What is Stanton Chase known for?

ChatGPT names Stanton Chase most often on the question “Our executive search is not working. Who can take over?”, where it appeared in 27 of 235 sampled responses (11.5%). Across the 9 executive search firms questions measured by The Shortlist Report, Stanton Chase cleared the reporting threshold on 1.

Is Stanton Chase a good executive search firm?

This measurement cannot answer that. It counts how often ChatGPT names Stanton Chase when asked buyer questions, which follows how much has been written about the firm online rather than how well it works. Stanton Chase was named in 27 of the 235 responses sampled on the questions it appears in. A firm named rarely may still be excellent, and a firm named often may not suit a given brief.

Why is Stanton Chase in tier 4?

Stanton Chase reaches tier 4 at its best. Tiers group firms the sample cannot statistically separate from that tier's leader, using McNemar's test at 95%. A lower tier means the sample could separate the firm from the leading group on that question.

Which firms compete with Stanton Chase?

Stanton Chase appears on too few questions in this sample for a reliable overlap with other firms to be reported.

Firm profile

Stanton Chase

Stanton Chase was named in 1 of the 9 executive search firms questions measured by The Shortlist Report, appearing in 27 of the 235 AI responses sampled across those questions (11.5%).

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Stanton Chase is strongest on “Our executive search is not working. Who can take over?”, where it was named in 27 of 235 responses (11.5%), placing it in tier 4 of that report.

What Stanton Chase is surfaced for in executive search firms

Based on the measured answers, Stanton Chase is most likely to be surfaced when buyers ask about “Our executive search is not working. Who can take over?”.

How the answers describe the firmConducts C-suite and executive search for mid-market and international organizations.

In this sample, Stanton Chase was named on 1 of the 8 executive search firms ranking questions measured. These are the buyer questions where it appeared most often:

Failed executive search — named in 27 of 235 responses (11.5%), tier 4.

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

Stanton Chase was named on 1 of these 8 ranking questions. The rest are questions buyers ask that it did not come up for — with whoever did.

Leader is the most-named firm on that question. The last column shows where Stanton Chase placed, or a dash where it was not named often enough to clear the reporting threshold. Every row links to the full report.
Question	Leader	Stanton Chase
What are the best executive search firms?235 answers	Egon Zehnder99%	—
Which firms specialise in the role we are hiring for?235 answers	Korn Ferry90%	—
Which search firms work with venture-backed startups?235 answers	Riviera Partners35%	—
Who runs board and chief executive searches?235 answers	Spencer Stuart87%	—
Which search firms deliver genuinely diverse candidate slates?235 answers	Russell Reynolds Associates60%	—
Our executive search is not working. Who can take over?235 answers	Spencer Stuart62%	12% · tier 4
Which search firms know our industry?234 answers	Spencer Stuart93%	—
Which executive search firms report measurable search outcomes?30 answers	Heidrick & Struggles23%	—
How much does an executive search firm charge?pricing · 235 answers	what firms charge	—

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 Stanton Chase was named

One row per report in which Stanton Chase cleared the reporting threshold. Reports where it was not named often enough to clear that threshold are not listed. Each report states its own sample size and collection window.
Question	Tier	Responses	Share
Our executive search is not working. Who can take over?	4	27 of 235	11.5%

What Stanton Chase gets named for

Across the 9 executive search firms questions measured, Stanton Chase is named most often on “Our executive search is not working. Who can take over?” — it appears in 27 of the 235 ChatGPT responses to that question, or 11.5% of them.

That is the only question in this set where Stanton Chase cleared the reporting threshold, so its visibility is concentrated in one kind of buyer question rather than spread across the category.

What Stanton Chase’s tier placings mean

On “Our executive search is not working. Who can take over?”, Stanton Chase sits in tier 4 of 5, named in 27 of 235 responses (11.5%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 61.7% of responses against Stanton Chase’s 11.5%. It shares tier 4 with DHR Global and Boyden, which the sample cannot separate from it. 2 further firms were named on this question but fell into lower tiers, meaning the sample did separate Stanton Chase from them.

What this page is, and is not

It is a count of how often AI assistants named Stanton Chase when asked buyer questions about executive search firms. Nothing here is a review, a rating, or an assessment of the firm’s work.
Stanton Chase 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.
Wrong details, or a firm merged with another of a similar name? We fix those.

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