I attend the HRPS Global Conference every year and there are always one or two presentations that have great nuggets of information. The presentation by Debi Hirshlag from Workday was one of those presentations. Debi discussed the future of work and talked about Bob Johansen’s “Ten Leadership Skills for the Future.” While all of [...]
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By Sally Stetson
on May 20, 2013 
This entry is filed under Leadership, Social Media and tagged Buchanan Public Relations, Campbell Soup Company, Debi Hirshlag, Doug Conant, Executive search consultant, Executive search firm, HRPS, Immersive Learning Ability, Kathleen McFadden, Philadelphia executive search, Philadelphia recruitment, Salveson Stetson Group, Workday.
By Sally Stetson
on February 12, 2013
This entry is filed under Leadership and tagged Executive Recruiter, Executive recruitment, executive search, Executive search firm, Female Board Member, Female Leadership, Leadership, Leadership Skills, Management Development, Management Skills, Philadelphia Executive Recruiter, Philadelphia executive search, Philadelphia retained executive search, Professional development, Retained Executive Search, Retained Executive Search Firm, Salveson Stetson Group, Women In Boardroom. | 4 Comments
In this year’s Women on Boards report, Philadelphia’s Forum of Executive Women found that while board seats at companies across the region actually dropped, the portion of board seats held by women have increased by nine percent since 2006. Over the same time period, the number of top executives who are women jumped by 25 [...]
[ Read More → ]By Sally Stetson
on July 26, 2012
This entry is filed under Career Counseling, Leadership and tagged Maturity, Philadelphia executive search firm, Runway, Seasoned Leaders.
In the late 1990s and early 2000s, many of our clients eagerly sought candidates in their mid-thirties. They wanted executives with high energy levels, excellent educational pedigrees and – most importantly – runway. They wanted potential leaders who had a lot of room to grow and expand. Today, in post-recessionary times, companies have broadened [...]
[ Read More → ]By John Salveson
on March 20, 2012 
This entry is filed under Leadership, Social Media and tagged Goldman Sachs, Greg Smith, Philadelphia executive search firm, Resignation Letter.
One of the highlights of my reading this week was the resignation letter published in the New York Times by Greg Smith, a promising young executive with Goldman Sachs who decided he had had enough with a corporate culture he felt had devolved to the point that he had to get out. And he thought [...]
[ Read More → ]By Sally Stetson
on March 12, 2012
This entry is filed under Career Counseling, Leadership and tagged Philadelphia executive search firm, Professional development.
As leaders, we encourage our staff members to think about professional development. What do they want to do to keep current in their field? What additional skill sets or experiences do they want to add to their portfolio? What seminars would they be interested in attending? Are they interested in becoming more involved in [...]
[ Read More → ]By John Touey
on February 27, 2012 
This entry is filed under Leadership and tagged executive ranks, Leadership, management style, mentor, Philadelphia executive search firm, role model.
In the countless interviews I’ve conducted for senior management roles during my time in retained search, the one subject that consistently comes up as the greatest career challenge for candidates centers on their initial transition from doer to leader. As is typical with early career professionals, they gained their first promotions mostly by the [...]
[ Read More → ]By John Touey
on November 2, 2011
This entry is filed under Leadership, Retained Search, Talent Management and tagged Corporate Leadership Council, Donna Weiss, Global Diversity, IACPR Conference, Multi-Cultural Leadership Skills, Philadelphia executive search firm, Social Recruiting, Talent Acquisition. | 1 Comment
I had the opportunity to attend “The New Talent Management: Strategies for the Future,” this year’s theme for the annual Global Conference hosted by the International Association of Corporate and Professional Recruiters (IACPR) in New York City last week. IACPR connects professionals in executive search with talent acquisition leaders at several Fortune 500 companies. The [...]
[ Read More → ]By John Touey
on September 21, 2011
This entry is filed under Economy, Leadership, Talent Management and tagged Baby Boomers, Philadelphia executive search firm, Succession Planning, War for Talent.
When we are asked to conduct a search, more often than not, it is the result of a gap in a succession plan. Often, the situation is inescapable and, hopefully, due to the fact that our client’s growth is outstripping their ability to fill all of the gaps in the organizational chart through its own [...]
[ Read More → ]By John Touey
on August 18, 2011
This entry is filed under Leadership, Talent Management and tagged Bill Taylor, culture, effective leaders, Harvard Business Review, hiring mistakes, Mark Zuckerberg, New York Times, Philadelphia executive search firm. | 2 Comments
I just finished Bill Taylor’s blog on HBR, entitled “Great People Are Overrated”. It’s quite an interesting read. While I encourage you to take a look at it yourselves, at its barest essence, Taylor’s position is that if offered the choice between having one superstar in his organization versus a group of solid contributors who [...]
[ Read More → ]By John Touey
on August 11, 2011
This entry is filed under Leadership and tagged cfo, effective interviewing, growth company, Philadelphia executive search firm, venture capital. | 4 Comments
Over the past 15 years, I have had the privilege of assisting in the selection and placement of a good number of Chief Financial Officers for a diverse set of clients. Throughout this experience, I’ve seen senior financial executives make successful transitions from industry to industry, from public to private companies and back, as well [...]
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