Helping Leaders Hire Smarter, Solve Smarter, Show Up Better, and Scale Faster.
Strategic Executives Agency partners with executives, founders, and growth-focused organizations to solve leadership, talent, advisory, visibility, and growth challenges through practical, high-impact solutions.
Why We’re Reaching Out
Most executive search firms, consultants, and advisors only show up when there is already a problem to solve.
We take a different approach.
We believe the strongest business relationships are built before the need becomes urgent.
That’s why we actively connect with executives, founders, and business leaders who are building meaningful companies, leading important teams, and navigating complex decisions.
This isn’t a sales call.
It’s an opportunity to exchange perspectives, expand networks, and explore where we may be able to create value now or in the future.
Built for Leaders Making Important Decisions
Our clients are typically senior decision-makers responsible for growth, people, strategy, and performance.
We regularly work with:
CEOs
COOs
Presidents
Founders
CHROs
Functional Executives
Growth-stage Leadership Teams
Across industries including healthcare, professional services, consumer brands, manufacturing, private equity portfolio companies, and emerging growth businesses.
Four Ways We Create Value
Hire Smarter
Executive search and leadership hiring built around business outcomes, not job descriptions.
We help organizations define critical leadership roles, identify exceptional talent, and build teams capable of supporting long-term growth.
Solve Smarter
Strategic advisory and consulting support designed around the actual problem—not a predefined methodology.
We provide access to experienced operators and consultants without the overhead of traditional consulting engagements.
Show Up Better
Executive visibility and positioning for leaders who want their expertise, credibility, and influence to reflect the value they create.
Not personal branding for attention.
Strategic visibility for impact.
Scale Faster
Growth-stage advisory designed for companies that have earned growth and need structure, leadership, and operational alignment to sustain it.
A Different Approach To Executive Advisory
SEA was founded by Chris Haywood following his experience at Accenture and UCLA Anderson.
For more than a decade, SEA has worked with executives and organizations across Los Angeles and expanding growth markets throughout the United States.
Our philosophy is simple:
Start with the business problem.
Understand the context.
Build the right solution.
Whether we’re helping define a leadership role, solve a strategic challenge, strengthen executive positioning, or prepare an organization for growth, we focus on outcomes rather than transactions.
We are intentionally selective about who we work with because we believe meaningful results come from long-term relationships, not one-time engagements.
What This Looks Like In Practice
Case Study 1
A healthcare organization needed a leadership role that did not yet exist.
SEA worked with executive leadership to define the role, structure the search, and identify the right candidate.
The successful hire later became Head of Strategy and played a key role in multiple acquisitions.
Case Study 2
A rapidly growing company needed senior-level consulting support but lacked the budget and flexibility for a traditional consulting firm.
SEA sourced and embedded a specialist advisor who helped transform a struggling function into one projected to generate more than 800% revenue growth.
Case Study 3
An executive team needed to transform an underutilized department into a strategic business function.
SEA helped redefine the structure, identify key talent requirements, and align the team with business objectives.
The result was a department that moved from reporting information to influencing decisions.
What To Expect
The first conversation is exactly that—a conversation.
We’ll discuss your business, current priorities, challenges, and opportunities.
We’ll share how we think.
You’ll gain a better understanding of SEA, and we’ll determine whether there is a meaningful opportunity to work together.
If there is, we’ll discuss it.
If there isn’t, you’ll still leave with valuable perspective and a stronger connection within your network.
No pressure.
No sales pitch.
Just a productive conversation.
Let’s Start The Conversation
Whether you’re actively solving a challenge today or simply building relationships for the future, we’d welcome the opportunity to connect.