Strategic Talent Partners

Strategic Talent Partners is a talent strategy firm specialising in executive recruitment and leadership development for privately held companies. With 25 years of combined experience, the firm guides organisations to sustainable growth through strategic talent decisions. Founded in 1998 and recently strengthened through the 2024 merger of CorTalent and KeyStone Executive Search, the firm now brings more than 250 years of collective recruitment expertise to its engagements.

The company specialises in three core services: Executive and Leadership Retained Search (CEO transitions, board searches, C-suite and functional leadership), Leadership Solutions (talent strategies, succession planning, leadership assessments, and development workshops), and the Strategic Talent Roadmap (aligning leadership talent plans with business strategy). The firm has filled over 600 leadership roles across 400+ C-level positions and 700+ leadership roles, whilst developing over 800 leaders. The company works with multiple organisational models including traditional privately held companies, ESOPs (employee stock ownership plans), and companies operating on the EOS (Entrepreneurial Operating System).

Based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Strategic Talent Partners combines decades of operator-level experience with a consultative approach focused on understanding real business problems before proposing solutions. The firm has spent 25 years conducting thousands of conversations with business owners and leadership teams, developing proprietary tools like the Leadership Assessment and Talent Calibrator to identify leadership strengths and development opportunities. Clients choose Strategic Talent Partners for understanding the larger picture of their challenges and delivering exceptional value in building sustainable, aligned leadership teams.