Cornerstone Prague

At Cornerstone Prague and our licensed member office of iC Talents International, we help companies build high-performing organizations and transition from founder-led to professionally managed businesses.

With over 35 years of experience, we offer executive search, boardroom advisory, interim management, and HR consulting services—supporting our clients in strengthening leadership teams, improving performance, and scaling internationally.

We specialize in identifying top talent, building executive and middle management structures, and driving transformation through governance, strategy, and hands-on interim leadership.

Through our advisory platforms Vissto Solutions and Pay-Fair, we leverage AI and data-driven tools to optimize compensation, organizational design, and HR performance, enabling sustainable growth.

Our Specializations

Direct / Executive Search

• Candidate assessment and cultural fit evaluation
• Identifying and directly targeting top-tier and hard-to-fill talen
• Confidential executive search and headhunting
• Market mapping and talent pipeline development

Boardroom Advisory

• Board participation and decision-making support
• Transition from family-led to professionally managed companies
• Executive and middle management build-out
• Profitability and performance improvement
• Reporting and control systems
• Growth and international expansion
• Support in attracting international investors to the Czech Republic
• Board-level training in modern technologies, including AI
• AI-driven transformation and strategic initiatives

Executive Coaching

• Leadership development and mindset shift
• Performance and decision-making improvement
• Stakeholder management and communication
• Transition coaching for new roles

Career Transition & Outplacement

• Senior executive transition coaching
• Resume, personal branding, and networking support
• Job search strategy and career coaching
• Retirement and “next chapter” planning for senior leaders
• AI training for career transition
• Psychological support
• Crisis and turnaround management and communication support for organizations undergoing workforce reductions

Interim Management & Fractional Executives

• Rapid deployment of experienced leaders
• Temporary leadership gap coverage
• Transformation and change execution
• Knowledge transfer and capability building

Talent Development

• Identifying and developing high-potential employees
• Leadership and succession development programs
• Competency framework design
• Training and development planning
• Performance management support

PEO, EOR & HR Outsourcing

• Employment and payroll administration
• Compliance with local labor laws and regulations
• HR process outsourcing and administration
• Cross-border hiring without local entity setup
• Employee onboarding and lifecycle support

Pay Surveys & Reward Consultancy

• Market benchmarking of salaries and benefits
• Compensation structure design
• Job evaluation and grading support
• Pay gap and internal equity analysis
• Incentive and bonus scheme design

Employee Life Cycle (ELC) & Reward Consultancy

• End-to-end employee lifecycle design (hire to retire)
• Onboarding and offboarding frameworks
• Performance and appraisal systems
• Employee engagement and retention programs

Job Architecture & Organization Design

• Job architecture and job description design
• Grading and competency frameworks
• KPI and performance design
• Job/job holder evaluation and HR budgeting
• Dynamic organizational structures

Compensation & Performance Tools

• Smart pay adjustment matrix based on multiple factors

Regulatory & Technology Solutions

• Support for the EU Pay Transparency Directive

Cornerstone Rubik HR & Business Data Platform

A comprehensive, cloud-based HRIS platform that enables the collection of compensation and business data for survey purposes, as well as advanced HR management.

It supports reward management, grading, job description creation and administration, and provides clear visualization of:

• Internal equity and external competitiveness
• Over- and under-compensation relative to roles and performance
• Compensation and workforce analytics
• Advanced reporting, insights, and data-driven decision-making