Dedicated to Your Success: Delivering Results Through Strategic Clarity and Proven Expertise
Our approach is hands-on, flexible, and tailored to your specific business challenges. Whether supporting your team onsite, virtually, or providing interim management, our bespoke consulting model ensures solutions align directly with your goals. Each solution is backed by senior-level consultants who bring a depth of corporate experience and proven success in transforming businesses into high-performing organisations.
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Features & Benefits
- Structured Recruitment Frameworks: We implement a rigorous, best-practice process to ensure you attract, assess, and select the highest-calibre candidates efficiently.
- Strategic Onboarding Programs: We design structured onboarding experiences that accelerate new hire integration, engagement, and their path to full productivity.
- Enhanced Employee Retention: Directly reduce costly turnover and improve long-term retention by ensuring an outstanding cultural and strategic fit from day one.
- Deep Cultural & Strategic Alignment: Our process goes beyond skills-matching to ensure candidates are deeply aligned with your organisation’s values, culture, and long-term objectives.
Why Partner with ECG for Recruitment & Onboarding?
Getting recruitment and onboarding wrong is one of the most disruptive and costly mistakes a business can make. ECG partners with you to move beyond transactional hiring; we build robust, repeatable systems for attracting, selecting, and integrating elite talent. Our focus is on enhancing your internal capability, empowering your leaders to make better hiring decisions long after our engagement ends. We don’t just fill seats; we help you build the foundation for sustained performance. Partner with ECG to de-risk your investment in people and turn your recruitment process into a true competitive advantage.
Leaders We Have Worked With
“The market was changing, and we needed to shift from a reactive to a proactive sales team. What we liked about Executive Consulting Group was that it wasn't a one-stop shop; it was a detailed, six-month process of training and personal coaching. The most significant impact was gaining a structured approach to our sales and key account plans. As a result, our whole team is speaking the same language, our sales results are very positive, and we are closer to our clients than ever before. We now have a clear strategy and focus for the future.”
“Before engaging with Executive Consulting Group, we were lacking a way forward and I was working too much in the business, not on it. What stood out was their proposal's 'understanding section', it proved they knew exactly what we needed. The strategy workshop and recruitment of a salesperson got us moving forward, and we now have a detailed operational plan that lifted us out of the survival mode COVID put us in. I would definitely recommend them to any business that wants to take their operations to the next level.”

“When I took over as CEO, the entire board was replaced and I was facing a challenge so daunting I was actually thinking of quitting. In conversations with Ralph, we devised a strategy and began an intensive coaching process with my completely new and inexperienced management team. As an outsider, he could get people out of their comfort zone in a way that wouldn't have been possible for me. Starting an executive consulting process with your team… it definitely pays off.”

"We needed a new approach, and what attracted us was the hands-on method. They didn't just present a framework; they analysed our pain points and created a documented plan that he was willing to back up and implement - that was the big difference. He transformed our sales team into trusted advisors and showed us that successful recruiting isn't about finding the best candidates, but finding the right person for the job."
"Executive Consulting Group came in and provided the clarity and detailed plan we needed to break through our sales plateau. They helped us with everything from sales mindset to recruiting the right people for our interstate expansion. I'd recommend them to any business looking to increase their sales and implement more structure around their sales team. They certainly have done a great job for us."

"We needed a new approach, and what attracted us was the hands-on method. They didn't just present a framework; they analysed our pain points and created a documented plan that he was willing to back up and implement - that was the big difference. He transformed our sales team into trusted advisors and showed us that successful recruiting isn't about finding the best candidates, but finding the right person for the job."

"Executive Consulting Group came in and provided the clarity and detailed plan we needed to break through our sales plateau. They helped us with everything from sales mindset to recruiting the right people for our interstate expansion. I'd recommend them to any business looking to increase their sales and implement more structure around their sales team. They certainly have done a great job for us."


“When I took over as CEO, the entire board was replaced and I was facing a challenge so daunting I was actually thinking of quitting. In conversations with Ralph, we devised a strategy and began an intensive coaching process with my completely new and inexperienced management team. As an outsider, he could get people out of their comfort zone in a way that wouldn't have been possible for me. Starting an executive consulting process with your team… it definitely pays off.”


“Before engaging with Executive Consulting Group, we were lacking a way forward and I was working too much in the business, not on it. What stood out was their proposal's 'understanding section', it proved they knew exactly what we needed. The strategy workshop and recruitment of a salesperson got us moving forward, and we now have a detailed operational plan that lifted us out of the survival mode COVID put us in. I would definitely recommend them to any business that wants to take their operations to the next level.”


