Zavala Civitas Executive Search is dedicated to assist companies identify, develop, and retain exceptional talent.

We’ve forged a strong global reputation, guided by a client centric approach, as well as our weekly progress reports and our milestone based fee structure, enabling us to handle assignments worldwide with an impressive 92% closing rate.

Our Services

We offer c-level executive search and organizational consulting services to our international clients.

 

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Our Values

Strongly Proactive

We deliver weekly results, after the first 10 days, following a milestone-based approach.

Global Reach

As a global firm with unrestricted access to talent, we offer access through our own offices as well as through our known partners in a variety of countries.

Client Focus

The partner who sells the project also does the project himself, resulting in a 92% closing rate.

Technology

We leverage different software tools to automate and optimize processes while also enabling data-driven decision-making.

Insights

Executive Search in Spain: Talent Gaps and Leadership Trends 

The Spanish talent market is perceived to be mature and easy to operate in. This makes some sense from afar. There is a solid network of business centers, a developing international business presence, and a considerable pool of experienced talent.  Problems arise when businesses attempt to recruit senior executives.  In Spain, executive search is shifting from talent arbitrage to understanding the true gaps and the reasons behind their expansion.  Where the Talent Gaps Are Actually Emerging  Spain may appear to have many senior professionals, but the issues here are more complex.  The problem is not the experience, but the type of experience that is most required by the different companies.  As per McKinsey & Company, the nature of change of senior leadership roles in Europe is at a much quicker pace than the nature of change in the senior leadership roles in the talent pool. Executives are required who are able to be strategic, also have the ability to execute, and be the change agent.  That blend is still too little. This is especially the case in Spain in the industries that are shifting the fastest—energy transition, infrastructure, and technology. There are many executives who have strong functional experience, but far fewer who have held positions to manage large, complex transformations, or to operate internationally in complex situations.  This results in the mismatch between the hopes of the companies and the actual situation in the labor market.  The Shift from Stability to Transformation Leadership  For many years, leadership in Spain emphasized operational stability and incremental change.  This is not enough anymore.  At present, companies expect executives to manage change and uncertainty, and lead in multiple dimensions simultaneously, including at the same time digital transformation, new business models, and the increased need for operational efficiency. 

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Executive Search in China: The Complexity of Hiring Executives

China is one of those markets where opportunities are easy to find but the right leaders are not.  many international firms, executive recruitment in China becomes challenging for one simple reason: the market does not act as they expect. What works for Europe or the US, tends to break down here.  Recruiting

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Executive Search in the United States: Private Equity and Portfolio Leadership  

According to McKinsey’s Global Private Markets Review the United States remains the largest private equity market globally. It accounts for nearly half of global PE deal value.    Unlike traditional recruiting, Executive Search in the U.S. private equity-backed environments is much more complex.  In PE platforms, leadership is directly tied to value creation, EBITDA expansion,

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