We Attract Top Talent in a Competitive and Complex Market.
The cost of hiring the wrong leader is risky and expensive. It is our job to help you get it right. For more than 40 years, Cornerstone has helped great companies recruit great leaders. We specialize in recruiting key leadership positions at the C-suite, President, Vice President, Director and Senior Management levels across a variety of industries, functions and disciplines.
Our clients choose Cornerstone when they need a trusted and proven executive search partner to:
- Access difficult-to-reach and diverse candidates
- Help with succession planning, confidential searches, and newly created positions
- Deliver professional, personalized, objective results
- Recruit leaders that align with your culture
- Mitigate risk with a proven team and process
At Cornerstone, our clients and candidates will experience our core values of SERVICE, INTEGRITY, OPTIMISM, and STEWARDSHIP every step of the way.
Our Precision Recruiting Process
We serve as trusted executive search consultants to recruit transformational leaders for our clients when they absolutely have to get it right. It’s more than a transactional hire. Our dedicated team and proven process delivers outcomes that are critical to the success of our clients’ unique organizational needs. As a result, our custom designed precision recruiting process yields superior results every time.
- Net Promoter Score is 96%
(Above 80% is world class) - Placement Rate is 92%
(71% is industry average)
- Average days to placement is 76 (123 is industry average)
- Completed 1500+ Executive Search Assignments
DISCOVERY
We develop ideal candidate profiles based on key competencies, company goals, role and organizational expectations, company culture and team dynamics.
RESEARCH
We leverage our vast resources to compile insights about the position, industry and targets in preparation to execute our proprietary recruiting strategies.
RECRUIT
We contact and recruit quality candidates, vetting them through competency interviews and evaluations, providing transparent updates to clients throughout the process.
HIRE
We recommend a short list of candidates and facilitate the entire interview process, offer negotiation, reference checks and final selection.
*STICK RATE = the length of time a candidate is in place after hire through Cornerstone Kansas City's services.
One of America's Top 20 Executive Recruiting Firms
as ranked by Forbes
One of Top 7 Best Management Consulting Firms in Executive Search
as ranked by Forbes
Industries
We recruit leaders for our clients across various industries, functions, and disciplines. From small towns in rural communities to larger cities in densely populated metropolitan areas – we are experts in executive search and know how to attract the right leader for you successfully.
We operate specialty practices in agriculture, banking, commercial/industrial manufacturing, financial services, nonprofits, and technology. See recently completed assignments in these industries.
Locally Owned, Globally Connected
We are members of Cornerstone International Group, a global talent consultancy with more than 225 consultants operating out of 60 offices in 40 countries. For 35+ years, Cornerstone International Group has focused on the entire employee life cycle across three verticals of Retained Executive Search, Leadership Development and Career Transition services.
Each Cornerstone office is independently owned and operates as agile entrepreneurs. We can serve your needs locally, nationally and internationally. Every search matters to us and nobody cares more than we do. You will experience the Cornerstone difference.
AESC Member
We are a proud member of the Association of Executive Search Consultants (AESC), which represents the highest-quality executive search firms in the industry. We are governed by a strict Code of Professional Practice with high standards for integrity, excellence, objectivity, diversity and inclusion, and confidentiality.
The Advantages of Hiring a Retained Executive Search Firm
Our 4:4 Article Series on Executive Recruiting: Retained Executive Search vs. Contingency written by Dan Heiman, our Market President and Kansas City's leading Retained Executive Search expert. To learn more about the difference in methods, processes, and how to decide which type of recruiting firm your company needs, this article series explains it all.
"Cornerstone Kansas City is a pleasure to work with. They are knowledgeable, honest, and care about more than just making a sale. They strive to ensure that there will be a good fit between a company and candidate."
Chief Human Resources Officer $750MM Industrial Equipment Manufacturer
Chief Executive Officer $6B Banking Financial Services Client
Executive Recruiting must be personalized.
To learn more about what our Executive Recruiting services can do for you and your team, contact us today.
