Talent Intelligence
Know the market before you make the hire.
Organizations frequently need intelligence before they need a search. Understanding who exists, where they sit, and what it would take to move them changes the decision itself.
Why intelligence first
Decisions improve when the market is visible.
A mandate written without market context often describes a leader who does not exist, or overlooks one who does.
Talent intelligence establishes the realistic leadership universe for a role: where relevant executives sit today, how organizations around you are structured, what compensation is required, and how quickly a credible slate can be assembled.
The work stands alone as an advisory engagement, or precedes a search so that the mandate, timeline, and compensation position are grounded in evidence.
Services
What we deliver.
- Executive talent mapping
- Competitor talent mapping
- Organizational mapping
- Succession mapping
- Executive benchmarking
- Compensation benchmarking
- Talent availability analysis
- Geographic talent mapping
- Leadership pipeline analysis
- Emerging talent identification
Commissioned studies
Intelligence you can commission before a vacancy exists.
Each study is a defined piece of research with an agreed scope, timeline, and written deliverable. They stand alone, and they frequently make the subsequent search shorter.
Talent Mapping
A structured view of the leadership universe for a defined role, market, and geography, with named executives, scale, and tenure.
Written map + review session
Competitor Leadership Mapping
How peer organizations are structured at leadership level, who holds the equivalent mandates, and where their strength sits.
Comparative structure report
Succession Benchmarking
Internal successors assessed against the external market, so a board can judge readiness with evidence rather than assumption.
Readiness assessment
Compensation Intelligence
Observed base, bonus, equity, and incentive structures for the specific level, sector, and market in question.
Compensation briefing
Location & Market Feasibility
Whether the leadership capability you need genuinely exists in a given location, and what it would cost to secure it.
Feasibility study
Leadership Pipeline Mapping
The emerging leaders one and two levels below the C-suite across your market, tracked over time.
Pipeline register
Direct line
Discuss an intelligence brief.
Email Kathleen Welch to scope a mapping, benchmarking, or succession study.
Direct contact
Kathleen Welch
Founder & Managing Partner, Thalvern Advisory
welchkathleen@thalvernadvisory.comNext step
Build the leadership picture before you act.
Every conversation with Thalvern Advisory is confidential and without obligation.