Mackenzie Eason Associates

Mackenzie Eason & Associates is an HR consulting and executive search firm that describes itself as driven by science and research. Founded in 2004, the firm has conducted over 500 executive searches from director to C level, and calls itself a boutique search firm with global capabilities. Its focus areas are talent acquisition, development, culture and executive search, and it says it is committed to making clients better through their people. The approach rests on industrial and organisational psychology: the firm treats hiring, managing and the performance of talent as a science, and argues that this is why its clients outperform in the market. Mackenzie Eason was named to the 2021 and 2022 Forbes lists of Best Executive Search Firms in America.

The firm's client base is split between very large corporates and the public sector. It has worked with Fortune 50 companies and with large public sector clients including higher education, K-12 education, and municipalities and county governments across the United States. Its consulting lines run alongside search and are grouped under Talent Metrics, covering talent acquisition consulting, talent management consulting, organisational development and learning systems. The firm tells prospective clients it looks forward to helping them achieve their goals in public sector talent acquisition.

Mackenzie Eason says its strength is reaching top candidates whatever the industry and facilitating seamless interviews that identify the right person. It is deliberately built to go beyond the traditional search model that only delivers active candidates, using a targeted approach to present a slate of passive, top tier candidates, on the argument that talent acquisition is no longer only about finding talent but about finding the best talent in the market that fits an organisation's culture, core values and vision. Clients quoted on the site include the CEO of Signature Systems Group, who cites transparency, clear communication and 24/7 access to the search; the city manager of Oklahoma City, who describes the firm as part of the team through a selection process; the founder of CenseoHealth, who says Mackenzie Eason placed his EVP Business Development, Chief Technology Officer, SVP Products, VP Finance, EVP Clinical Services and Chief Human Resources Officer; and the director of talent acquisition at the City of Fort Worth. The firm's office line is 817.668.5870.