This directory includes Kraft Search news, articles and press releases written by Paul Frankenberg, Kraft Search staff members, and various other sources. We hope you find them interesting and informative. Please let us know if you have any comments or suggestions for future articles.
Corporate Leadership - Should Brett Favre Be Your Company's CEO?
2009-09-14: A recent conversation about Brett Favre joining the Vikings led me to consider the implications of corporate leadership and a company hiring a CEO superstar, such as Brett Favre. I was debating with a friend in the private equity business whether we would make the decision to sign Favre if we owned the Minnesota Vikings. As a retained executive recruiter, this discussion led me to consider whether I would recommend a Brett Favre CEO to a client. (Article by Paul Frankenberg, President & C.E.O.) MORE
Executive Recruiting: Draft Your Corporate Executives Correctly
2009-04-13: Everyone loves a good sports analogy. The upcoming NFL Draft prompted me to consider how the player selection process compares to how businesses succeed with executive recruiting. Because I’m interested in how organizations assess a leader’s capabilities and their subsequent success, I set out to determine whether the NFL can offer a few tips to improve an organization's executive recruiting. (Article by Paul Frankenberg, President & C.E.O.) MORE
Healthcare Interoperability and Data Exchange: A Healthcare Executive Recruiter’s Viewpoint on this Window of Opportunity
2009-02-23: A window of opportunity currently exists for healthcare investors and executives to lead and dominate the newest healthcare IT niche: interoperability and data exchange. However, as Abraham Lincoln once said, “Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.” As a professional healthcare executive recruiter, my experience in completing more than 225 healthcare executive search assignments for high-growth companies provides a somewhat differentiated viewpoint on many relevant issues. Hopefully, this viewpoint will benefit your company’s internal discussions as you develop your strategies to embrace the new healthcare interoperability and data exchange opportunity. (Article by Paul Frankenberg, President & C.E.O.) MORE
Interviewing with an Executive Recruiter: "The Answer within the Answer"
2008-12-19: If you’re one of the million workers who have been laid off and are seeking a new position, it’s very important to understand the significance that will be placed on the answers you provide to your executive recruiter’s questions. However, what you may not realize is that explaining your layoff to an executive recruiter is not meant to simply justify your professional experiences, the rationale for your dismissal or your ongoing career pursuits. It also allows a skilled executive recruiter to probe deeper into your psyche and listen for what I call "the answer within the answer." (Article by Paul Frankenberg, President & C.E.O.) MORE
The Successful Interview Visit
2008-12-12: Many organizations often overlook the fact that a successful interview visit begins well before the candidate leaves their residence and continues well after their return home. This article will hopefully help guide organizations with the recruitment process and particularly the candidate interview visit. (Article by Olivier Van Dierdonck, Senior Vice President.) MORE
The Dos and Don’ts of Working with a Retained Executive Search Firm
2008-12-10: At some point in every person’s career the inevitable questions are raised “What is my next step? How do I find the best career opportunity for me? How do I develop relationships with the recruiters who can point me in the right direction?” As a recruiter within a Retained Executive Search Firm, I’ve witnessed a range of actions that have prompted some thoughts on the Dos and Don’ts of working with recruiters. In this article, I’ll attempt to outline a few guidelines for candidates faced with the opportunity of working with a retained executive recruiter, whether by choice or by chance. (Article by Melissa Hunter, Senior Associate.) MORE
Healthcare Executive Search Firms: Kraft Search Associates’ Quality Outcomes Lead the Industry
2008-11-25: Most healthcare executive search firms keep their quality outcomes private. We, Kraft Search Associates, continue to publish our quality results here. Actually, this is the third consecutive year Kraft Search Associates has led all healthcare executive search firms with reporting quality outcomes. Will other healthcare executive search firms report? (Kraft Search Associates Press Release.) MORE
Seventh Health Care Trade Mission Establishes High-Level Dialogue and Showcases Nashville Health Care Expertise
2008-09-12: The Nashville Health Care Council and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce recently organized a seventh health care trade mission that visited Stockholm, Sweden and Berlin, Germany on September 7-12, 2008. (Article Reprinted from the Nashville Health Care Council.) MORE
Physician Marketing 101: Differentiation is as Easy as 1, 2, 3
2008-08-01: Medicine is a service business and service businesses depend on client and customer service. How many patients walk through the front door of your specialty practice and claim to have found you through the phone book or the internet? Despite advances in technology and the sophistication of the “modern day” patient, most of your potential patients are still being referred to you by another physician. (Article.) MORE
Top 25 Healthcare Executive Search Firm Continues Growth - Olivier Van Dierdonck Joins Kraft Search Associates
2008-07-26: The leading healthcare executive search firm, Kraft Search Associates, is pleased to announce Olivier Van Dierdonck has joined as a Senior Vice President. He will work from the Nashville, TN office. (Kraft Search Associates Press Release.)
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NCAA Men’s Basketball Finals and Healthcare Executive Search – What Do They Have in Common?
