Welcome to the CS&A Search Group.
Leadership Search
For over 40 years the Search Group at Carney, Sandoe has successfully partnered with institutions of learning and not-for-profits all over the world delivering a personalized approach within a proven retained search process to find the very best leaders.
Our people, our resources, and our network combine to provide a level of service and insight that we believe is unique, powerful, and of great value to the institutions we serve.
We pride ourselves on providing exhaustive recruiting built upon our commitment to full collaboration among all our consultants and resources. Our consultants also add value with deep institutional knowledge of the organizations we serve, providing timely and insightful counseling that goes beyond simply finding a great leader.
Explore our Practice Groups
Domestic HOS Practice Catholic Schools Practice Development & Finance Practice
Key Administrator Practice International Schools Practice Executive Coaching Practice
We are pleased to announce the addition of our Higher Education Practice Group
Higher Education Practice
Featured Updates Making This the Year of Executive Coaching
Executive coaches go above and beyond the role of confidant and mentor for heads of schools. We're big fans, and here's why.
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Featured Updates Promoting Women Leaders
For quite a long time now, there has been talk about the small number of women who serve as school Heads and other top leaders in our independent schools.
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Featured Updates What Constitutes Good School Leadership?
As I look back over a 44-year career in independent education, 18 of which were spent as Head of School, and now more than five years as a search consultant for schools, I find much has changed and much has stayed the same.
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Featured Updates Three “Es” for Catholic Schools to Consider
This post is the third in a three-part series on the challenges in recruiting top leadership for Catholic schools amid challenging demographics.
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It has been a true privilege to have CS&A run our Head of School search. From the very first meeting, we always felt that our search was your top priority. We continue to be impressed and amazed by the immediate responses and personalized attention that you provide. Without CS&A, we would never have had access to that amazing array of highly accomplished candidates.Search Chair, Virginia