Readers of Cornerstone’s 2022 National Outlook of Countries will note that the global aftershocks of the Great Resignation continue to rumble through our work lives. The Australian Outlook quotes a Gartner Institute finding that 25 percent of people surveyed in late 2021 planned to change jobs in 2022. Employees in many countries can relate […]
It’s Not Fair! Dealing with the Era of Rage Quitting and Employee Unrest
The Cornerstone Eagle – April 2022 – Purpose Driven Leadership in Times of Crises
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What Should CEOs Consider When Facing a Shortage of Talent?
(This article was drafted by Cornerstone Lima in response to a survey conducted in Peru in the third quarter of 2021. The concerns expressed by the South American business leaders broadly reflect the concerns of executives worldwide, so the survey and comments below by Diego Cubas, CEO of Cornerstone Lima, are relevant anywhere.)Â According to […]
Make Sure Your Organization Practices Inclusion Before Preaching Diversity
Companies that aren’t structurally and culturally inclusive can be harmful to the mental wellbeing of employees who have been hired as part of a diversity program. It often happens that these organizations end up in a zero-sum situation: as they increase their number of diverse employees, many in the original cohort leave. The problem can […]
Building Buy-In to Hybrid Work
During a conversation I had with a company director, he posed questions whose answers are still not clear: How can hybrid work be made effective? How should we reframe our relationships with employees now that their on-site presence will be limited? And finally, he asked about an age-old problem that will still crop up in […]
The Cornerstone Eagle – March 2022 – Leadership in a Time of Uncertainty and Grief
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The Same, Only Different: Transformation Challenges in the Automotive industry
We are at the beginning of a phase in which the way we (and goods) get around will drive enormous growth in the automotive industry. Autonomous driving immediately springs to everyone’s mind. But the electrification of vehicles will have an enormous impact as well. Around 100 components familiar from the classic combustion engine are […]
The Cornerstone Eagle – February 2022 – The Great Reshuffle Trend of 2022
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Finding the Right Fit in a New Work Environment
One month after Zuckerberg’s October 2021 announcement, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella unveiled his company’s vision of the Metaverse at their Ignite Fall Conference – on video, naturally. Microsoft’s Metaverse will also be a place of creativity and fun, Nadella claims, but he focusses on the corporate potential of this digital world. “I can’t overstate how much […]
Facebook Becomes Meta – The Dawn of a New Era?Â
What exactly is the (or a) “Metaverse”? Why do enthusiasts claim it is the dawn of “Web 3.0”, that it will render flat-screen technologies such as Zoom obsolete? Why did we start hearing about the Metaverse tsunami less than six months ago?  In October 2021 Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg startled the world by announcing that […]
Strength-Based Coaching: Leadership Starts with the Self
As an executive coach I have long been interested in positive psychology, the scientific study of how humans can optimize their potential. I had studied evidence-based coaching at Fielding Graduate University, where their program was informed by the works of such positive-psychology scholars as Martin Seligman, Mihaly Czikszentmhalyi, Ed Diener, Tal Ben-Sahar, Brenda Frederickson, […]
The Cornerstone Eagle – January 2022 – Making Choices
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Cornerstone International Group Boosts Global Industrial Practice
Global recruiter Cornerstone International Group has put added weight behind its Executive Search Industrial specialization with four new leadership appointments. Walter Baker of Cornerstone Atlanta was recently named Global Industrial Practice Leader. Walter has over 25 years of experience in senior level recruiting and assessments and is a former Americas Council member of the Association […]
The Cornerstone Eagle – December 2021 – Christmas Edition
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Cornerstone Group Appointments
ATLANTA, Ga. Tuesday, Dec 7, 2021 – Cornerstone International Group, a global executive search organization, today announced changes in its leadership team. Edwin Yeo of Cornerstone Singapore is appointed Chair of the Asia-Pacific Region, effective January 1, 2022. Diego Cubas of Cornerstone Lima is appointed Chair of the Latin America Region (LATAM) effective immediately. Cubas […]
The Cornerstone Eagle – November 2021 – Are you an Entrepreneur?
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The Cornerstone Eagle – October 2021 – Transformational Leader 2022
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New E-Book Reveals PE Hiring Challenges
Last year we published four articles on the Cornerstone Global Blog detailing the harsh realities of finding exceptional leaders for a private equity portfolio company. The series went into seldom discussed detail of what makes this such a challenge, and how the investor-owner structure creates unique pressure points and challenges in the leadership process. The […]
The Cornerstone Eagle – September 2021 – Leadership During Crisis
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Preparing for Future Leaders Post-Covid
(This article first appeared in the global magazine of the AESC) People and organizations will come out of the COVID-19 crisis changed, if not transformed. Next gen talent—specifically younger Millennials and older Gen Zs who grew up digital and came of age during the global financial crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic, respectively, have been shaped […]