7 Steps to Move Up to the C-Suite in 2016

7 Steps to Move Up to the C-Suite in 2016

Pearson Partners’ Lisa Thompson, LPC, PCC, was a featured author on a recent AESC BlueSteps Executive Career Insider blog about how to move up to the C-suite in 2016. Below is an excerpt of Lisa’s article, with a link to the full article on BlueSteps. If you are a department head, vice president or director, now is a great time to start planning a move up to the C-suite in […]

Risks and Opportunities in the Coming Year

Risks and Opportunities in the Coming Year

Lisa Thompson, LPC, PCC – Managing Director, Professional Services When companies look ahead to 2016, managing global risk is one of the top priorities. There is plenty of uncertainty as C-suite leaders plan for the coming year, as discussed in our Q4 2015 Spotlight Series breakfast. While full-speed-ahead growth has been a primary theme in the past few years, a more cautious optimism seems to be the prevailing attitude at […]

Pearson in the Community: The Spirit of Giving Back

Pearson in the Community: The Spirit of Giving Back

Pearson Partners believes in giving back to the community, and we encourage our team members to share their time and expertise with charitable and civic organizations. In this season of giving, the Pearson Partners team would like to recognize the local organizations we each personally support, and the excellent work each does in our community. Whether it’s volunteering our time and talents or giving our treasure, we do our best […]

A Look Forward to 2016

A Look Forward to 2016

With unemployment down and consumer confidence up, the economy has continued its slow and steady rebound in 2015. But as we head into an election year full of uncertainty, can we expect the positive trends in key economic indicators to continue? For Pearson Partners’ Q4 2015 Spotlight Series breakfast, we invited Justin Duke, CFA, Senior Wealth Manager for BNY Mellon Wealth Management, to share some economic insights as our keynote […]

Searchlight Newsletter – Q4 2015

Searchlight Newsletter – Q4 2015

                        Q4 2015 A Message from Keith Pearson, President & CEO On the economic front, things are looking up here in America. The stock market had a volatile year, yet pulled out of the downward slump with a powerful recovery. The job market is bouncing back, unemployment is down, consumer confidence is rising, new homes are under construction, small […]

Women in Search: The New Corporate Gatekeepers

Women in Search: The New Corporate Gatekeepers

Adding Value at the Top: New Gatekeepers to the CEO Suite. Featuring Renee Arrington, Judy Stubbs and Lisa Thompson of Pearson Partners International. A distinguished group of women in executive search now control access to some of the most important corporate positions around the world. It is likely that you will be hearing about all of these women in the coming years. Here’s a sampling of chief executive placements brought […]

TweetChat: Executive Search & Financial Services – October 6, 2015

TweetChat: Executive Search & Financial Services – October 6, 2015

A recent BlueSteps Executive Career Insider TweetChat featuring Pearson Partners’ VP Stephen Konstans and our team. [View the story “Executive Search and Your Financial Services Career” on Storify]

Making the Match: Pearson Partners Secures COOs for Global Meeting and Event Association

Making the Match: Pearson Partners Secures COOs for Global Meeting and Event Association

When a global membership organization needed two new and uniquely qualified chief operating officers within a three-year period, it turned to the same, proven executive talent resource both times: Pearson Partners International. Dallas-based Meeting Professionals International (MPI) is the largest global meeting and event industry association, with approximately 18,500 members belonging to more than 80 chapters and clubs in 22 countries. Having successfully employed Pearson Partners International to fill its […]

Searchlight Newsletter – Q3 2015

Searchlight Newsletter – Q3 2015

                        Q3 2015 A Message from Keith Pearson, President & CEO We founded Pearson Partners International 14 years ago as a retained executive search firm serving the portfolio leadership needs of the leveraged buyout and private equity community. Today, we proudly serve clients in every industry, securing top talent for virtually every senior management function from the director level […]

Unleash the Power of Diversity

Unleash the Power of Diversity

Organizations that build multicultural competencies can achieve better business results, according to Debjani Biswas, consultant, speaker and author. At the June 9 Pearson Partners HR Roundtable, a bimonthly series for senior corporate human resources executives in the North Texas area, Biswas talked about her personal career journey as a woman of Indian heritage who entered the male-dominated profession of engineering. Drawing on her knowledge and experiences, Biswas helped HR professionals […]