Recruiting is not a game of chance Recruiting strategies vary by target. For lower level positions, there is usually a larger pool of talent that is easier to find, often because they are actively looking for you. This the old territory of job boards and contingent recruiters, now upgraded by such technology such as video […]
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Simon Wan speaks on Leadership
Karen Greenbaum the President and CEO of the Association of Executive Search and Leadership Consultants (AESC) interviewed Simon Wan, Chair and Chief Executive of Cornerstone International Group on “The Power of Authentic Leadership”. Listen to the interview here: Below is the transcript: KAREN: Welcome to the Leaders on Leaders podcast from the Global Association of Executive Search and Leadership Consultants. […]
Leadership Learnings from the Salamander
The unique qualities of the salamander are surprisingly transferrable to business leaders
8 Reasons You Need a Talent Acquisition Strategy
Executive recruiting today can be a minefield or a motherlode Let’s start with the minefield. Worldwide reports tell us that 70% of business leaders believe the existing talent pool is shrinking (2018 Talent Acquisition 360). Many key employment niches (lawyers, physicians, business executives, tech leaders, financial managers) are at 45-year low levels. And more companies […]
How to Lead with Diligence
The literature of ancient Israel invites any leader to consider the following: If you have the gift of leadership then lead with diligence. We don’t often speak of diligence in connection with leadership. Maybe we should. When is the last time you did a personal assessment of your competency to lead, and the outcomes of […]
The Elephant in the Recruiting Room
What happens to recruiting when there is no-one to recruit? In another 12 years, says a global survey, the world will be missing more than 85 million skilled workers. That’s more than the current population of Germany. The survey is the most recent of Korn Ferry’s “Future of Work” series. It’s one of many recently […]
Storm Clouds Gathering for Recruiters?
The world has become less friendly to recruiters in recent months. Surveys have singled out many and growing challenges facing those who search to find top talent in virtually any field. Allegis Group, a $2B giant in the field, put it in memorable terms a few days ago in the new 2018 Global Workforce Trends […]
A Wise Decision Trumps A Quick One
(Ed: Part 2 of a recent HBR article “Why a new leader should be wary of quick wins” by former CEO Dan Ciampa. Read Part One here ) In Thinking, Fast and Slow, the psychologist Daniel Kahneman explores the intricacies of judgment and argues that different tempos of decision making are better for different challenges. Fight/flight/freeze […]
The Hidden Danger in Quick Wins for a New Leader
(Ed: Ginger Duncan (Cornerstone Nashville) is at the leading edge of new integrated onboarding strategies to get a new leader up and running quickly. But there’s a downside. Ginger sends along this curated article from HBR on the danger of quick wins. 1st of 2 parts. As soon as a new leader steps into […]
Asking Open-ended Questions Brings Clarity
Asking open-ended questions is one of the most productive coaching techniques. Conflict shows up every day in our lives in one form or another. It can be over which route you take to a destination or a tough situation at work. Taking time to think it through and ask more questions is typically when […]
Learning Agility Can be More Important than Experience
Learning agility is an important universal indication of top talent. Paired with adaptability it is one of the essential characteristics of innovative leadership and agile talent.” Recently in Thailand, on the occasion of the annual global conference of Cornerstone International Group, I presented to a group of local CEOs on how to select tomorrow’s Top […]
The strategy where only one person counts – the customer
This is the fourth of four articles digging into cultures aligned with the four fundamental strategies: Independent design, Stable production, Interdependent delivery and Flexibility. A culture of flexibility is – wait for it – flexible. Its people are going to be all over the map. When you focus people on service or customer […]
How P&G Became “Part of Walmart”
This is the third of four articles digging into cultures aligned with the four key strategies. Following independent design and stable production, this deals with a culture of interdependence in support of a delivery strategy. It’s all about enrolling diverse players across the ecosystem. A culture of interdependence is a blended culture. The predominant […]
Consistent Production Needs a Culture of Stability
This is the second of four articles digging into cultures aligned with four key strategies – Independence, Stability, Interdependence and Flexibility. Here, George Bradt deals with a culture of stability in support of a production strategy. It’s all about ensuring reliability. A culture of stability is more results-focused, authority-driven, formal, hierarchical, directed and closed. Expect […]
Culture of Independence Unleashes Invention
Since you should align your culture, organization and operations around one of four strategies, it’s helpful to flesh out what the four different cultures mean. In the first of four articles, George Bradt digs into a culture of INDEPENDENCE – unleashing individual creativity and invention A culture of independence is more open, diffused, caring, flexible, […]
Culture is Your Advantage
Given enough time and money, your competitors can duplicate almost everything you’ve got working for you. They can hire away some of your best people. They can reverse engineer your processes. The only thing they can’t duplicate is your culture. Brave Cultures Are Sustainable All music is made from the same 12 notes. All culture […]
You Can’t Change the Result Without Doing Something Different
Feeling like you are one of many, no way to see a path to a more strategic role from where you find yourself. You know you are not completely fulfilled in your career. You pick a direction, any direction to find an alternative to the track you are on. This leads you to begin interviewing, […]
Agile Talent Series: Dig into the Candidate’s Background
If you are the smartest person in the room, you are definitely in the wrong room.” – Michael Dell Ambitious interviewers are anxious to get a crystal-clear picture of candidates including their personalities and primary social motives. It is also wise to dive deeper and take a close look at the candidate’s background: The professional background […]
Putting More Women in the Boardroom
In 2005, long before Norway had begun to implement quotas for women in the boardroom, Elena Terol stepped out of a distinguished corporate career in talent acquisition to start her own executive search firm in Spain. She knew what she wanted. Elena hired women partners for her company, ExcellentSearch, the Cornerstone member company in Madrid. […]
Give a New Leader a Strong Start with Integration Coaching
There’s a catch when you hire a new leader. If you spend $300,000 on an exceptional car you expect, and get, a very comprehensive warranty. Invest that or more in a new CEO? No warranty. Just hope you made the right decision. There may not be a absolute guarantee in recruiting top talent but there […]