About Us

Over 19 Years

Connecting People For Over 19 Years

Since 2006, POLIHIRE has built a record of unparalleled success in identifying leadership with a focus on excellence, accountability, and diversity in public-serving agencies and organizations.

Our Mission

POLIHIRE partners with public-serving and mission-based organizations to deeply understand their leadership needs and identify the highest-caliber candidates whose skill sets, demonstrated track record, and future aspirations are aligned with our clients’ commitment to service, excellence and equity.

Our Vision

At POLIHIRE we believe that public-serving and mission-based organizations require leaders to be more than technical experts in their fields. They must also be champions of the idea that success is only achieved when their missions are delivered equitably, when their services are accessible to all who might benefit, when inclusion is a hallmark of their operations, and when their institutions reflect and celebrate the diversity of the communities they serve.

Through our partnership and engagement with clients, we aspire to have the most critical public-serving and mission-based organizations led by visionary leaders who embody a deep commitment to service, excellence, and equity.

Our Values

Integrity

Humanity

Curiosity

Humility

Candor

Representation

Purpose

Integrity

At the core of everything we do is our uncompromising commitment to operate ethically and with integrity. In all aspects of our work and engagements, we act responsibly, lead with transparency and demonstrate courage. We always strive for excellence but when we fall short, we take accountability and endeavor to make it right.

Humanity

Executive search is a professional service, but candidates are not commodities. We recognize the vulnerability that even the most seasoned leaders experience the moment they become candidates for a new position. We respect it, we hold space for it, and we treat this relationship with the utmost care.

Curiosity

There is no one-size-fits-all in executive search. Solutions are individual, and the more we understand, the better we can serve. We ask, we delve, we wonder, and we probe so that we might co-develop a deep understanding of what our clients desire in ideal candidates – enabling us to identify leaders whose skills, aspirations, and values are well aligned.

Humility

We don’t know everything and proactively seek out answers and advice from others. Our experience in this industry is deep, and our networks are extensive, still every day we learn something new. Society is ever-changing. Our ongoing success depends on our openness to continuous discovery and reflection.

Candor

Organizations with exemplary missions and leaders with decades of success can still have blind spots. Relationships built on trust allow us to have authentic, sometimes difficult, conversations. When organizations and individuals face self-constructed barriers to advancing their mission and progress, they need a trusted partner to work collaboratively to remove/address them.

Representation

Organizations and the communities they serve thrive when a fuller range of talented people have equitable access to opportunities and processes. In practice, this means that we will identify and present high-caliber candidates who represent groups that may have traditionally been excluded from certain sectors or leadership positions and who reflect the growing diversity of the communities in which we live. We will also shepherd a process that brings in a wide range of stakeholder voices and perspectives – not just those of the ultimate decision-makers.

Purpose

Success happens when needs and skill sets align. It’s not enough, however, to know that a professional can do a job. Long-term, ultimate success requires that doing that job strongly aligns with a person’s values and aspirations and that it brings them joy. We consider this when identifying candidates for our clients and delegating responsibilities within our firm.