ROSEVILLE, Calif. - Jan. 27, 2026 - PRLog -- Top Talent Management Group, LLC (TTMG) today announced its official launch and the introduction of LIVE (Labor Industries Vertical Employment) DRAFT™, a new executive evaluation and ranking methodology that applies a true Combine + Draft-style model to enterprise leadership selection.
Modeled after how professional sports identify elite talent (Combine → Draft), LIVE DRAFT™ brings structured, evidence-based scoring to executive evaluation. Rather than relying on résumé-driven screening and subjective interview performance, executives are evaluated and ranked against peers within the same job classification and labor industry.
"LIVE DRAFT™ is not an interview process. This is executive competition," said Ashsha Hickey-Hughes, VP of Marketing at Top Talent Management Group, LLC. "We built LIVE DRAFT™ to move leadership selection toward evidence-only scoring—so organizations can make stronger, clearer, and more defensible decisions."
TTMG describes its launch as a strategic shift in the executive talent market—positioning the firm as a performance-based executive evaluation authority and an operator of an emerging labor market category for executive leadership.
What TTMG Now Operates As
With this deployment, TTMG now operates as:
- The first executive search firm to apply a true Combine + Draft model (as described by the company)
- A market maker, not a résumé broker
- A performance-based executive evaluation authority
- The creator of a new executive labor market category
Operating Principles
LIVE DRAFT™ is governed by non-negotiable standards, including:
- No résumé bias
- No hiring decisions during LIVE DRAFT™
- Evidence-only scoring
- Integrity overrides performance
- Executives evaluated against peers, not generic job descriptions
What This Launch Completes
This launch establishes:
- A proprietary executive evaluation system
- A board-defensible scoring methodology
- A broadcast-ready LIVE DRAFT™ platform
- Market-facing narrative and assets
- First-event execution capability
"Very few people ever build something truly new in executive talent," said Ronald Hickey, Co-Founder, President & CEO. "We didn't optimize recruiting. We changed the rules of evaluation."
TTMG supports organizations with executive talent solutions designed to improve business performance and strengthen workforce excellence, including executive search, leadership training and development, executive coaching, diversity recruitment and retention strategies, and organization performance management, with global reach across industries.
To learn more, visit https://toptalent-live.com/.
About Top Talent Management Group, LLC
TTMG operates LIVE DRAFT™—a Combine + Draft-style executive evaluation and ranking methodology—alongside executive search, leadership development, executive coaching, diversity recruitment and retention support, and organization performance management to help clients improve decision-making, performance, and results.
Media Contact:
Top Talent Management Group, LLC
116 S. Grant Street, Ste. 110-96, Roseville, CA 95678
Phone: (877) 377-3723
Email: ronhickey@toptalentmgllc.com
Website: https://toptalent-live.com/
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