About us

Designing the
future of work.

The first executive evaluation authority — built to connect exceptional leaders with exceptional opportunities through LIVE DRAFT™.

Draft is open· 1,284 executives on the board
2018
Founded
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Enterprise clients
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Retention @ 24mo
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Executives placed
Our mission

A maximum-performance standard.

Every senior leadership hire is a multi-million-dollar bet. We built Top Talent around a maximum-performance standard — not the minimum-viable resume screen the industry has settled for.

01
Merit

Performance over pedigree.

LIVE DRAFT™ is executive competition. A-tier is earned, not titled.

02
Rigor

Seasoned human judgment.

Every PRILY score is reviewed by a senior evaluator. The formula stays private.

03
Reach

Globally-ranked bench.

International pool across 7 core sectors. Resume bias removed, performance ranked in context.

What we do

Five ways we put talent on the board.

Every service runs on the same performance standard. No minimums.

#01

Leadership Recruitment

Senior-leader search ranked on performance, not pedigree.

#02

Industry Expertise

Sector-deep evaluators across hospitality, tech, finance, public, energy, healthcare, education.

#03

Global Reach

International candidate pool. No geography penalty on draft eligibility.

#04

Executive Coaching

Sharpen your leaders. Move the bench from Emerging (B) to Top Draftable (A).

#05

Diversity & Inclusion

Resume bias removed. Performance ranking surfaces talent legacy search misses.

The story

Minimums are the ceiling elsewhere. Not here.

After a decade inside retained search, the pattern kept repeating — six-figure fees and one-in-three placements failing inside 18 months. The industry optimizes to minimum standards. Candidates pass. Companies bleed.

LIVE DRAFT™ inverts that. Boards pick live from a globally-ranked A-tier, evaluators apply the PRILY rubric with trained human judgment, and outcomes are defensible to the board, the audit, and the P&L.

  1. 2018
    Top Talent founded
    Boutique search. Atlanta HQ.
  2. 2022
    PRILY Index launched
    First A-tier cohort published.
  3. 2025
    Live Draft format goes publicLive
    Round 12 and counting.
Industries we draft in

Sector-deep. Bench-wide.

  • Hospitality
  • Technology
  • Finance
  • Public Sector
  • Energy
  • Healthcare
  • Education
Leadership · Building the bench

Operators, not observers.

The founding pick — and the roster we're drafting next.

A
Ron Hickey
Founder & Principal

Leads Top Talent Management Group and the LIVE DRAFT™ methodology. Based in Roseville, CA.

Open
Open Bench Seat
Chief Evaluator

Next draft pick. PRILY-leadership role joining the bench.

Open
Open Bench Seat
Head of Platform

Draft-ready. Platform leadership joining soon.

Open
Open Bench Seat
Head of Draft

Recruiting our next pick. Draft-ops leadership joining soon.

The bench is open

Get on the board.
Get drafted.

Candidates, sit for your evaluation. Recruiters, draft from the A-tier. No resumes. No brokering.

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