Grace Blue Partnership

We’re excited that Grace Blue has been named as one of the Business Reporter and Independent’s Best of British Businesses for 2024!🏆   This award celebrates excellence in all sectors of British business and showcases companies whose innovation and contribution to the UK economy deserve to be highlighted as a success story in 2024. We are proud to be the only executive search firm to receive this award this year.   At Grace Blue, we are wholly committed to connecting exceptional leadership talent with organisations across consumer brands, agencies, media, sports, entertainment, and beyond.   Thank you to our amazing team for their dedication and expertise, and to our clients and candidates for their trust and partnership. https://lnkd.in/dDumFQba #bestofbritishbusiness #executivesearch #businessawards #executiverecruitment #leadership

A look back at 2024…and another busy year for all of us at Grace Blue! 📢 We started the year with news of our acquisition by Sinecure, Inc. - Tara Winstanley was promoted to partner and lead of our dedicated media practice -Tania Harwood joined us to lead and continue our work in Sports & Entertainment 🤝 We hosted multiple events: - CEO to NXC panel event with SI Partners Global - CMO to CEO dinner with Sherilyn Shackell and AAR - 3 x L&D sessions for senior HR leaders with Sherilyn Shackell on ‘Creating a High Performing Team’ - Best of British Bash – celebrating the UK’s creative sector and the role it plays on the global stage ✍ We produced leadership insights and reports including: - 7 Ways Leaders can Embed Sustainability Into Their Talent Strategy with Matt Bourn and Sebastian Munden - Becoming a Non-Exec Chair in a Private Equity World - Evolution of the CMO: The Path to CEO 💥 We attended numerous industry events and featured in the press 🏆 And we finished the year named as a winner of the Business Reporter’s Best of British Awards for 2024 Thank you to our clients, candidates and industry peers for your continued support. Wishing you all a restful festive season and a Happy New Year from the Grace Blue team! ✨ #executivesearch #leadership #leadershipinsights #2024

I’m incredibly proud to share that Grace Blue Partnership has been named a winner of the Business Reporter’s Best of British Business Award 2024. This recognition is a testament to the passion, dedication, and expertise of our entire team, as well as the trust our clients and candidates place in us every day.   In a year where businesses have faced unprecedented challenges and change, we’ve remained committed to helping organisations secure the very best leadership talent. Our mission has always been to empower companies with the people they need to drive transformation and growth — and this award reflects that ongoing commitment.   My colleague, Sarah Skinner does an incredible job talking about Grace Blue’s approach for finding the very best leadership talent and what makes a great leader. You can watch the full interview here: https://lnkd.in/ejeC225q

And what a great interview it is! Thank you to the Business Reporter for showcasing Grace Blue as one of the winners of the Best of British Business Awards for 2024.

Grace Blue’s Best of British Bash 🎉 Last week, we hosted an incredible evening celebrating Britain’s creative sector and its influence on the global stage. It was an opportunity to step back and remind the industry of the important role that it plays – generating around £40bn in advertising spend this year. Britain’s creative sector can accelerate social and political justice, as exemplified by combined firepower investigative journalism and subsequent drama around the Post Office scandal. Finally, Britain’s creative industry is a unique melting pot of talent and culture that delivers world class innovation and strategic prowess.    We were honoured to hear from inspiring speakers – Stephen Woodford, Amber de Botton, Sonoo Singh, and our very own Sarah Skinner – who shared powerful insights into the creative industry’s immense talent and its far-reaching impact on the economy, politics, media, and society.   A heartfelt thank you to everyone who joined us and made the evening so special. And a huge shout out to Zaid Al-Qassab and the team at M&C Saatchi UK for being such exceptional hosts.   Here’s to celebrating the brilliance of British creativity!  #bestofbritish #britishcreativity #ukcreativeindustries #creativetalent 📷 ©BronacMcNeill.com/HTaylor

In this week’s #AdMatters…   There was another cracking debate in Westminster, delivered by the CIM | The Chartered Institute of Marketing and International Advertising Association who are fellow members of The Debating Group. In a packed room, people from across our industry debated the role of marketers in environmental progress with hugely compelling and insightful views expressed from both sides of the motion.   In other news, we also held the AA Christmas Party, channelling our inner Luke Littler at Bloomsbury Flight Club.   And finally, a big congrats to our Front Foot member, Grace Blue Partnership, winner of a Best of British award this week. The company, led by Sarah Skinner, has a long track record of understanding leadership talent.   Our Ad in the A is Vodafone’s ‘40 years of Christmas on the nation’s network’ by Leo Burnett UK.   Read the full newsletter here: https://lnkd.in/eX96be56

What a night of talent. For anyone suggesting commercial creativity isn't in a good place right now Sarah Skinner and Grace Blue Partnership may beg to differ. Huge thanks to Zaid Al-Qassab and M&C Saatchi UK for hosting what rapidly turned into a brilliant night of insight and celebration of the best of the best. Strong rallying cry Sonoo Singh. Lovely to see you Jamie Elliott Ian Priest James Denton-Clark Stephen Woodford Sharon Lloyd Barnes and more. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ingenuity+ is one part of The Ingenuity Group, the UK's largest connector of brands with agencies, and agencies with brands. Feel free to connect with MAD//FEST, MAD//Masters by Rory Sutherland, Future Factory, Reg&Co. Ingenuity or just message me direct. #Connectingthemarketingworld

What makes a good leader? As a winner of the Best of British Business Award 2024, our Global Managing Director, Sarah Skinner, spoke with The Business Reporter about what it takes to find transformational leaders in today’s ever-changing world. Sarah shares insights into the key qualities of great leaders and how modern leadership is evolving to embrace collaboration, adaptability, and a broader social impact.   Watch the full interview ⬇️   #ExecutiveSearch #LeadershipTalent #BestofBritishBusiness #BusinessReporter

💡 What advice would you give adland’s new incoming CEOs? Our Managing Partner, Natalie Napier spoke to Campaign UK and shared her advice for adland's new agency leaders: "Without a doubt the past few years have been tough in adland – everyone has been navigating uncertainty and people have arguably worked harder than ever before. Despite these challenges the industry needs to have faith in the enormous value that it brings, and new CEOs should lead with confidence and belief in this. They have an opportunity to bring the swagger back and should be on the front foot with communicating the vision and belief they have in their agency both externally and internally – teams need to feel that confidence and inspiration. Of course, clients are the cornerstone of any agency and for new CEOs there is a unique window of opportunity in the early days to listen to them and allow them to speak openly. CEOs who make client conversations a priority in their first few weeks can positively capitalise on this." #agency #agencyceo #campaignuk #agencyleaders #leadershiptalent

Thank you Marketing Week for a brilliant 2024 awards evening last week, and congratulations to all the winners!   We were honoured to represent the Advertising Association and join Russell Parsons, in presenting the Talent Trailblazer Award, that celebrates the organisations and individuals opening up opportunities to new talent. Congratulations to John Doe for being announced as the 2024 winner, and to WYK Digital who were Highly Commended.  John Doe’s commitment and success in championing talent in Scotland is exemplary.   Thank you to fellow judges, Giffgaff CEO Ash Schofield; Sharon Lloyd Barnes, Commercial Director and Inclusion Lead at the Advertising Association; Ewen MacPherson, Group Chief People Officer, Havas; and Richie B., Head of Diversity and Belonging at Hearst. #marketingweek #talentawards #marketingevent #talenttrailblazerawards2024