By Nance MacLeod, Chief Coaching Officer, Cornerstone Toronto -Executive Coach Global You have probably noticed airport bookstores cluttered with the latest batch of business books, their time on display shelves lasting little longer than cut flowers. One of the few with staying power is Daniel Goleman’s 1995 bestseller, Emotional Intelligence. Goleman introduced the concept to…
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The Cornerstone Eagle – December 2022 – Pause, Reflect, Learn and Take Action.
THE CORNERSTONE EAGLE is the newsletter for senior executives, friends and partners of the Cornerstone International Group around the world. The Eagle is majestic, free and towers above all else when gracefully gliding the currents in the air. The Cornerstone International Group likewise feels close affinity with the Eagle, in professionalism in our practice, honesty…
Making Certain Your Organization is Resilient
An article published by McKenzie & Company in June, Resilience for Sustainable, Inclusive Growth, noted that “today, the world is beset by several crises of global importance,” then went on to discuss a number of these in detail.
Leadership Academy: In Your Corner- GRIT
By Lina Sintes, Partner and Managing Director, Cornerstone Bogotá, Columbia Early in True Grit (the 1968 novel and movie adaptations) Mattie Ross encounters the man she intends to hire: Reuben “Rooster” Cogburn. Mattie has been warned that Cogburn, ageing, overweight and a drunk, is moreover a “crazy vagabond.” But when they meet, she recognizes he has the […]
Leadership Academy: In Your Corner- Uncertainty: The Times They Are A-Changin’
By Lina Sintes, Partner and Managing Director, Cornerstone Bogotá, Columbia Come gather ’round people Wherever you roam And admit that the waters Around you have grown These are the first lines of the iconic song Bob Dylan recorded nearly 60 years ago, and the “waters” — political, economic, geographical, and social uncertainty – are still growing higher around […]
PRESS RELEASE: Cornerstone International Group Marks Opening of New Miami Office by Playing Host to Cornerstone Latin America Regional Meeting
Miami, FL, November 17th, 2022 – Cornerstone International Group opened its newest office location last week, Cornerstone’s 8th office in North America. Cornerstone Miami launched its new space by hosting the Cornerstone Latin America Regional Meeting. Joined by special guest, Marcelo Fumasoni, Microsoft HR Head for LATAM, the regional team was able to meet in […]
Back to Basics: A Classic Treatise on Leadership Reissued by Harvard Business Review
By Kevin O’Donnell Understanding Leadership appeared in the September-October 1961 issue of the Harvard Business Review. Regular readers of the prestigious journal must have been puzzled. Who was W.C.H. Prentice, the author of the piece? Far from being a captain of industry, W.C.H. Prentice was a former professor of psychology who had turned his […]
Do’s & Don’ts of Phone Interviews
By Caroline Kenagy, Brand Manager Response to https://www.bluesteps.com/blog/4-tips-ace-pre-screen-phone-interview Like many other things we have adapted over the last 2 years, phone interviews are not going away anytime soon. Phone interviews can be a good way to get an unbiased idea of a potential candidate. For some, phone interviews ease the nerves of being face to […]
PRESS RELEASE: Cornerstone International Group Recognized as a Global Leader in Executive Talent Search
We are proud to announce that once again, Cornerstone International Group is featured in Hunt-Scanlon Media’s “Global 40” for 2022. The Global 40 is a gold standard of excellence that identifies the top 40 global talent firms providing executive recruiting and ancillary services worldwide. Cornerstone’s global reach extends to 56 independently-owned offices spanning 40 countries. […]
Asia’s Fast-Growing EV Market Will Disrupt Automotive Industry Recruitment
By Richard Jackson, Managing Director, Cornerstone Thailand (RLC Recruitment) The biggest thing I see happening in Asia now is the coordinated push to ramp up the manufacturing of EV – electric-powered vehicles. This will have profound effects on recruitment, especially in China and India – the two most important markets for the future of the […]
What Should CEOs Consider When Facing a Shortage of Talent?
(This article was drafted by Cornerstone Lima in response to a survey conducted in Peru in the third quarter of 2021. The concerns expressed by the South American business leaders broadly reflect the concerns of executives worldwide, so the survey and comments below by Diego Cubas, CEO of Cornerstone Lima, are relevant anywhere.) According to […]
Make Sure Your Organization Practices Inclusion Before Preaching Diversity
Companies that aren’t structurally and culturally inclusive can be harmful to the mental wellbeing of employees who have been hired as part of a diversity program. It often happens that these organizations end up in a zero-sum situation: as they increase their number of diverse employees, many in the original cohort leave. The problem can […]
