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What We Do

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Navigating Talent

Captains Club offers three distinct engagements — each designed for a different stage of the leadership decision. Whether you need clarity before committing to a search, a full retained engagement, or an executive placement tied to an M&A transaction, we meet you where you are with a process built for your specific moment.

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Scope & Strategy

Clarity Before Commitment
Best for:
  • Owner-operators exploring a leadership hire but not yet ready to commit to a full executive search. Ideal when you need to define the role, align stakeholders, and pressure-test the decision before going to market.
What You Get:
  • Founder Alignment Session — deep dive into your vision, lifestyle goals, and what success looks like post-hire
  • Role Architecture — Job Scorecard, Ideal Candidate Profile, and compensation benchmarking using the Navigating Talent™ framework
  • Team & Culture Assessment — anonymous team survey and behavioral benchmarking via Aptive Index
  • Search Strategy Playbook — go-to-market plan, timeline, and sourcing strategy · Four 45-minute advisory syncs
  • Investment: $5,000 flat fee — 100% credited toward a Retained Executive Search engagement
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Retained Executive Search

The Full Captains Club Experience
Best for:
  • Executives serious about making their most important hire — a President, COO, Integrator, or Vice President who will carry real operational weight and change the trajectory of the business.
What You Get:
  • Everything in Scope & Strategy, plus confidential headhunting of 50–100 highly targeted passive leaders
  • Head / Heart / Helm / Horizon candidate vetting with Aptive Index behavioral profiling
  • Finalist Presentation Packets — behavioral profiles, cultural alignment, and candid notes on strengths, risks, and tradeoffs
  • Offer negotiation support, compensation coaching, and 90-day onboarding integration plan
  • Standard $45K (Director–VP) · Premium $60K (SVP/COO/Integrator) · Elite $80K (President/CEO)
  • Payment: 1/3 Engagement Fee · 1/3 Progress Payment (Day 45) · 1/3 Success Fee (Signed Offer). Not based on candidate compensation. No true-up.
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Operator-Investor Matching

The Executive Delivery Partner for M&A Transactions
Best for:
  • Private equity firms, search funds, independent sponsors, and acquisition entrepreneurs who need a proven operating executive identified, vetted, and aligned before or immediately after close.
What You Get:
  • Transaction-aligned executive search built around deal timelines, thesis requirements, and Day One readiness
  • Proprietary access to a curated network of operating executives with direct P&L ownership in founder-led businesses
  • Candidate evaluation using the Navigating Talent™ framework — behavioral profiling, leadership pattern recognition, and post-acquisition cultural fit
  • Finalist presentation with investment-grade candidate summaries · Compensation structuring aligned with PE operating models
  • Fee: $10K engagement + 0.5%–1.0% TEV success fee ($50K floor) · 100% of engagement fee credited toward success fee

Steer Your Business To Success

Rely on Captains Club to align the Head, Heart, Helm, and Horizon of your next leadership hire.
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Hands down, working with Daniel was the very best search experience I’ve ever had, and I’m very much looking forward to partnering with Daniel to create our next big talent win!"