is simply good business even if you don’t want to sell right now. We’ll get you there.
When the time comes to sell, you deserve more than just a plan - you need a partner who will execute the sale. At The Leaders Lab, we don’t stop at preparing your business; we take it all the way to market.
Having completed dozens of acquisitions across industries, we know where the buyers are and how to position your company for maximum value. We’ve been in your shoes. After selling our first company to a Fortune 500 company, we understand the stakes and the stress of letting go of what you’ve built.
Backed by decades of experience and a national brokerage platform, we guide you from readiness to closing. You stay in control of the timing, while we handle the details so your business exits strong and on your terms.
Our CEO Ken Eslick is a registered member of the International Business Brokers Association (IBBA) & Mergers & Acquisitions Source.
From Founders. For Founders.
We Help You Hire, Grow and Sell.
We know what it’s like to sit on your side of the table - trying to find the right leadership, build the right systems, or prepare for a potential sale while still running the business day to day.
Our founders, Ken & Shannon Eslick, have lived it. From decades in corporate leadership to building and selling companies - including an exit to a Fortune 500 company. We understand both the challenges and the opportunities that come with growth and transition.
Since 2012, The Leaders Lab has placed over 1,000 leaders across industries, with most clients returning to us as they scale. Today, backed by a multi-national team with experience across corporate and private equity sectors, we go beyond recruiting to help you Hire, Scale, and Sell providing trusted support at every stage of your business journey.
Experience the gold standard in executive search
Relationships come first
First, we find out exactly what you need in your executive leadership. We take time to learn what makes you and your company unique to a prospective candidate. We want to understand the nuances of your organization’s culture, values, history, growth potential, senior leadership, and more. Careful fit builds lasting relationships.
Qualified Candidates
You may wonder why The Leaders Lab isn’t sending you dozens of candidates. That’s because before you ever see a resumé, our candidates will have been through a rigorous interview process. We screen based on your qualifications, significantly reducing the number of candidates that do not fit. You save time because you know you're only meeting with the best.
Access hard-to-find leaders
The most qualified candidate for your company is most likely already happily employed. The Leaders Lab has access to these "passive" candidates: the people who are employed but who are open to the right opportunity at the right company. In fact, We have well over 150,000 candidates in our database and have placed over 1000 leaders since our inception.
Support from A to Z
Unlike agencies that hand over the reins at the interview stage and cross their fingers that their candidates do well, we work with you and the candidates throughout the entire interview process to coordinate the next steps and be sure things are running smoothly.
Interviewing by Insiders
Wouldn’t you rather have interviewing done by somebody who has been there before? Our multi-national team has decades of industry experience, making The Leaders Lab unique among executive search firms.
Career Mentoring
When you find the right Leader, they become a part of your family. And you’ll have us as a resource to support your team before, during and after they are hired. This support is essential in the first six months when they are getting settled into their new role.
