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China Tip-Toes Towards Mutual Health Insurance
Financing healthcare around private insurance has been tried but not been successful. The Chengdu pilot would be the first real mutual insurance in China.
Cornerstone in Global Top 30 – Again
Cornerstone International Group has been selected among the top 30 global recruiting firms for the second year in a row.
High Learning Agility: Success Through Uncomfortable Thinking
Candidates who demonstrate high learning agility can get comfortable with uncomfortable ways of thinking, and can succeed where others may stumble
Workplace Diversity Brings Value
Author Anne Glenn takes a deeper-than-usual dive into why doing the right thing is also doing the smart thing. Workplace diversity is not a new business conversation. 20 years ago, industrial research predicted that “employees in the 21st century will include more women, minorities, ethnic backgrounds, intergenerational workers and different lifestyles.” As early as […]
Young Bosses Seek Older Employees in Israel Tech
Unlike the rest of the world, the businesses in Israel are not dominated by an equally young and energetic workforce. Tech businesses here are recruiting older employees.
Don’t Confuse Leadership Integration with Executive Onboarding
This is the third in our series on When Do You Need An Executive Coach Read Part one and Part two Traditional executive onboarding programs alone are putting your company at risk. That’s right. It’s a risk to assume a new leader will naturally assimilate into your company’s cultural, functional, organizational dimensions. A typical onboarding […]
When Do You Need an Executive Coach – Part 2
In the first part we looked into a scary statistic from the HBR that suggests as many as 60% of newly hired executives fail in the first 18 months
When Do You Need An Executive Coach
the earlier an executive coach is inserted into the equation, the greater the value to both the executive and the company that hired him or her.
What Makes a Global Recruiter?
Over the years we have developed a tried and true process as a global recruiter. The process is not unique. But our experience in the field makes us unique.
Predictive Analytics Sharpen Recruiting
Reports show, 38% of companies use AI, and 62% expect to by year-end. This results in decreased time to hire and increased quality of hire. …………
Cornerstone Santiago Keeps Pressure up for Women Leaders
The struggle for gender equity in business – especially in leadership ranks – makes progress in little steps.
Finding the Best Pharma Executives in China
To be country manager, it is vital that candidates are the best pharma executives — sharp professionals and masters of commercial excellence.
The Flip Side of Executive Search: Do You Fit?
Recruiting someone involves convincing them the role you have is better for their career than the one they are currently in, or are perhaps considering.
The Three Understandings in Retained Executive Search
A couple of posts back under the title “Get it Right the First time”, we looked at the advantages offered by a Retained Executive Search firm.
China Steps Up Control of Pharma Market
2019 is now really starting in China, with the beginning of the Year of the Pig. Everybody in the China pharma market is focusing on how the new central purchasing pilot will be deployed in the coming months. At first glance it looks familiar, with convergence with known international practices: strengthening of bidding rules, phasing […]
Leadership Capacity Means Learning to Delegate
I define Leadership Capacity as the ability to lead more effectively and more efficiently at higher levels of organizational complexity. That definition assumes that a team member already is leading effectively and efficiently at their current level. The ongoing research in leadership development documents that a leader can continue to enrich, enhance, and expand leadership […]
Executive Search: Get it Right the First Time
There is a statistic that sees a lot of use in the executive search business: “40% of executives hired outside fail in the first 18 months.” The number varies. I’ve seen it as high as 64%. Whatever it ends up at, the message is that installing a new leader – we’re talking C-level here – […]
Our Window on a Wary Europe – 2019 National Outlooks of Western Euro
Each year at this time we publish national business outlooks from our members. This is the first of two European summaries. Links to the individual country outlooks are at the end” Most of Europe has the jitters. Since this time last year, the rock and the hard place have become up front and ugly – […]
2019 Asia Pacific Outlook: STRONG GROWTH OF 6%
Trade tension will remain a key source of uncertainty and, in particular, how the US-China trade dispute will emerge continues to be a major risk factor. Despite this, the 2019 Asia Pacific outlook remains robust. Based on the Goldman Sachs real GDP Growth forecast for 2019, the whole Asia region (ex-Japan) will still grow moderately […]