We are the Kansas City Retained Executive Search and Leadership Development firm that provides professional, personalized solutions with world-class results. Our mission is to serve by providing the highest quality service, keeping integrity at the center of everything we do, maintaining an optimistic can-do attitude, and giving gratitude to others for the gifts we have been given.
Cornerstone
The owner, President & Managing Partner, Dan Heiman, joined the company in 2006, became Managing Partner in 2009 and added President to his responsibilities in 2012.
The company became a member of the Cornerstone International Group in 2008. In 2013, Heiman committed the firm to a new, more comprehensive vision with a change of name from Michael Shirley Associates to Cornerstone, one of 50 independently-owned firms in 70 locations around the world to reflect the firm's commitment to industry excellence and global reach.
“Under Michael’s leadership, the company built a very successful brand and portfolio,” says Heiman. “I believe strongly in the Cornerstone business model and I believe this association positions us strongly — both at home and abroad — to build on our success in a business world that has become increasingly global and more complex.”
Michael Shirley remains active as an advisor to the firm. More than 1,600 retained searches have been successfully completed in a broad variety of industries. Clients include: WireCo World Group, Lockton Companies, MetLife, Orscheln Products, First National Bank of Omaha, Mutual of Omaha Bank, the Kansas City Zoo, Koch Industries as well as many other local and regionally headquartered public, private and not-for-profit companies and organizations.
