Executive Search.
We find proven talent for service businesses where the right people drive growth.
We Know What Great Talent Looks Like.
We’ve Sat on Your Side of the Table.
Before we became recruiters, we were operators.
Ken and Shannon Eslick built and led service businesses, managed large teams, and worked inside a Fortune 500 organization. Ken spent 14 years with Cintas, ultimately serving as a National Vice President, with responsibility spanning sales, operations, and multiple service divisions.
Since 2012, The Leaders Lab has completed more than 1,100 placements across service businesses, from high-performing individual contributors to senior executives.
That experience changes how we recruit. We understand the roles, the numbers, the operating environment, and what separates someone who interviews well from someone who can actually perform.
We don’t just understand recruiting. We understand the businesses we recruit for.
Hire.
The right talent is rarely looking for a job.
The best candidates are usually performing well, valued by their current employer, and not responding to job postings. Finding them requires more than a database and a keyword search.
The Leaders Lab has completed more than 1,100 placements by going directly to the people our clients want to hire, including proven executives, operational leaders, sales professionals, and high-performing individual contributors.
How We Find Better Talent
150,000+ Candidate Network
We combine a proprietary network of more than 150,000 sourced candidates with targeted research to identify proven talent beyond the active job market.
Direct, Proactive Search
We don’t wait for candidates to apply. We identify the people who fit the role and approach them directly, including passive candidates who may never see a traditional job posting.
Operator-Level Vetting
We evaluate candidates beyond the résumé, digging into performance, scope, leadership, numbers, career trajectory, and the results they have actually produced.
Built Around Your Business
Every search starts with understanding the role in context: your organization, culture, market, expectations, and what success actually needs to look like.
Fewer Résumés. Better Candidates. Better Hires.
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
Who We Recruit.
From high-impact individual contributors to the executive team.
We partner with service businesses to recruit proven talent across the roles that have the greatest impact on growth, operations, and performance.
EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP
CEO • President • COO • CFO • CRO • CMO
Division & Regional Presidents
OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
VP Operations • Regional & District Leaders
General Managers • Branch Leaders • Operational Leadership
SALES & GROWTH
VP Sales • Sales Directors • Regional Sales Leaders
Corporate & Strategic Account Executives • Business Development
CORPORATE LEADERSHIP
Finance • Marketing • Human Resources • Talent Acquisition
Strategy • Other Critical Corporate Functions
We recruit the people who move the business forward, whether they lead the organization, lead a team, or own a critical result.
Leaders Lab CEO Ken Eslick Interviews Top Leaders On The Leaders Lab Podcast.
