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]

TweetChat: Executive Search & Boards of Directors – August 25, 2015

TweetChat: Executive Search & Boards of Directors – August 25, 2015

A recent BlueSteps Executive Career Insider TweetChat featuring Pearson Partners’ CEO Keith Pearson and our team. [View the story “Executive Search & Boards of Directors” on Storify]

A Critical Leadership Skill: Avoiding “Task-Toggling”

A Critical Leadership Skill: Avoiding “Task-Toggling”

  A Critical Leadership Skill” Avoiding “Task-Toggling” Lisa Thompson, Managing Director, Professional Services One of the hardest tasks for any senior executive is staying focused on the task at hand. There are distractions everywhere: phone calls, emails, texts, internal squabbles and external crises that often demand immediate attention. In a fast-paced workplace, multitasking is part of our daily lives. But new research by Carnegie Mellon University’s Human-Computer Interaction Lab, in […]

Apply Dieting Lessons to Your Executive Job Search

Apply Dieting Lessons to Your Executive Job Search

A Pearson Partners guest post on AESC’s BlueSteps Executive Career Insider Blog Every January, millions of us resolve to go on a diet. But by the time February rolls around, we are back to our old habits, reducing the likelihood of making a positive change in our lives. That’s because losing weight and keeping it off requires a sustained strategy that includes eating healthier foods, reducing total caloric intake and […]

Avoiding the “Big Four” Diseases:
 Developing Yourself and Your People for Improved Health and Productivity

  DFW HR Roundtable Featuring Elizabeth Naylor, Ebenezer Wellness Recognizing the importance of promoting good health in the workplace, Pearson Partners invited nutrition expert Elizabeth Naylor, founder of Ebenezer Wellness, to speak at the April 10 bimonthly meeting of the DFW HR Roundtable, a networking and knowledge-sharing group of senior human resources executives in the North Texas area. Here is a summary of her comments about avoiding the “big four” health […]

Don’t Stop Your Executive Job Search Over the Holidays!

Don’t Stop Your Executive Job Search Over the Holidays!

If you’re a senior executive considering a career change, you may be tempted to put your job search on hold until after the New Year. But contrary to what you might think, the holidays are actually a great time to get out there and lay the groundwork for a focused job search in January. While most employers are not likely to hire a new senior executive in the next couple […]

Sharpen Your Project Management Skills

Sharpen Your Project Management Skills

As a member of the senior leadership team, you can expect to be put in charge of a special project related to your field of expertise, such as finance, technology, marketing and production. If it’s been a while since you’ve handled a major project for your organization, here are some of the skills you will need to bring the initiative to a successful conclusion. Define the task. Before you begin […]

Tips from the Leadership Coach: Working with Executive Recruiters

Working with Executive Recruiters Lisa Thompson, Managing Director, Professional Services Executive search is a large, yet very fragmented, business. According to the Association of Executive Search Consultants (AESC), industry revenues in 2013 were more than $10.5 billion, yet the 10 largest firms accounted for less than one-fifth of that revenue. There are many reputable and successful search firms you may not be familiar with. Here are some tips from our […]

Consider C-Suite Volatility When Switching Industries

Consider C-Suite Volatility When Switching Industries

While many senior executives look within their industries for advancement opportunities, it’s a good practice to step back for a moment and look at the bigger picture: Are you in the right industry where your skills and aspirations are the best fit? Do you want to keep working in retail, oil and gas or consumer goods for the rest of your career? Or would you be better off moving into […]

Finding Balance as a CEO

Finding Balance as a CEO

Balancing personal goals and family life with the 24/7 demands of the workplace is a challenge for the CEO or any senior executive. Shareholders, key customers, other executives and the media are among the long line of people who make demands on your time. It’s no wonder that many CEOs need to “disappear” from the organization at least once or twice a year to recharge their batteries by playing golf, […]