DCI Associates helps clients prepare for times of change, such as global expansion, turnarounds, and strategic shifts with the assessment and recruitment of superior executives. We offer clients the benefits of a large firm's dedicated resources combined with the personal attention of a boutique. DCI Associates works with our clients to strengthen executive leadership teams and boards that improve organizational performance and enhance stakeholder returns. DCI Associates' services include: We are experts in recruiting top-notch, diverse executives with financial expertise, operational depth, and strategic acumen both for senior operating roles and for boards. We are careful to look for prospects who can operate effectively in a group, provide synergy for the rest of the team, and keep in mind the broader interests of the company and its shareholders. We have unmatched access to potential candidates and possess detailed information on their careers, availability, interests and conflicts. Our personal relationships are complemented by powerful databases containing information on prospective candidates, updated on a daily basis. A key component of DCI Associates' work is the systematic assessment of needs, comparing the company's strategic plan with an up-to-date profile of the skills and experience of the current board and management. Our services include benchmarking company practices, including diversity, independence, board structure and compensation against appropriate peer groups. We help identify strengths and liabilities of the management and board to help refine corporate governance policies and procedures to ensure the company is following best practices. Our executive assessment services help our clients gain a competitive advantage when making crucial decisions. Another unique feature of working with DCI Associates is working with one of the nation's leading corporate psychoanalysts to help Boards of Directors with the succession process. Sometimes this begins by serving as a sounding board during the complex and often painful decision to replace a sitting CEO or Board Member, and then helping the Board make the change in as clean and decisive a way as possible, minimizing disruption to the organization while also helping 'save face' for the outgoing leader. We can also utilize a psychoanalytical perspective to assess the prospective executive's personality and cultural fit for the organization.