Modern Executive Solutions
Shannon brings 20 years of talent acquisition and advisory service experience. She most recently served as a Principal Consultant for the management consulting firm Yardstick Management, supporting clients primarily in diversity, equity, and inclusion, talent strategy, and talent acquisition.
Previously, Shannon was a Principal with Korn Ferry, driving the expansion and application of their Rockefeller Foundation-sponsored Women CEOs Speak research and furthering the firm’s work with client organizations to realize the full power and potential of women rising in their organizations. She is outspoken about inclusive talent practices, determining ways bias impacts organizational effectiveness, and realizing the power of diverse leadership teams.
Shannon spent the early part of her career specializing in financial officer recruitment, then broadened into talent consulting with a focus on assessment, board effectiveness, inclusion, and diversity with Heidrick & Struggles. Most recently, as Practice Management Director for both the firm’s CFO and CEO & Board Practices, Shannon led internal change efforts in processes, training, branding, and engagement execution.
Shannon received her J.D. from Illinois Institute of Technology’s Chicago-Kent College of Law and her B.S. from Northern Illinois University. She is an active member and a Class of 2012 alumna of Leadership Sandy Springs. She is on the advisory board of The Women’s Collective, bringing C-suite and other executive-level women leaders together around a mission of promoting and enhancing leaders focused on the workplace, education, and mentorship.
Modern Executive Solutions
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We are a cutting-edge strategic talent consultancy focused on building modern organizations, modern leadership teams and modern leaders. We consider “who runs the place” and “how the place is run” in a single set of integrated solutions that delivers far greater value and a far better experience to our clients and candidates. With our focus on redefining the future of modern leadership, we are committed to a relentless effort to increase the diversity and inclusive culture of boardrooms and leadership teams. Every aspect of the Modern process is customized for our clients. Our simple goal is “meeting you where you are.” We will be as flexible, as creative, and as agile as necessary to meet and exceed your most demanding of needs. Modern is functionally focused and takes a cross industry lens to everything we do in order to find the emerging and diverse talent other firms do not. Our proprietary assessment looks at fit and potential while taking into consideration diversity of background / experience. A 100-day onboarding and integration service is embedded into the process with specific DEI capabilities. In order to model and drive behavior, or “walk the walk,” we made a very distinct move. We tied our internal company structure and employee reward system directly to the client and candidate experience. Modern is purpose driven and socially responsible. We are proud to share our profits with specific charities to help foster the next generation of talent and support underserved youth and children with life threatening illnesses. It is time to “get Modern.”