AND THEN IT HAPPENED
[ Reflections on how we began. ]
So, why BRYANT PARK? And, not Rustin/Saxon, or Next Generation Search, or, or, or...?
As Partners and close collaborators in the retail practice at a global firm, we were perched above Bryant Park with a dazzling view from our office windows; the park provided a great place to escape, clear our heads and try to get a fresh perspective on whatever search puzzle we might be trying to solve. In the winter, we’d grab lunch at the Grill; in the summer, we’d sit at one of those iconic table and chairs for 2.
Inevitably, the conversation would migrate from the daily challenges of our practice, to broader industry issues and how technology was “changing everything.” In particular, we observed a clear migration from mass commercialization to a very high level of personalization and service. As with Bryant Park itself, a vibrant center of culture, energy, and a crossroads of the fashion and business worlds, small is the new big.
We came to realize that just as retailers needed to change to keep pace with the customer, so did we as Executive Recruiters. Through the emergence of technology, everyone has visibility to the talent pool. The real value of an executive recruiter is industry knowledge, a genuine understanding of the client’s business, and the ability to assess talent for “cultural fit”.
We observed the large Executive Search firms becoming more insular and less in tune with the customer. We believed strongly that there was room for a high-touch, specialty boutique firm with deep retail industry knowledge, a strong commitment to quality and service, and a highly personal approach to create a new standard of excellence in an industry where everyone seems to say the same things but few truly deliver on the promise.
Bryant Park gave us the place and the space to clear our heads and imagine a better future. And, so, we named our firm Bryant Park Search Partners – a place that is near and dear to our hearts.
It was in Bryant Park where we came up with our core values. And more importantly our business model to serve these values.
INTEGRITY. VISION. PARTNERSHIP.
Bryant Park is a source of calm, inspiration, history and balance, dating back to its late 19th century origins.