What do the next 12 months have in store for the in-house executive search profession? Share your insight

As corporate leaders extol the virtues of the workforce and intellectual capital among their chief competitive levers, more of them are putting a premium on executive talent as they work to grow or rebuild organizations that are more profitable and more sustainable.

Hiring organizations continue to place a majority of leadership-level search assignments in the hands of retained executive search firms. But more are entrusting a higher percentage of them in the hands of internal executive staffing and talent acquisition teams, banking on economies of scale, the attractiveness of their brands as destinations for fruitful executive careers, and perceptions of faster ‘time to fill.’