Reviewed By Vijay Karkare Managing Director @CornerstoneMicromanagement in the workplace is one of the fastest ways a capable leader quietly damages a high-performing team — and it is a pattern I have pushed back against since my earliest days managing people, having seen upfront how much talent...
Reviewed By Vijay Karkare Managing Director @CornerstoneAI leadership skills are the executive competencies that connect intelligent systems to business value — enabling leaders to make better decisions, build more capable organisations, and govern AI responsibly across the enterprise. They are also, as of 2026, the single biggest skill gap in the C-suite. Digital and emerging technologies rose seven places to become the number one perceived development gap among executives...
Reviewed By Vijay Karkare Managing Director @Cornerstone A leader with every skill and no cultural alignment will underdeliver. A leader with perfect cultural alignment and missing skills will underperform. The art is in understanding which matters more — and when.Few debates in executive hiring generate more boardroom disagreement...
When Technology Meets the Most Human Decision in Business By 2026, artificial intelligence is no longer a futuristic concept in talent management — it is actively shaping how organizations identify, evaluate, and appoint their most critical leaders. What makes this shift significant is not the technology itself,...
Why Familiarity Can Quietly Undermine Leadership Decisions In boardrooms and leadership discussions, referrals are often spoken about with quiet confidence. A trusted name. A known track record. A recommendation from someone credible. At the CXO level, where stakes are high and margins for error are thin, referrals appear...
