Firm profile
ON Partners
ON Partners was named in 3 of the 9 executive search firms questions measured by The Shortlist Report, appearing in 160 of the 705 AI responses sampled across those questions (22.7%).
ON Partners is strongest on “Who runs board and chief executive searches?”, where it was named in 64 of 235 responses (27.2%), placing it in tier 4 of that report.
What ON Partners is surfaced for in executive search firms
Based on the measured answers, ON Partners is most likely to be surfaced when buyers ask about “Who runs board and chief executive searches?”, “Which firms specialise in the role we are hiring for?” and “Which search firms work with venture-backed startups?”.
How the answers describe the firmRetained executive search for C-suite, board, and PE/VC portfolio-company placements.
In this sample, ON Partners was named on 3 of the 8 executive search firms ranking questions measured. These are the buyer questions where it appeared most often:
- Executive search enterprise and board — named in 64 of 235 responses (27.2%), tier 4.
- Executive search by role — named in 51 of 235 responses (21.7%), tier 6.
- Executive search startups — named in 45 of 235 responses (19.1%), tier 3.
This describes when the firm is surfaced, not whether it is the right firm to hire. The sample measures recommendation visibility, not client outcomes.
Every question in executive search firms
ON Partners was named on 3 of these 8 ranking questions. The rest are questions buyers ask that it did not come up for — with whoever did.
Who leads executive search firms overall: Spencer Stuart tops 3 of 8 · Egon Zehnder tops 1 of 8 · Heidrick & Struggles tops 1 of 8 · Korn Ferry tops 1 of 8 · Riviera Partners tops 1 of 8 · Russell Reynolds Associates tops 1 of 8. See all reports.
Where ON Partners was named
| Question | Tier | Responses | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Who runs board and chief executive searches? | 4 | 64 of 235 | 27.2% | |
| Which firms specialise in the role we are hiring for? | 6 | 51 of 235 | 21.7% | |
| Which search firms work with venture-backed startups? | 3 | 45 of 235 | 19.1% |
What ON Partners gets named for
Across the 9 executive search firms questions measured, ON Partners is named most often on “Who runs board and chief executive searches?” — it appears in 64 of the 235 ChatGPT responses to that question, or 27.2% of them. Its next strongest question is “Which firms specialise in the role we are hiring for?”, where it appears in 51 of 235 responses (21.7%).
ON Partners clears the reporting threshold on 3 of the 9 questions. The spread matters as much as the peak: a firm named across several different questions is one an assistant reaches for generally, where a firm named on one is attached to a single specialism.
What ON Partners’s tier placings mean
On “Who runs board and chief executive searches?”, ON Partners sits in tier 4 of 5, named in 64 of 235 responses (27.2%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 86.8% of responses against ON Partners’s 27.2%. It shares tier 4 with Boyden, Crist Kolder Associates and DHR Global, which the sample cannot separate from it. 1 further firm was named on this question but fell into lower tiers, meaning the sample did separate ON Partners from it.
On “Which firms specialise in the role we are hiring for?”, ON Partners sits in tier 6 of 6, named in 51 of 235 responses (21.7%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 90.2% of responses against ON Partners’s 21.7%. It shares tier 6 with JM Search and Riviera Partners, which the sample cannot separate from it.
On “Which search firms work with venture-backed startups?”, ON Partners sits in tier 3 of 3, named in 45 of 235 responses (19.1%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 34.5% of responses against ON Partners’s 19.1%. It shares tier 3 with Recruits Lab, OneWay Recruiting, SPMB and Shields Group Search, which the sample cannot separate from it.
Firms named alongside ON Partners
When ChatGPT names ON Partners, these firms most often turn up on the same questions: Daversa Partners (2 shared questions), Egon Zehnder (2 shared questions), Heidrick & Struggles (2 shared questions), Korn Ferry (2 shared questions), Riviera Partners (2 shared questions), Russell Reynolds Associates (2 shared questions), Spencer Stuart (2 shared questions) and True (2 shared questions).
That overlap is the closest thing this data holds to a shortlist: these are the firms a buyer asking the same questions is most likely to see beside ON Partners. It says nothing about which of them is the better fit.
Daversa Partners · Egon Zehnder · Heidrick & Struggles · Korn Ferry · Riviera Partners · Russell Reynolds Associates · Spencer Stuart · True
What this page is, and is not
- It is a count of how often AI assistants named ON Partners when asked buyer questions about executive search firms. Nothing here is a review, a rating, or an assessment of the firm’s work.
- ON Partners did not submit this listing, was not contacted about it, and cannot pay to change it, move up, or be removed.
- A firm named in few responses may still be excellent. Share follows what has been published about a firm online, which is what an AI assistant reads.
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