Executive search & leadership consulting
We believe executive search is a human endeavor, and therefore the process needs to be relational. Inspired by this truth, we have architected a human approach that has achieved results far beyond the industry average with a 97% placement retention rate.
How can we help?
Find Your Ideal Hire
Find Your Ideal Hire
No Obligation Consultation
No Obligation Consultation

We know the value of exceptional quality
We have been Honing this Executive Recruiting System for over 30 Years in our pursuit of Making Great Placements.
Our Ideal Hire™ Framework Drives The Industry’s Highest Quality Recruitment Process Which Results in 97% Retention Success.
You have a story. We’ll help you tell it. Candidate’s have a story. We’ll help you discover it.
“HansenBack was extraordinarily helpful to us in our CEO search, identifying and helping us land a highly qualified candidate who was not on the radar of the search committee.”
“Brian Back quickly became my number one choice for Executive Recruitment after the first time working with him. His focus on story is what leads to a successful match. ”
"We are interviewing high level people and everyone that has commented, said that Brian Back is like no other recruiter they have worked with and that his approach is the way it ought to be done.”
Our Human Approach to Executive Search elevates business results by building great leadership teams!
HansenBack is an Executive Recruiting firm based in Minneapolis. We have a 30+ year track record of helping our Clients hire and retain excellent executive leaders. Our Ideal Hire™ Framework is based on a relationship-building approach that has an industry-leading retention success rate of 97%.
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