Top Talent Management Group, LLC Launches LIVE DRAFT™ - an Executive Combine + Draft Model for Evidence-Based Executive Leader Evaluation

Roseville, CA, February 07, 2026 --(PR.com)-- A new approach where executives compete, are scored against peers, and organizations gain board-defensible evaluation.

Top Talent Management Group, LLC (TTMG) today announced its official launch, introducing LIVE (Labor Industries Vertical Employment) DRAFT™, a new executive evaluation and ranking methodology modeled on where professional sports meets enterprise leadership.

LIVE DRAFT™ applies a Combine + Draft-style model to executive evaluation—bringing structured, evidence-based scoring to leadership selection. Rather than relying on résumé-driven screening and subjective interview performance, executives are evaluated against peers within the same job classification and labor industry.

"This is not an interview process. This is executive competition," said Ashsha Hickey-Hughes, VP of Marketing, 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 this launch as a strategic shift in the executive talent market—positioning the company as the very first performance-based executive evaluation authority and an operator of an emerging labor market 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 evaluation standards, including:

No résumé bias
No hiring decisions during LIVE DRAFT™
Evidence-only scoring
Integrity overrides performance
Executives evaluated against peers, not 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
A market-facing narrative and assets
First-event execution capability

"Very few people ever build something truly new in executive talent," added 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
Top Talent Management Group, LLC (TTMG) is an executive talent and leadership evaluation company based in Roseville, California. 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/