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Jun
03
News
Apr
01
Talent Shortage or Talent Failure? by C. William Guy
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 regularly highlighted on the front pages of newspapers, on TV […]
Feb
12
Cornerstone Global Conference Held In Hawaii
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 attended by a cross section of the worldwide Cornerstone membership […]
Feb
11
Canadian Recruiting Leader Marks 25 Years
MONTREAL – (February 11, 2008)– Friends and clients, including Canada’s first man in space, gathered at Chateau Ramezay, in Old Montreal last week, to mark the 25th anniversary of executive recruiting firm Cornerstone International Group Montreal (Alan Davis & Associates Inc.) Dr. Marc Garneau, who spent almost 700 hours in space over three shuttle missions, […]
Jan
28
Executive Search in China Is Flying High Like the Eagle
January 28, 2008: 13 Years since Cornerstone International Group – China Team International established the very first Shanghai China Team office in 1995 (now 6 Cornerstone – China Team offices across Greater China). China’s growth as we all know in the past decade or so has been phenomenal. This growth is gradually extending overseas. Chinese […]
Jan
04
NHS (National Health Service) by Jim Morrison
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 is the third largest employer in the world (after the […]
Nov
29
Cornerstone Beefs Up in South America
November 29, 2007: At the 2007 Cornerstone Global Conference in Waikiki, Hawaii, a total of nine new member offices were introduced to the existing members. Three of these new members substantially beefed up Cornerstone’s presence in South America. Cubas & Associates (Peru) represented by Manuel Cubas, Humanitas Asesorias (Chile) represented by Alejandra Aranda, and Logros […]
Nov
04
Board Member Induction: How New Directors Can Hit the Ground Running
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 the earliest opportunity. The board member induction process is often […]
Nov
03
How You Should Recruit Strategically
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.
Sep
30
New Cornerstone Taipei Office
September 30, 2007: China Team International / Cornerstone China, with offices in Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Wuhan & Hong Kong has extended the reach to greater China & North Asia with the opening of the Taipei office today; to handle client assignments based in Taiwan, as well as other locations in North Asia where China Team’s […]
Jul
28
Election of Marko Mlarkar to CIG Board
July 28, 2007: At their global conference held in Honolulu, Hawaii, Cornerstone International Group elected their new Board of Directors for fiscal year 2007-2008, which runs from July to June. Marko Mlakar, Managing Partner at EastEuro, a retained executive search firm based in Ljubljana, Slovenia, was elected to Cornerstone’s Board for a first term. He […]
Jul
20
Zufall Re-Elected to Cornerstone Board of Directors
July 20, 2005: At their global conference held in Merida, Mexico (capital of the State of Yucatan), Cornerstone International Group elected their new Board of Directors for fiscal year 2005-2006, which runs from July to June. Robert B. Zufall, Managing Principal of BZA SEARCH, a retained executive search firm based in Scotts Valley, California, was […]
May
17
Top 10 Search Organization Establishes in Montreal
May 17, 2005: Alan Davis & Associates Inc., owned and managed by its founder, Alan Davis, has joined Cornerstone International Group, one of the top ten Retained Search Firms in the World, to handle client assignments based in Montreal, as well as other locations in Canada and the U.S. where the firm’s expertise is needed […]
Aug
02
Board Trends Then and Now – Part 2
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 Director Majority – is now a reality across all public […]
Jun
04
Election of 2004-05 Officers & Directors
June 4, 2004: To run the fourth largest retained search organization in the world, over 100 offices of Cornerstone International Group were invited to submit nominees for fiscal year 2004-05 Officer and Director positions. These nominees were presented at a global conference held last week in Stockholm, Sweden, and the election results are as follows: […]
Jun
02
Part 2: Female Diversity In Business
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, has reduced. This to me is a strange phenomenon, suggesting […]
Mar
02
Developing Relationship Loyalty – Part 2
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 not friendship. Article: If challenging economic conditions have you examining […]
Feb
24
Significant Increase in 2004 Jobs at Management Professional Levels
February 24, 2004: Based on feedback from client firms that represent more than half of the Global 1000, Cornerstone International Group * (world’s 4th largest search firm) is projecting at least a 15% increase in new hires at both the senior-executive and middle-management levels in 2004. Around the world, major employers are increasingly asking various […]