Your ‘A-Team’

We help growing businesses that are looking for a transformational shift, identify and recruit exceptional talent.

At Z3Talent we can’t standstill. We are always moving. Growing. Problem-solving. Learning. Making a difference. Our biggest fear is to stop growing, personally and professionally, and become stagnant.

Purpose

Creating connections that make a bold impact.

Focus

Z3 Talent is Colorado’s leading retained executive search firm for entrepreneurs, family-owned businesses and private equity-backed companies.

Reassurance

We help growing businesses that are looking for a transformational shift, identify and recruit exceptional talent.

Reasons to Believe

Z3Talent is a highly connected, retained executive search partner designed for today’s ambitious entrepreneurs, family-owned businesses, and private equity-backed investors who aspire to rapidly grow and improve their business by hiring high-caliber talent.

Experience

For the past 25 years we have been partnering with entrepreneurs, family-owned businesses and private equity-backed companies in Colorado. We have executed on thousands of search assignments, each with unique constraints and business dynamics. We are 100% dedicated to filling all work we accept.

Understanding Your Business

80% of our team holds advanced degrees. We are a group of highly intelligent and business savvy consultants. We are inquisitive and ask lots of questions to learn absolutely everything we can about our clients. We are an entrepreneurial firm supporting entrepreneurs and investors. We understand the risks they take and believe they can change the world.

Details Matter

We do the work...all the work without taking shortcuts. We roll up our sleeves so you don’t have to and handle all the details because they matter.

Perseverance

We are not satisfied until the perfect candidate is identified and joins your team. No matter how long it takes, how difficult the job may be, or uncomfortable the conversation, we’re dedicated until completed. We pride ourselves in finding the needle in the haystack.

Thorough Interview Process

We have executed hundreds of senior leadership assignments with our proven Z3Talent process that incorporates world-class hiring practices including a professional behavioralist. When we execute this system, we guarantee exceptional outcomes.

Our Team

Steven Ziegler

Partner & Founder

Ellen Boade

Partner

Paula Stolebarger

Head of Research & Operations

Stacie Farlow

Senior Recruiter

Luke Wyckoff

Behavioralist & Executive Assessment

Mary Heiman

Writer & Research

Our Core Values

Make a Mark.

Impact business. Move the needle. Be unique. Be different. Be intentional. Keep changing the business. Keep growing. Community. “Make an Impact” for good. Excellence. Strategic. Thoughtful. It’s important to evolve and change.

Do the Work.

Recruiting is hard work and most people don’t like it. It requires dedication, perseverance and the ability to handle rejection. Whether physical, personal or business. We keep plugging away even at times when we don’t have to because it's the right thing. We strive for excellence. We guide our clients through a thorough and intentional process without short cuts.

Invest in People.

Nothing is more important to the success of a company than its people. We believe exceptional people build successful companies. Our clients invest in people as a fundamental business strategy. It is people who create the vision, define the culture and are the identity of a company.

Details Matter.

The Devil is in the details. We believe learning everything we possibly can about our clients and conducting thorough and intentional interviews. This allows us to ask the probing questions to get to the core issue.

Have the Hard Conversations.

We don’t avoid difficult conversations. Integrity. Direct and authentic communication builds trust and respect. We expect pure transparency from our clients and they expect the same from us. Consistency in communication is how we operate. We listen intently and ask difficult questions. We probe deeper and tell it like it is.