Cornerstone International Group
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According to the UN’s International Labour Organization (ILO), Covid took 225 million people out of the global workforce last year. That we understand. This year we saw a new twist. In the US, 20 million walked away from the job they had, joined by millions more in Europe, Latin America and China. It is the year […]
Work has been a major part of most people’s existence for hundreds of years. As the face of work evolved – faster, more complex, more stressful, less fulfilling – the idea of work-life balance became a dominant proposition. Or it did. Three outcomes of the global pandemic have kicked it to the curb. First was […]
[ED NOTE: Alejandra Aranda, President and Founder of Cornerstone Santiago, is a member of the AESC Regional Council of the Americas. She comments on a recent AESC global survey in La Tercera, a daily newspaper published in Santiago,] The latest annual survey by the AESC (Association of Executive Search and Leadership Consultants) identifies the issues that […]
(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 […]
There was a time when you could sum up the recruiting business by saying “search firms are for clients, job boards are for candidates.”. Covid put paid to that. Executive recruiting today has become more homogenous. It always was a comprehensive package with two essential components – matching and meeting the specific needs of […]
Employee engagement will play an essential role in the challenge of restructuring the workforce after COVID. What leaders must realize is that organizations get the employee engagement they deserve because they prompt it. They do so in one of four ways. Purpose-driven organizations that let employees co-create the path forward get employees committed to the […]
What once were considered ground rules in both job seeking and recruiting are changing rapidly. As the pace picks up again, both candidates and employers need to examine post-Covid job expectations and recognize that new opportunities have entered the mix. Here are some examples. 1. Should you take the opportunity to change industries? Sometimes a well-qualified candidate, […]
Last week our Life Sciences & Health practice hosted a global webinar on the current status of the coronavirus pandemic. Medical scientist Dimitri Lavillette explained the incredible advances of immunization in using your own body as a bio-lab in the development of a vaccine – within a single year. Dr. Richard Jones looked at a […]
Since November, 2019 this tiny virus has been responsible for infecting 115 million people in 219 countries
Human resources professionals, specialized in issues of emotional well-being, play an increasingly important role in managing a remote work culture of the company.
We found ourselves in a VUCA world – volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous – long before COVID-19 found us. But the pandemic has made change faster and more volatile, harder to predict, more uncertain, more difficult to analyze, more complex, more ambiguous and more challenging to interpret. Nowhere more so than in the global environment […]
The slow but steady progress to achieve gender equality in business has come under serious threat from the COVID-19 pandemic. The latest annual survey of Women in the Workplace from McKinsey finds as many as two million women are considering leaving the workforce due to pressures in remote working arising from the pandemic. The issue […]
ATLANTA, Ga. October 26, 2020 — A resurgent pandemic is placing massive stress on leaders around the world, according to an international panel of experts. With the majority of an organization’s workforce working outside the office, managers face new priorities ensuring the welfare of their human capital. Such were the findings of a recent global […]
The Life Sciences & Healthcare industry is at a fantastic period with unprecedented improvement of health thanks to innovation. Products are developed under market forces. But as the Covid-19 pandemic demonstrates, when there is an urgent, public health need authorities have to intervene to ensure sufficient financing and reduce commercial risk to the companies. Covid-19 […]
ATLANTA, Ga. September 14, 2020 – Despite the World Health Organization estimate of COVID-19 deaths approaching one million, confirmed cases nearing 29 million and global economies in tatters, the sun will come up tomorrow. That’s the message from Karen Greenbaum, head of the world’s largest association of executive recruiters. “I’m actually hearing of business picking […]
5 Learnings from 2 Global Leaders on Re-Inventing Your Firm for an Evolving Normal “2020 has been a fascinating year with what COVID is bringing to the table. We are focusing our efforts in three big buckets. The first and most important one is to keep our associates safe. The second one is to keep […]
Managing change is one of the new skillsets for the future, say executive leaders on two continents. Daniel Gamba of New York, Co-Head of Fundamental Equities at BlackRock, and Blas Maquivar, President of Global Emerging Markets with Mars Wrigley in London, addressed how global leadership is adjusting to a new “normal” that is still evolving. […]
One of the consequences of the COVID-19 crisis has been an acceleration toward the digitalisation of doctor’s meetings. In China, Tencent announced last March that the crisis has enabled them to multiply the number of registered patients by 1.6, with a total of 18 million customers in June. At first sight, it looks like a […]
Despite severe pressure arising from the coronavirus pandemic, global health regulations could be a beneficiary in the new normal.
COVID-19 took the world by surprise locking down countries and suspending the economy. Now we are moving forward, through uncharted waters, creating a new normal. Here is a leadership framework that can provide navigation. Protection Provide structured procedures and measures to ensure your employees, customers, subcontractors and their families feel protected returning to work. Recovery […]
