Reviewed By Vijay Karkare Managing Director @Cornerstone IndiaExecutive leadership skills that mattered five years ago aren't sufficient on their own in 2026 — the bar has moved, and it's moved fastest in exactly the areas AI cannot replicate. I see this directly in how client briefs read...
Reviewed By Vijay Karkare Managing Director @Cornerstone IndiaLeadership personality traits that drive high-performing teams are now backed by hard research, not just instinct — and the data increasingly tells us which specific traits actually predict team performance, rather than which ones simply feel like good leadership. This...
Reviewed By Vijay Karkare Managing Director @Cornerstone IndiaLeadership development strategies directly determine long-term business success, and the data on this is no longer ambiguous — yet 83% of organisations still struggle to develop leaders at every level, which is exactly the gap I see forcing clients into...
Reviewed By Vijay Karkare Managing Director @Cornerstone IndiaChief Growth Officers are becoming critical for modern businesses because growth itself has stopped being any single function's job — it now sits across marketing, sales, product, and customer experience simultaneously, and someone senior needs to own it end to...
Reviewed By Vijay Karkare Managing Director @Cornerstone IndiaThe future of executive leadership is being rewritten faster than most boardrooms can update their succession plans — AI, geopolitical volatility, and shifting workforce expectations have converged in a way I haven't seen in twenty-plus years of executive search. The...
Startups are known for their innovation and fast growth. However, when it comes to building a strong leadership team, they face several challenges. The right leadership team can drive the company forward, while the wrong team can hold it back. In this blog, we’ll look at the...
Diverse leadership is not a compliance checkbox. It is a competitive advantage — and succession planning is where that advantage is either built or squandered. Here is why it matters, what is holding India back, and what boards can do about it. The reality India's Leadership Pipeline...
What gets measured gets managed — and what gets assessed with rigor gets hired with confidence. Cultural fit is simultaneously one of the most cited hiring criteria and one of the least rigorously assessed. At the executive level, this inconsistency is particularly costly. Organizations often rely...
Culture does not emerge from a values poster in the lobby. It is enacted — one leadership decision at a time. Ask ten executives to define their organization's culture, and nine will describe what they aspire it to be. Ask their employees, and you'll hear what it actually is. The gap...
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,...
