Break Through the Growth Plateau

You built a successful company.

What got you here may no longer get you where you want to go.

White Hat Growth Partners works with manufacturing and professional services firms that have reached a growth plateau because leadership has not yet scaled with the business. We help founders and owners build executive teams capable of supporting the next stage of growth - without losing the culture, control, or values that made the company successful.

We have worked together for over five-years with great success.

J. Knight

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When Growth Stalls, Leadership Is Often the Constraint

Most of our clients are not failing. They are stuck.

Common signs include:

• The founder remains the bottleneck for decisions

• Operations, finance, or systems lack structure and accountability

• Revenue is growing, but margins, execution, or scalability are not

• The business needs a first-time COO, CFO, CIO/CTO, CMO, or CHRO

• Prior executive hires looked good on paper but failed to integrate

These are not recruiting problems. They are growth-stage leadership problems.

Executive Search Designed for Growth-Stage Companies

White Hat Growth Partners specializes in placing professional executives into founder-led organizations where the role requires more than technical competence.

We conduct retained searches for:

• Chief Operating Officers (COO)

• Chief Financial Officers (CFO)

• Chief Information / Technology Officers (CIO / CTO)

• Chief Marketing Officers (CMO)

• Chief Human Resources Officers (CHRO)

Our searches focus on leaders who can:

• Build structure without bureaucracy

• Partner effectively with founders

• Lead change in complex, growing organizations

• Scale people, processes, and performance

More Than a Search Firm

Hiring the right executive is only part of the solution. Many growth-stage hires fail because founders and leadership teams are not prepared for the transition.

That is why White Hat Growth Partners integrates executive search with leadership advisory, onboarding, and coaching.

Our Integrated Approach Includes:

• Executive role design aligned to growth objectives

• Leadership and behavioral assessment - not just resume screening

• Founder and owner transition support

• Executive onboarding and first-year acceleration

• Coaching for newly hired and existing leaders

• Leadership team alignment and development

The result is faster impact, lower risk, and stronger long-term leadership.

Start the Conversation

If your company has reached a point where growth feels harder than it should, leadership may be the constraint.

Let’s talk about what it would take to move beyond the plateau - and whether the right executive leadership is the next step.