Allen Park — As they look for their next executives, the Lions have enlisted the services of the same search firm that helped the NFL hire Paul Tagliabue as commissioner in 1989.
Heidrick & Struggles, a Chicago-based executive search firm, will assist Lions owner and chairwoman Martha Firestone Ford to identify new leadership, longtime Cowboys executive Gil Brandt told The Detroit News on Tuesday.
Jon Harmon, vice president for corporate communications for Heidrick & Struggles, would neither confirm nor deny the company’s involvement with the Lions, saying relationships with clients are confidential.
According to its website, Heidrick & Struggles is an international company that serves its clients “as trusted advisors providing diversified solutions across executive search, leadership consulting and culture shaping.