Reputation starts with people. Temple is Australia’s specialist search firm for reputation, advocacy, corporate affairs and sustainability leadership, connecting Boards, CEOs and Governments with the people who protect and build their reputation.
We help our clients find the right reputation, advocacy, corporate affairs and sustainability professionals.
Temple draws on decades of experience as trusted advisors to Boards, CEOs and Governments. We know this market because it is the only market we work in, and that specialisation is what lets us find exceptional people who are not actively looking for a new role.
From defining the role and benchmarking the market, through search and selection, to coaching a leader through their first year, we stay with our clients for the whole journey.
Services
Five closely connected offerings, built around the corporate affairs function and the leaders who run it.
Executive Search
A full service offering, advice on team structure, role definition and drafting, benchmarking, market mapping, search and selection. We locate exceptional candidates who aren’t job-seeking, manage the interview process and support success after the hire.
Board Search
Finding Non-Executive Directors. Decades of experience as trusted advisors to Boards, CEOs and Governments help us identify talented directors from a genuinely diverse range of backgrounds.
Consulting
We review corporate affairs team structures and recommend how they might be reorganised to better suit the needs of your organisation, then define the roles practically and help you fill them.
Benchmarking
Remuneration benchmarking to understand your capability and whether you pay competitively, and performance benchmarking to measure your team’s effectiveness against the market.
Training
Customised professional development for corporate affairs executives: one-on-one coaching, team seminars on digital media and government relations, media training and management coaching.
Employers & Candidates
Whether you’re building a team or considering your next move, talk to us about the roles we fill, recent assignments and where the market is heading.
News
Views from the Temple team on reputation, careers and the corporate affairs market.
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We have a special focus on candidates because you are our friends and colleagues. We have walked in your shoes and we take the time to offer career advice and discuss your long-term aspirations.
The Temple team will provide you with honest and constructive feedback.
We treat your information with utmost care and will only provide your CV to an employer with your express permission.
To talk to one of the Temple team about our services
We’re always happy to have a confidential conversation, whether you’re building a corporate affairs team, appointing a director, or thinking about your next move.
Our Services
Executive Search
At Temple, our unparalleled corporate affairs experience means we are uniquely placed to provide executive search in our industry. We offer our clients a full service, supporting you through every step of the process. We partner with you on every aspect of the talent acquisition process from advising on team structure and role definition right through to drafting role descriptions, KPIs, benchmarking, market mapping, search and selection.
The Temple team is known for finding outstanding talent who may not be actively looking for a role. We help run the interview process, design interview formats and evaluation tools. We conduct reference and any background checking where required and we support our clients and candidates after the hire to make sure the appointment is a success.
Board Search
At Temple, we believe that an organisation’s reputation starts with its people. In an environment where Boards are being held accountable for culture and upholding an organisation’s reputation amongst its stakeholders, it goes without saying that engaging talented Non-Executive Directors who can act as the custodians of both shareholder value and reputation is critical.
We bring decades of experience as trusted advisors to Boards, CEOs and Governments in Australia and overseas on matters of reputation. As a result, we provide first-hand insight of the dynamics of a boardroom, and a unique perspective when it comes to understanding the demands on a Board in today’s environment.
Temple is committed to finding outstanding directors from diverse backgrounds for a wide range of clients, with our broad field of candidates including both established Non-Executive Directors as well as fresh talent.
Consulting
Sometimes corporate affairs teams evolve to suit the purposes of an organisation at a particular point in time. Temple can review your team and advise on a structure to best suit your organisation now and into the future.
Our experience in leading corporate affairs teams means we can scope roles and define them in very practical terms, giving your team a structure that works and roles that are fulfilling and provide real value back to the business.
Benchmarking
Remuneration Benchmarking. We help boards, executive teams and corporate affairs leaders to understand the market in terms of capability and remuneration. We provide benchmarking reports for the purposes of succession planning, top talent retention, and for organisations who want to understand where they are sitting in a competitive remuneration landscape. Corporate Affairs, investor relations and sustainability are unique talent markets and are not well serviced by the more generic employee compensation resources. We use our proprietary data accumulated by being the leading provider of search and advice in this part of the market to provide relevant, robust and realistic reports.
Performance Benchmarking. We can advise on benchmarking and measurement of your team’s performance as well as enhancing the performance of your team against a set of market and capability metrics. This can be invaluable for talent and succession planning, team capability development and renewal, and promoting best practice.
Training
Temple can create unique professional development programs for you and your corporate affairs team ranging from one-on-one coaching to one-day team seminars.
From internal seminars to learn about the latest developments in digital and social media, government or the changing face of mainstream media, to media training for your own team and management coaching specifically for corporate affairs executives, Temple can offer unique programs stemming from our extensive corporate affairs experience and networks.
Beyond professional development, Temple’s training events also help to develop team engagement and an improved team culture.
To talk to one of the Temple team about our services, contact us.
Trusted
Our unique model, team and offer is trusted by boards and executives of ASX listed companies, global firms and private entities, government departments, not-for-profits and industry associations to give robust advice and find the hidden talent.
For Employers
Temple understands that while filling corporate affairs roles doesn’t happen every day, finding the best talent is crucial to your organisation’s reputation. Because we are deeply specialised and widely networked, we have a track record of highly successful placements, with candidates remaining in and even being promoted in their roles.
We bring a partnership approach to talent acquisition teams, working with and for you to fill these specialist roles so you can concentrate on other key
hires. We are known for the diversity and quality of our candidate lists, and ability to fill roles quickly and well. We offer our clients a full service, supporting you through every step of the process.
We have a placement rate of over 95% compared with a global average of 71%, and an average time-to-fill positions of 39 working days.
Our unique model, team and offer is trusted by boards and executives of ASX listed companies, global firms and private entities, government departments, not-for-profits and industry associations to give robust advice and find the hidden talent. See here for recent assignments.
For Chairs and Boards
Whether it is finding a NED for a not-for-profit, a CEO to lead an industry, a consigliere to offer strategic advice to senior leaders, or a corporate affairs leader who can manage specific stakeholders – we work with our clients to articulate the needs they often can’t, and to find those unicorn candidates many others fail to identify.
We partner with Chairs and Boards with our special talent for supporting organisations to shape and fill roles to mitigate risk and meet the extraordinary reputational and stakeholder challenges of our times. Because of our experience in the nexus between public policy, political and public sentiment, Temple can define roles and find the right talent who can deal with complexity in highly nuanced circumstances.
We bring a partnership approach to working with Boards and their executive teams including talent teams, working with and for you to map and fill these specialist roles. We are known for the diversity and quality of our candidate lists, and ability to fill roles quickly and well by employing a rigorous and independent search process.
For Candidates
We have a special focus on candidates because you are our friends and colleagues. We have walked in your shoes and we take the time to offer career advice and discuss your long-term aspirations.
The Temple team will provide you with honest and constructive feedback.
We treat your information with utmost care and will only provide your CV to an employer with your express permission.
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