Welcome to the Cornerstone 2009 survey of senior management expectations, sampled on a worldwide basis. As one of the world’s leading networks in human resources consulting, our job is to inform and advise businesses on a wide range of issues having both near and far...

Recently the Association of Executive Search Consultants (AESC) reported that global executive searches have fallen by 35% during the first quarter of 2009. In light of this, The GrapevineOnline spoke to William Guy, CEO of Cornerstone, to find out his thoughts on the state of...

Doom and gloom population predictions have pervaded the press for several decades. Following the Baby Boomer generation (approx. 76 million births from 1946 to 1964), in the 1970’s the U.S. government enacted a host of laws and bureaucracy to encourage population control. Population problems were...

2/12/2008 Search-Consult Magazine Cornerstone International Group held its Global Conference at the Hyatt Regency Waikiki, Hawaii, where principals representing the organizations approximately 100 worldwide offices joined together to explore “best practice” ideas. Nine new member firms were introduced at the Conference. The Conference was well...

January 2008: (Jim is an UK-based member of the Cornerstone “family” and works extensively with the NHS and the wider healthcare sector) The largest employer in Europe is the British National Health Service (NHS) with over 1 million employees – indeed I am told it...

The Companies Act 1993 requires directors to exercise due care and diligence in undertaking their roles. Nevertheless, an area where many boards fail is in properly inducting new directors to enable them to exercise their duty of care and participate fully in board activities at...

For decades, experienced recruitment has been largely an “after the fact” or tactical function that engages the recruiting process only after a position is open (vacated by the incumbent or created by new growth) and a requisition is approved....

 A review by Murray Parker: In February 1999, James Kristie, Editor Directors and Boards, addressed the Institutional Shareholders Services Annual Client Conference about board trends over the then-past 30 years. At that time he noted six main trends that have now become common practice: Outside...

Gender-based diversity has been discussed for many years, but there seems to be much talk and very little action on correcting the imbalance we see today. In recent reports, representation of women in senior management and at board level is unchanged and, in some cases,...

By Murray Parker Abstract: How well can you count on your vendors, distributors, customers, employees, partners or other stakeholders in your organization? Consultant and author Andrew Sobel outlines the secret to ensuring loyalty in these relationships. And we’ll give you a hint; the answer is...