“Our work in consulting involves the selection and placement of $1 MM a year [income] Partners in strategy, technology and operations competencies. We were conditioned to operate with these kinds of significant investments and decision processes in mind. We apply that level of thought and execution in all segments of our markets and it works. Our methods combine superior research and market intelligence report building with a proven, case-driven project management and personal relationship approach.

Human Capital Strategy is the marketing, planning and execution mindset to significantly enhance Talent Sourcing & Acquisition as well as Retention, Succession Planning, and Professional Development.

Michael believes that executive search firms should be able to add significantly more value to their clients than just “picking potential candidates”. He says, “Most people can understand the requisite skills for a particular role in a given segment. The differentiating quality lies in the ability of the firm to think beyond the “search process”, and operate both at the 30,000 foot level while maintaining and managing the program on the ground”.

He adds, “We’ve got to break with tradition here. That’s why we started Solomon Case & Co. as a Human Capital Strategy firm, not just a search firm. We have to build into the project management approach all foreseeable conditions and potential difficulties, current and future. The fee structure should reflect certain of these conditions to make a more beneficial and productive arrangement.

The core concept for Solomon Case & Co., is based upon 3 distinct organizational groups: Solomon Case & Co. Strategic Talent Sourcing & Acquisition; the Solomon Case & Co. Advisory Board; and Select Partners driven technologies that dramatically improve individual and team-based contribution and performance.

“The ‘search process’, is a rather poor descriptor of what clients want. Clients demand more value and more forward thinking ability. What we have done, and in fact were doing for ten years in the predecessor company was truly, ‘Strategic Talent Sourcing & Acquisition’. Solomon Case & Co. was built to better manage the singularly critical engagement as well as to advise and execute long term, system-wide recruitment strategies. We intend to shift the client perception of the process from one of ‘search’, which doesn’t even imply an “end”, to ‘sourcing and acquisition’, a term our clients understand and internalize better anyway. The difference lies in the ability of the firm to navigate cultural & management issues, operational hurdles, succession planning, integration and traction.

Michael believes that the Solomon Case & Co. organizational structure is the key to providing not only human capital acquisition services, but also many other enablers including ways for clients to better handle their own internal recruitment programs.

“The dramatic difference with Solomon Case & Co. is this, we have created an Advisory Board to push our level of performance and thought generation. We align ourselves with Select Partners where technology plays a significantly innovative and productive role toward Management, Professional Development and Contribution. The Advisory Board is made up of senior professionals from industry, venture capital, consulting and boards. These people are of one mind in that human capital performance and contribution is a very compelling area of corporate competitive advantage. One that should realize a greater return on effort and investment. Our Select Partner group is made up of professionals that first understand human capital issues and also possess the technological horsepower to bring about truly innovative products and turn key solutions.

“An advisory based firm like ours can offer many different paradigms of thought, tailored to a specific client to determine their best course of action. It may be that adding staff or filling or creating a specific position within the organization is unnecessary or, it may be that now is not the right time and another course of action should be followed.”

Michael’s vision for the firm is to deploy highly motivated, creative practitioners that can infiltrate particular segments of the market, showing obvious and non-obvious solutions to human capital issues in a pricing-conscious way. To then aggregate the internal competencies of Solomon Case & Co., The Solomon Case & Co. Advisory Board and Select Partners where appropriate and beneficial.

Mike Craig - Original Thought for a New Era