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The warning signs an experienced search partner catches early, and what hiring organizations can do about them. This article draws on a Cornerstone International Group roundtable on earning the right to advise, featuring Antonio Cassano (Cornerstone International Italia), Samuel Dergel (Cornerstone Montreal), Dan Heiman (Global President, Cornerstone International Group), and Göran Jansson (Cornerstone Nordics), moderated…

When we gathered for our 2026 CIG Global Conference in Warsaw, we wanted to get past the buzzwords and find out what our consultants across 40 countries are really doing with AI. The takeaway? We’ve moved well past the experimental phase. While we’re embracing these new tools, we remain steadfast about the one thing that…

Cornerstone International Group brought together more than 60 leaders from across its global network in Warsaw, Poland, May 27-30, for its 2026 Global Conference, with sessions on leadership, succession planning, artificial intelligence, and the future of executive search. WARSAW, POLAND.  Cornerstone International Group (CIG) gathered partners from across its worldwide network in Warsaw for the…

Cornerstone International Group served as a Gold Sponsor of the AESC Global Summit on Leadership, held April 27-28 in New York City, with three senior leaders representing the firm among 55 member firms from 16 countries. NEW YORK, NY. Cornerstone International Group (CIG) was a Gold Sponsor and active participant at the 2026 AESC Global…

Johannesburg, South Africa — May 6, 2026 — Cornerstone, the world’s only global talent consulting group with dual headquarters in the U.S. and China, today announced the official opening of its Johannesburg office—a strategic hub to expand its retained executive search and Talent Advisory practice across South Africa and the broader African continent. This milestone…

Artificial Intelligence continues to dominate headlines, but within mid-market organizations, the conversation tends to be far more practical. Leaders are not asking abstract questions about the future of AI. Instead, they are asking very specific ones: Where should we start? What value can AI realistically deliver? And how can we adopt these tools without introducing…

AI is a topic at the forefront of most conversations today. To better understand why it is so important and the overall impact it will have on mid-sized organizations, Cornerstone recently hosted a roundtable of senior consultants from around the globe, who discussed the impact AI is having on their clients’ organizations and how AI…

Frankfurt, Germany — January 5, 2026 — Cornerstone International Group today announced the official opening of its Frankfurt office, as a strategic European hub alongside the appointment of Florian Kittler as Global Sector Head—Hospitality, Travel & Leisure. The expansion reflects increasing demand from Hospitality, Travel, and Lifestyle organizations for leadership partners who combine global reach…

There are numerous theories about leadership, and most of us believe in at least one or a combination of several. A common statement I hear from people actively searching for jobs is that they have developed transferable skills from one industry to another. They assume that those skills qualify them to be successful in most leadership…

It is Teamwork that remains the Ultimate Competitive Advantage – both because it is so powerful and so rare. In the late 1960s, I began hearing the words “Teamwork” and “Work Team” in a business setting. While many of the ideas had been around since the 1920s, increased prosperity in the United States created urgent demands…