“The market was changing, and we needed to shift from a reactive to a proactive sales team. What we liked about Executive Consulting Group was that it wasn't a one-stop shop; it was a detailed, six-month process of training and personal coaching. The most significant impact was gaining a structured approach to our sales and key account plans. As a result, our whole team is speaking the same language, our sales results are very positive, and we are closer to our clients than ever before. We now have a clear strategy and focus for the future.”

“It was clear that Ricardo’s straight forward and honest approach was exactly what we were looking for as he helped us further understanding and improve our recruitment process. He assisted with candidate profiling, shortlisting, the skilful creation of interview questions and conducting Sales Assessments, which lead to an analysis which assisted us with onboarding our new hire. With their assistance we were able to get a true understanding of our candidates and make the right decision on who to hire. I would highly recommend Ricardo Barriga and the team at Executive Consulting Group to any company looking to engage with true professionals.”
Conor Healy
Chief Operating Officer, The Tad James Company
“Ricardo is a breath of fresh air when it comes to the (executive) job search market.
I approached Ricardo when a position was advertised on LinkedIn.
It was a real pleasure working with Ricardo. He was so committed in his role, and remains connected throughout the process of hiring, gave me regular updates right from initial introduction till onboarding, and ensured that the negotiations with my Company were beneficial to my career. He continuously and consistently helped with the right information and addressed the issues the candidate might have.
His intimate knowledge of this specialised position and relationships as well as his ability to promote you as the best candidate through your resume and the interview process, have been second to none and insightful. Further, he took the extra mile and followed up about my status at the firm after I was recruited.
Calm, friendly, diligent, respectful, knowledgeable, and professionalism are some of the qualities you will experience when you commence your relationship with Ricardo in search of your new (executive) venture.
I cannot thank and recommend Ricardo strongly enough.”
Arthur Jacobs
Commercial and Operations Director, Advancetex
“We appointed Jim Colonas and the Executive Consulting Group team to launch a search for an executive role to head up our Australian operations.
They were extremely pro-active and managed this project with the right timing, rigor and commitment to bring it to a successful conclusion.
We did appreciate their approach and professionalism, especially in the context we are based overseas in Switzerland.
We highly recommend Executive Consulting Group.”
Hugues Salle
Group HR Director, Cha Technologies Trading and Services SA / Switzerland
“The whole process of recruiting a top position in the business was made effortless from start to end.
From the initial enquiry and right throughout the recruitment process, it was entirely professional. The recruitment team have excellent interpersonal and communication skills combined with an ethical approach that delivers results.
They took the time and made the effort to thoroughly understand our company, the role and were just as thorough in understanding the candidate we were seeking and the skills and attributes that we required.
Within a short timeframe, they had narrowed down excellent candidates.
The service is excellent and ECG are very attentive with regular updates. The words expertise, professionalism, transparency and friendliness characterise my experience.
For these reasons I provide a strong recommendation and look forward to future collaboration.”
Jon Bunch
General Manager, Bay Technologies
“We made the decision to expand our digital hub’s workforce with several new roles, and the thought of trying to find the right employees to both fit the role and complement our existing staff was daunting. Let alone going through the search and shortlisting process. After looking at various options we decided to go exclusively with Executive Consulting Group.
ECG took the lead every step of the way, covering the entire process, from working with us to clearly define role requirements, creating role descriptions and managing the selection and interview phase.
Throughout the process, their market insights, responsiveness and communication levels were excellent, and they kept me informed every step of the way. I particularly appreciate the meaningful and comprehensive reports that made it so much easier to not only be confident that the candidates presented can do the job but also to get a real feel for the candidates’ personality and suitability for our team’s culture.
The partnership with ECG meant that I could continue to focus on my daily tasks, as the shortlist ECG presented was spot on, and we were able to interview very suitable candidates.
Thank you so much for your expertise and efforts, and for making this a pleasant experience for everyone involved.”
Steve Costa
Chief Digital Officer, Axima Logistics and International YKGA
“Ricardo was one of the best recommendations I have received in Strategic Resourcing. My initial application and subsequent discussion with Ricardo were key to drawing out my personal strengths and emphasising my priorities. Surprisingly, the role for which I completed the process was not where Ricardo saw my strengths best applied and he offered me a more exclusive role, which I am pleased to say was a perfect match for me. I think that working with Ricardo as a partner has helped me to provide a more honest and personalised performance in my career, and I thank him for allowing me to recognise this. I am pleased to provide my support and recommend his services to his future clients.”
Douglas Jordan
Lease and Sales Manager Open Pit, Slope Stability Monitoring at Groundprobe
“Jim is a thoroughly knowledgeable professional who is able to clearly and concisely articulate the needs of his clients, and has the experience to determine the most suitable candidate for a position. He inspires a great deal of confidence, and he delivers excellent outcomes.”
Joe Woolley
Strategic Advisor, Kronos Human Capital Management
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