Executive Search:
Elevate What's Possible

The right leaders define your organization's future. Clients turn to us when they need a partner they can trust to recruit, select, and integrate exceptional leaders in response to rapid growth, a new initiative, a turnaround, or a change in strategy. Our full-service tailored executive search focuses on Director, VP, and C-level roles.

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Strategic Alignment

We start with the end in mind by gaining full context for how each business operates including the long range vision, current strategy, challenges, opportunities, and existing team strengths.

Talent Cultivation

We use innovative position marketing and recruiting to identify, attract, and engage top leaders within a broad talent network, ensuring a career-defining fit for sought-after industry talent.

Expert Assessment

A resume alone doesn’t impress us. As skilled evaluators, we uncover what drives performance and fit. We help clients critically assess candidates' strengths and weaknesses, ensuring smart, informed hiring decisions.

Candidate Care

Our commitment to brands we believe in keeps candidates engaged. Representing companies we support, we ensure timely updates, accurate information, and a personalized experience throughout the process.

The Search For Better

Going Beyond the Resume

We have an obsessive appreciation for talent—and the difference it can make. We start where other firms end, looking beyond resumes to the subtleties and nuances that separate the great from the merely good. 

Operating as an extension of your brand, discover how our experience and human-focused approach delivers the exact leaders your organization needs.

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Business-Driven, Human-Focused Approach

Listen & Learn

During a collaborative process, we seek to understand the kind of talent you need through deep inquiry into organizational goals, values, culture, and leadership competencies required for success.

Attract & Engage

We skillfully blend the latest talent insights and research, position marketing, sourcing tools, and industry networks to attract the most qualified and sought-after leaders.

Qualify & Select 

We deliver top talent quickly. Using custom interview guides, competency-based screening, evaluation tools, and in-depth candidate summaries to help you make confident, informed hiring decisions.

Offer & Follow Up

Through clear communication and attention to detail, we support our clients through the reference, offer negotiation, and acceptance process.

“The Noto Group team is exceptionally talented in listening and advising.”

“Finding authentic and capable leaders for a purpose-driven organization is critical. The Noto Group team is exceptionally talented in listening and advising on building a high-performing organization. They take the time to develop a precise competency framework for each role and bring the patience and determination to find the perfect match. With that attitude, Noto Group takes an active part in the success of our brand journey.“

Jan-Patrick Schmitz

Former CEO & Chairman

Wüsthof Group

“These important people choices are driving record sales and profit.”

“Noto Group has been a key partner in building a world-class team at Outdoor Research. As a result, we recruited several proven performers who had the experience, drive, and culture mindset to collaborate, drive change, and thrive. It's no surprise these important people choices are driving record sales and profit.”

Michelle Wardian

Board of Directors

Outdoor Research

“They understand our business, culture, and the skills we're looking for.”

“The Noto Group was an excellent business partner and sounding board for our extensive recruitment process. They're a team that understands our business, the culture, and the skills we're looking for.”

Simon Atkins

SVP Footwear

Lululemon

Case Studies

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Macs Adventure Embarks on a Journey to Expand Its U.S. Market with a New Marketing Leader

As Macs Adventure approached its 20th anniversary, the self-guided travel company aimed to accelerate growth in North America. In 2016, to build upon its strong presence in the U.K. and Europe, Macs Adventure opened a small commercial office in a hub of outdoor adventure, Denver, CO.

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New VP of Sales Prepares Bob’s Red Mill for Transformational growth

For its Vice President of Sales, Bob’s Red Mill wanted a disrupter who could push the boundaries of the business. The company was on a path toward ambitious growth and was looking for a leader who could successfully transform the sales team as it sought to double its consumer base by 2030.

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Bob’s Red Mill Feeds Its Growth with SVP of Marketing Hire

Bob’s Red Mill set out to hire a growth-oriented Senior Vice President of Marketing to help take the business to the next level after merging its marketing and sales operations into a single department.

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Bob’s Red Mill Hires CFO to Lay the Foundation for Ambitious Growth

As it prepared for ambitious growth, the company needed a new Chief Financial Officer to replace Trey Winthrop, who would take the helm as Chief Executive Officer after serving as the company’s CFO for more than six years.

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Global Nonprofit 1% for the Planet Finds a 100% Fit to Meet High-Impact, High-Growth Goals

1% for the Planet is a highly regarded global nonprofit, whose members pledge 1% of annual sales to preserve and restore our planet’s natural environments.

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The Synergy Company Secures CFO Who Values Purpose as Much as Profit

This certified B Corp company was founded in 1992 on the belief that whole foods and botanicals can powerfully supplement the healing force within us all. Ever since, The Synergy Company has innovated new ways to uplift and sustain the health of individuals and communities through natural and effective dietary supplements.

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PetWise Harnesses Noto Group’s Proven Process to Fill Key Leadership Role

PetWise employees start every day with one goal in mind: Create the world’s best products for pets and their people. With a large family of award-winning products, the company is committed to making the most innovative and affordable pet care solutions available around the world.

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VP E-Commerce Leads Outdoor Research’s Consumer-Focused Tech Transformation

Outdoor Research was born of the founder’s research-led approach to solving problems that humans face in unforgiving environments.

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Noto Group Helps DECKED Form a Leadership Team Geared Toward Expansion

Since its founding in 2014, DECKED has become a go-to brand for after-market, organization-promoting vehicle accessories, counted on by everyone from first responders and tradespeople to outdoor enthusiasts.

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Triple Eight Lands a Winning CEO to Speed Global Growth

With a rich heritage borne of the New York City skate scene of the 1990s, Triple Eight is a global leader in protective gear for action sports including skateboarding, biking, roller skating, and roller derby.

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How Arena Supercharged Its U.S. Market Through a GM Hire Recruited with Noto Group

In 2016, Noto Group was engaged by the board of competitive swimwear company arena to recruit a General Manager for its U.S. market. The brand was well established in Europe, where it is headquartered, but growth in the U.S. had been missing expectations.

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For Bob’s Red Mill, Noto Group Is an “Extension of Our Team”

Bob’s Red Mill’s relationship with Noto Group took root when a new CEO embarked on an ambitious growth agenda for the company.

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