Professional and responsive at every level, and a genuine business partner in every interaction – this is at the heart of the way we do business.
Our clients share the core belief that competitive advantage comes from extraordinary leadership.
We start from the assumption that our customers have a deep understanding of their problems and strengths. We then elicit our customer’s best thinking and contribute our own, until together we find a solution– an assessment tool, a succession plan, a coaching model – that will add significant value to our customer’s organization.
Throughout an assignment, we evaluate progress to confirm we are on the right track. And at the close of each engagement, we review our work to determine its impact. This process ensures that our clients receive a full return on their investment with us.
Our mission is to add value that can only come through the careful tailoring of every project. We don’t offer “off-the-shelf” products or “quick fix” solutions. We understand that resiliency and adaptability are essentials – for both businesses and the consultants who support them.
Vantage is privileged to work with some of the world’s most innovative and successful businesses. We consult across diverse industries, from manufacturing & utilities, to education & healthcare. Large or small, public or private, Vantage strives to ensure that our clients have the right people with the right talent to drive their business strategy.
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CEO & Chairman, Whirlpool Corporation
"The Board of Directors of the Whirlpool Corporation has found Vantage Leadership Consulting to be an excellent partner for our self-assessment process. Professional in their interviews and objective in their analysis, Vantage has helped facilitate robust Board discussions on important issues, providing clear and actionable recommendations which we have implemented. "
CEO & Chairman, Motorola Solutions
"Vantage Leadership Consulting has been invaluable in supporting our efforts at Succession Planning and Leadership Development. They have provided Motorola Solutions excellent Assessment and Executive Coaching services, and they are trusted advisers to me and our Executive Committee regarding the Succession process. I strongly recommend them as a partner for this very important work. "
Senior Director, Human Resources, McDonald's
"Vantage has been a terrific partner in creating greater insight into the strengths and key development opportunities for our Operations Leaders. They helped us determine the best approach for meeting our objectives, offering both virtual and in-person assessments, and remained flexible and responsive throughout the engagement. Our executives all had positive experiences and found that the subsequent development planning and coaching enhanced alignment with their reporting executives. "
Senior Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer, Exelon Corporation
"At Exelon, making the right calls on hiring and promoting Front Line Supervisors is critically important to the success of our business. For over 10 years, the rigor and care with which Vantage has evaluated supervisor candidates in their comprehensive assessment centers, and coached new hires to address their development priorities, has been invaluable to us."
Global Vice President of Human Resources & Safety, Amcor Rigid Plastics
"For over ten years, Vantage has worked closely with our organization to execute customized development programs designed to accelerate our high potentials, and embed organizational capability around talent management. At Amcor Rigid Plastics, we place high value on strong leaders to maintain competitive advantage in our rapidly changing market. Vantage has been a great partner in preparing our top leaders and assessing our leadership pipeline so we can respond with confidence to these challenges."
Former Chief Executive Officer Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC), BlueCross BlueShield of Illinois, Texas, New Mexico & Oklahoma
"Over the years, Vantage has worked closely with us to raise the bar on talent. They have most significantly helped us evaluate and develop our 'Next Generation of Leaders'. As a result of this partnership, we are much better positioned to make promotional decisions and fill important leadership roles within our organization."
President & CEO, The MITRE Corporation
"We have come to rely upon Vantage Leadership Consulting's unique insights as part of our executive selection and development process. They have proven over and over again an ability to identify leadership talent and a roadmap to success."
Director of Human Resources, Dwyer Instruments
"Vantage has been instrumental in helping us shape the right talent strategy to successfully drive our business strategy. In addition to helping us reliably assess candidates to fill key roles for our organization, they have assisted us in building a robust talent management system that aligns specific talent development with our corporate strategy and succession planning."
CEO, Shure Incorporated
"Vantage provides highly valuable consulting and assessment solutions. Their leadership insights and ability to make the right recommendations have helped us make better hiring and promotional decisions. They take the time to understand the unique realities of our business and the leadership requirements necessary to drive results."
CFO, Texas Children's Hospital
"At an important transition point for me, both in my career and with my new employer, I found significant benefit in the clear eyes and good counsel of my Vantage coach. His experience, sound judgment, and unequivocal support established him as a trusted advisor that I rely on to this day."
Principal Talent Management Advisor & Leadership Coach
"We have worked with Vantage for several years to help us grow our future leaders, identify succession candidates and review external candidates joining our executive team. We appreciate working with a team of professionals so focused on the improvement of the individual. They use their strategic capabilities to assimilate vast amounts of data, analyze the interconnecting impacts, and then articulate how the individual can improve with tangible, useful suggestions. We are more impressed with every interaction."
Manager Organizational Effectiveness, CME Group
"I highly recommended Vantage to support your leadership development efforts. Their approach to coaching has helped our leaders improve the level of insight and capability needed to drive the business. They are highly responsive and a valued business partner."
Managing Director, Deltak
"Deltak attributes a great deal of our success to our ability to select and retain top talent across the country. Vantage Leadership has been a strategic human capital consulting partner for us through the last decade and has provided a range of services from candidate review and testing to individual professional development for top leaders to underpinning our Leadership Institute. Vantage has been top notch and honestly focused more on our organizational success than merely "getting their job done"."
First Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
"We are very invested in the development of our emerging leaders, and Vantage has played an important role through their coaching and mentoring services. Their support has made a big difference for numerous professionals here at the Chicago Fed."
Director of Learning & Organizational Development, Northwestern University
"Vantage has been a valued partner of Northwestern University for over 25 years. Through leadership and management education as well as individual coaching, their expertise has helped us accelerate the development and performance of countless members of the Northwestern community. We really appreciate Vantage's expertise and flexibility."
President and Chief Executive Officer, Steel Dynamics
"As Steel Dynamics has grown and matured, we've required a more comprehensive and objective view of our leadership talent. Vantage provides us with this valuable perspective, sometimes confirming what we already thought, but often shedding fresh insight. They know our people, our culture and our ambitions - all essential elements to their unique ability to contribute to our succession and developmental planning."
Vice President of Human Resources, Swedish American Health System
"Vantage's Master Assessor Program (MAP) has improved our ability to objectively assess candidates for hire and individuals we are considering for promotion. We have embedded superior assessment capability within our Human Resources management team and our recruitment group. Consequently, we have strengthened our talent identification skills and our ability to hire the caliber of leadership needed to achieve our strategic objectives. "
At the end of the day, our reputation is our most precious asset. Our values align and focus our behaviors to ensure we never take this for granted. They provide the filter by which we judge our work, make all decisions, and engage with each other and our customers….respectful, responsive, innovative, and trustworthy.
Throughout its history, Vantage Leadership Consulting has held as a core value the responsibility to be a good corporate citizen. Our investment in the community enriches our lives and reminds us that extraordinary leadership can be found anywhere. We are proud to partner with many not-for-profit companies as they strive to improve their leadership capabilities. Recent partnerships include:
In 2014, Vantage Leadership Consulting enthusiastically decided to support and partner with Aim High — an initiative sponsored by the Center for Companies That Care — that coordinates a four-year mentoring program matching urban students in Chicago with corporate mentors. Vantage was honored to be able to mentor two impressive students as they moved through high school and into college.
To read more about this important initiative and how your and your company can get involved, please visit Companies That Care.
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