Head to head
Odgers vs Spencer Stuart
Named side by side in 5 executive search firms questions. Spencer Stuart came out ahead on 5; on 0 the sample cannot tell them apart.
Over 5 executive search firms questions measured by The Shortlist Report over 275 AI responses, Spencer Stuart was named more often than Odgers on 5 of them, Odgers on 0, and the sample could not separate them on the remaining 0.
Question by question
| Question | Odgers | Spencer Stuart | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
| What are the best executive search firms?55 responses | 54.5% | 100.0% | Spencer Stuart |
| Which search firms know our industry?55 responses | 41.8% | 98.2% | Spencer Stuart |
| Which firms specialise in the role we are hiring for?55 responses | 16.4% | 85.5% | Spencer Stuart |
| Who runs board and chief executive searches?55 responses | 16.4% | 83.6% | Spencer Stuart |
| Our executive search is not working. Who can take over?55 responses | 5.5% | 69.1% | Spencer Stuart |
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 0 of these 5 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 275 responses, so neither is being scored on a sample the other did not face.
The full picture on each
- Everything measured about OdgersConducts executive searches for nonprofits, associations, social-impact organizations, and healthcare/life-sciences providers, pharma, biotech, and healthtech.
- Everything measured about Spencer StuartConducts CEO, board, and senior C-suite searches for large enterprises and succession planning.
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