Head to head
DHR Global vs Odgers
Named side by side in 4 executive search firms questions, and the sample does not separate them on the balance of results.
DHR Global and Odgers were named in 4 executive search firms questions measured by The Shortlist Report over 220 AI responses: DHR Global in 25.9% of responses and Odgers in 29.5%, with neither ahead of the other on more questions than the reverse.
Question by question
| Question | DHR Global | Odgers | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
| What are the best executive search firms?55 responses | 54.5% | 54.5% | Same tier — too close to call |
| Which search firms know our industry?55 responses | 18.2% | 41.8% | Odgers |
| Who runs board and chief executive searches?55 responses | 21.8% | 16.4% | Same tier — too close to call |
| Our executive search is not working. Who can take over?55 responses | 9.1% | 5.5% | DHR Global |
How to read this
Share is the percentage of sampled ChatGPT responses to a question that named the firm at all — a measure of visibility, not of the work. A capable firm little has been written about will score low, which is a fact about how often it gets named and not a verdict on whether to hire it.
"Too close to call" is a result, not a gap in the data. Firms are grouped into tiers holding every firm the sample cannot statistically separate from that tier's leader, so two firms in one tier are reported as level however their percentages happen to fall. On 2 of these 4 questions that is what the measurement supports, and saying otherwise would be inventing precision.
Nothing here is our judgement of who is good. It is a count of who gets named. Both firms are measured over the same questions and the same 220 responses, so neither is being scored on a sample the other did not face.
The full picture on each
- Everything measured about DHR GlobalConducts board and C-suite searches with broad financial-services coverage across banking, capital markets, PE/VC, and insurance.
- Everything measured about OdgersConducts executive searches for nonprofits, associations, social-impact organizations, and healthcare/life-sciences providers, pharma, biotech, and healthtech.
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