The intelligence layer beneath every great leadership hire.
The best leaders in sport are rarely looking. By the time a role is live, the competition for them has already started. Our Talent Intelligence services give you the insight to move first — to know who is out there, who is ready, what they cost, and where the gaps sit in your own leadership bench.
Since 2012 we have been mapping the people who shape global sport: club executives, governing body leaders, high performance staff and the commercial operators driving the business of the game. That depth is the foundation of everything we deliver below.
Why sports organisations invest in talent intelligence
Leadership decisions in sport are high-stakes, high-scrutiny and often high-speed. A missed appointment costs seasons, not quarters. Talent intelligence is how you reduce that risk before a search ever begins.
Our clients commission this work to:
- Understand the true size, shape and cost of the talent pool for a strategic role.
- Benchmark internal candidates and incumbents against the external market.
- Plan for succession in business-critical roles before a transition becomes urgent.
- Shape new functions, organisational structures and compensation frameworks with confidence.
- Identify underrepresented talent and widen candidate pools at senior level.
Why EISG for talent intelligence
Generalist search firms and RPO providers offer talent intelligence as a line item. We do it as specialists who have lived and worked inside sport for more than a decade.
That specialism changes the output. We know the difference between a Premier League CCO and a Saudi Pro League CCO, because we have placed both. We know which federations are building, which are restructuring, and which are about to lose their best people. Our leadership screening framework — built around the five pillars of Leadership, Character, Experience, Potential and Intelligence — is applied consistently across every engagement, whether you commission a full search or a one-off market map.
The result is intelligence that reads like it came from inside the industry, because it did.
See the whole market for a role, before you commit to a search.
Talent Mapping / Diversity Intelligence
Stress-test your internal bench against the external market.
Succession Benchmarking
Know what the market really pays — before you lose candidates at offer stage.
Compensation & Reward Benchmarking
Get to the right talent before your rivals know they need it.
Strategic Workforce Planning
See the whole market for a role, before you commit to a search.
Talent Mapping / Diversity Intelligence
Stress-test your internal bench against the external market.
Succession Benchmarking
Know what the market really pays — before you lose candidates at offer stage.
Compensation & Reward Benchmarking