Take me to a leader : Corporate headhunters
Executive search—headhunting, in the vernacular—emerged in the post-war boom, when fast-growing firms in Europe and America began fighting over experienced leaders. The battle intensified in the 1970s as the internationalisation of business turned a consulting backwater into a mainstream profession. Fifty years later they have become tightly woven into the fabric of corporate life, and are seen by most multinationals as indispensable.The benefits of using them are hard to mea