The ideal fit for your leadership team.

SYNERGY. INSIGHT. EXPERIENCE.

Klavins Executive Search (KES) was founded on the belief that a synergistic executive team is paramount to a company's success. Capitalizing on a consultative and thoughtful approach, we put this principle to work. We dig in to the inner workings of each client — the organization, the culture, and the business — to uncover the nuances that make them unique. With painstaking attention to detail, we're truly not happy until we've learned everything possible about our client and their objectives.

Armed with this information, we draw on our core competencies in evaluating and recruiting high-caliber leaders. This synergy and insight, derived from years of working in-tandem with a broad amalgam of leadership teams, allows us to present our clients with distinctively qualified and relevant leaders time and again.

An ally when you need it most

Long-term client relationships are at the core of how we operate. Every project is approached as a privilege and with a long-term partnership in mind. We know you've entrusted us with a significant responsibility and we'll work relentlessly to deliver the best talent, and ensure that each project is met with steadfast attention and detail.

At KES, personalized service and honesty are non-negotiable. We are gracious yet unusually tenacious. We are passionate about what we do, and as a result, every recruiting challenge is approached with a diligent, strategic and exhaustive campaign. It's not the norm to get an ally who focuses all of their energies on ensuring such success. As your ally, we succeed by doing what's right for your business — identifying the most fitting talent to maximize your potential.

A Difference That Matters

Full engagement in all aspects of the search process

Our consultants are fully engaged in all aspects of the search process, achieving the highest levels of quality control and client deliverables throughout the entire search.

As a result, our clients:

  • are presented with the most highly aligned and qualified slates of candidates
  • remain fully informed about the progress of their search
  • receive personalized and focused attention
  • gain unmatched levels of communication and accessibility

Average of only four searches concurrently

Our consultants conduct an average of only four searches concurrently, focusing their full interest and resources on attracting the best candidates to our clients' team.

Therefore:

  • the broadest spectrum of talent is accessed and assessed
  • a senior partner is fully engaged throughout the entire cycle of the recruiting process
  • searches are completed in an efficient manner
  • off-limits restrictions are nominal

Insightful and extensive profiles for each candidate

Our consultants are discerning in their candidate assessments and thorough in preparing insightful profiles that tell the story of each candidate's career experiences, accomplishments, and leadership philosophies.

Clients gain value because this:

  • leverages our clients' interviews and maximizes their information gathering and assessment process
  • affords in-depth perspectives about candidates, particularly with an understanding around soft, cultural, or other difficult-to-uncover issues
  • ensures highest probability of candidates who align with our clients' culture, value system, and organizational requirements

In-depth industry knowledge with over 200 engagements completed

We have completed over 200 searches for clients in consumer products and industrial sectors, leveraging strong industry-specific knowledge and functional expertise to attract the best talent to our client's team.

Consequently:

  • clients receive enlightening market intelligence and insight
  • consultants conduct interviews with probing and industry-wise analysis
  • our learning curve is minimal, thereby accelerating the search time-to-completion
  • candidates exceed our client's expectations, creating long-term value for clients
  • our network and industry reach is deep, entrenched, and credible

92% of searches are for repeat clients

Over 90% of searches are conducted for clients with whom we have worked in the past, validating that our operating philosophy and methodologies continue to deliver the most qualified leaders for our clients.

Our long-term clients benefit because we:

  • serve as a trusted consultant and strategic adviser, providing thoughtful judgment and uncompromised integrity
  • understand their business and industry which yield constructive insights and unparalleled access to the best talent
  • hold their performance and results as core to our continued success and viability

Larissa R. Klavins

Managing Partner

During her 20+ years as a recruiting consultant, Larissa approaches every search assignment passionately while delivering distinct value to her clients. Understanding the dynamics and intricacies of her client companies is integral to Larissa's success in matching the best talent with her clients and building cohesive management teams. She has a keen capacity to work collaboratively and provide personalized service while also extracting the utmost subtleties and nuances in her candidate assessments.

Larissa conducts a wide variety of senior-level assignments in general management as well as within the sales, marketing, product development, industrial design, manufacturing, engineering, sustainability, finance, and human resources functions. With a dedicated industry focus in consumer products and industrial sectors, Larissa brings a highly knowledgeable and seasoned perspective that yields unsurpassed access to talent and facilitates long-term client relationships and high customer satisfaction.

Larissa holds a Bachelor of Science in Communication Studies from Northwestern University. When she is not interfacing with clients or executing searches with her team, Larissa enjoys spending time with family and friends, gardening, biking, swimming, or anything cardio.