The New Standard for Leadership Evaluation Artificial intelligence has transformed nearly every aspect of executive recruitment, from how candidates are sourced to how they are evaluated. What was once a process based on intuition and networks now integrates data, analytics, and behavioral insight. In 2025, the conversation is no longer about whether AI belongs in…
The global race for artificial intelligence expertise has reached a new peak in 2025, and the competition for top talent is intense. Companies now see AI as a core capability rather than a side project, which means they must hire specialists who can design, scale, and govern complex systems. AI recruiters and tech recruiters are…
Really?? “Purple Squirrel”? Is that the best you can come up with to describe an ‘unfindable’ candidate? I remember seeing red squirrels for the first time in 1976, in the Vienna Graveyard, while I made my pilgrimage to the tombs of Beethoven, Schoenberg, the Strausses, Schubert, and other great Viennese super-composers. “Rock-stars”, if you will,…
From a Historical perspective, Recruiting has certainly been around for thousands of years, and, expectationally, will definitely continue to exist for a long, long time (at least if Humanity continues to exist). But, will “Headhunting” continue to exist? The mere word evokes images of primitive savages with curare-tipped darts hiding in the jungles of the…
In response to an excellent article in Financial Times (Nov. 16, 2015) by Andrew Hill, I posted this and was pleased to receive ‘editor’s pick’ notice. Here is a link to the article, which I have previously posted on LinkedIn and elsewhere: Financial Times Article (click on the highlighted link to read “Headhunters and CEOs are…
“Because it’s there.” — George Mallory I think Executive Search is a field of study with somewhat contradictory parts to it — for instance, that there is an emphasis on thoroughness, diligence, exhaustiveness, finding ALL possible solutions, etc.; but, there is also a high emphasis on intuitionistic processes, like deciding which candidate to call,…