Executive Search and Strategy
for Arts and Culture

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Tom O’Connor Consulting Group is a national consultancy aligning strategies, structures, and leadership toward a thriving cultural sector.

Organizational Strategy

We work with you to design purposeful strategies that are rooted in your reality and built to evolve.

  • Strategic Planning

  • Program Design

  • Change Management

  • Revenue Strategy

  • Brand Strategy

  • Audience & Community Engagement

Leadership & Culture

We help you hire, structure, and support leadership teams that align with your mission, strengthen your internal culture, and move your organization forward with clarity and care.

  • Executive Search

  • Department Head Search

  • Interim Placements

  • Fractional Leadership

  • Organizational Structure

  • Board Development

Real People, Deep Expertise

We’re proud to bring together a team with deep lived experience across the arts and culture landscape, along with the empathy and practicality it takes to lead real change. When you work with TOCG, you benefit from our collective perspective and a team that shows up, listens closely, and is fully invested in your success.

How We Work

Inclusive by Design

We build processes that engage a wide range of voices and embed transparency at every step. Our commitment to equity is more than a value; it’s a way of working.

Responsive, Not One-Size-Fits-All

We tailor each engagement by listening closely, designing thoughtfully, and staying flexible, so the process works for your culture, timeline, and goals.

Future-Focused

We help arts and culture organizations move beyond legacy thinking toward long-term relevance and resilience. With leading tools and sector insight, we guide institutions into their next chapter, not just a temporary fix.

Seriously Good, Seriously Fun

We take the work seriously, but not ourselves. Whether in workshops or search committees, we bring curiosity, humanity, and a little levity, because progress happens more easily when people feel comfortable and engaged.

Trusted Partners to Arts & Culture Leaders

With more than 150 partnerships across the performing and visual arts, museums, universities, cities, and service organizations, we bring thoughtful collaboration and cultural fluency to every engagement.

  • TOCG did an outstanding and thoroughly professional job for us in quickly assembling an extensive list of qualified candidates for Managing Director. They demonstrated a deep understanding of the industry and our specific objectives and were always available to respond to our questions and provide helpful insights.

    Robin Shelby Arditi, Board Chair, Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival

  • The TOCG team has been an exceptional thought partner and a great extension of our team at Carnegie Hall. Their thoughtful, curious approach and thorough understanding of institutional needs is a unique asset that we value deeply.

    Sara Villagio, Chief Marketing Officer, Carnegie Hall

  • The planning sessions TOCG designed were energizing and enlightening. The tools TOCG provided us have been instrumental and we continue to use them to design our work flow and ensure that we keep our values and priorities at the center of everything we do.

    Holly Bass, National Director, Turnaround Arts National at The John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts

What’s Next for Your Organization?

Let’s build the plan and the team to help you get there.