2008-05-12: I work in the healthcare executive search arena and have the opportunity to recruit outstanding executive leadership for the country’s leading healthcare organizations. Outside of work, I am an avid sports fan, especially those big games when championships are on the line. Despite my best efforts to separate work and pleasure, my brain draws parallels that connect these two arenas, which happened Monday night. (Article by Paul Frankenberg, President & C.E.O., as published in the Nashville Medical News.) MORE
Healthcare Executive Recruiting - Bet on the Horse or the Jockey?
2008-05-07: Healthcare venture capitalists often use horse racing analogies when discussing ideal investments. These venture capitalists prefer to bet on the jockey versus the horse. Their logic, it’s the people that drive the business. (Article by Paul Frankenberg, President & C.E.O.) MORE
Healthcare Executive Search Firm Expands to Dallas – Lourdes Cordero Joins Kraft Search Associates
2008-03-31: The nationally-recognized healthcare executive search firm, Kraft Search Associates, is pleased to announce Lourdes Cordero has joined the firm and will be working in the company’s new Dallas, TX office. (Kraft Search Associates Press Release.) MORE
Rising Star: CEO Frankenberg Cycled to Top at Kraft Search Associates
2008-03-28: As CEO of Kraft Search Associates, Paul Frankenberg leads a firm that was named among the top 25 healthcare search firms in the United States by Modern Healthcare magazine. (Article Reprinted from the Nashville Business Journal.) MORE
Executive Succession Planning - Taking It to the Board Room
2008-03-17: Executive succession planning should be an ongoing Board function. Best practices organizations are moving executive succession planning and leadership development from the human resources department into C-level suites and the Board Room in their pursuit of elevated business continuity planning. This is because the business and financial risks of executive mis-hires and misalignment can be as threatening to the viability of an organization as an operations failure or a major data security breach. (Article by Paul Frankenberg, President & C.E.O.) MORE
Executive Recruiting Advice - Don't Underestimate The Cost Of A Mis-Hire
2008-02-06: Effective, laser-focused executive recruiting is vital in any organization. Every CEO will agree that hiring and retaining high-quality executive leadership is crucial to achieving their strategic business goals. However, very few CEO's have accurate data to openly discuss the true cost of a bad hiring decision. (Article by Paul Frankenberg, President & C.E.O.) MORE
Executive Search Firms Can Lead Their Segment By Publishing Quality Outcomes Data
2008-01-14: Executive search firms tend to keep the quality outcomes they provide to their clients private. However, superior quality levels provide a significant competitive advantage if customers understand the data and if they see value in the benefits. (Article by Paul Frankenberg, President & C.E.O.) MORE
Healthcare Executive Leadership - Global Career Planning Creates New Opportunities
2008-01-09: Healthcare executive leadership has gone global. As a result, a growing number of opportunities are becoming available for individuals whose career planning efforts have prepared them for the extraordinary challenges and the long-term rewards that an international assignment offers. (Article by Paul Frankenberg, President & C.E.O.) MORE
Healthcare Executive Search Firm Leads Industry by Publishing Quality Outcomes
2008-01-07: Most executive search firms keep their quality outcomes private. We've published our quality results here. Will other executive search firms do the same? (Kraft Search Associates Press Release.) MORE
CFO Succession Planning - 3 Tactics to Use If You're Not Being Groomed for the CFO Position
2008-01-04: CFO succession planning doesn't exist in a majority of companies. As a result, talented mid-level executives are left with considerable uncertainty about their opportunities for continued professional advancement. However, there is a way for aspiring CFO candidates to prosper and grow within this environment of uncertainty. (Article by Paul Frankenberg, President & C.E.O.) MORE
Modern Healthcare Magazine Names Kraft Search Associates a 'Top 25' Healthcare Executive Search Firm
2007-07-10: Kraft Search Associates has been included in Modern Healthcare magazine's 'Top 25' ranking of national healthcare executive search firms for 2006. (Reprinted from Modern Healthcare Magazine.) MORE
Wanted Older Workers - No Longer Seen as a Liability, Seasoned Workers May Hold Keys to Business Success
2006-09-08: Erica Whittlinger's job running a money management firm was exciting, high-powered, lucrative, fast-paced—and it was killing her. She began suffering from heart problems and realized that if she kept up her current lifestyle, she was literally going to die at her desk. (Reprinted from Vanderbilt Business Magazine.) MORE
Owen Offers Foundation for Health Care Careers
2006-09-06: Many signs point to career opportunities in health care: advances in medical science and technology, technology applications and electronic health records, evidence-based medicine, consumer-driven health care, and the aging population. The leadership role Owen is assuming through its Health Care MBA is supported by both industry leaders and industry trends and statistics. (Reprinted from Vanderbilt Business Magazine.) MORE
Interview Candidates Using the GEOADA Approach
2006-01-23: Whether you're in a small business, a pre-IPO start up, or a Fortune 50 company, you're likely to find that the best managers are not always the best interviewers. On the other side of the desk, the best candidates for a position are not necessarily the best interviewers either. (Article by Paul Frankenberg, President & C.E.O.) MORE
Generation X vs. Baby Boomers?
2005-11-01: It's time to pit a group of seasoned Baby Boomers against a group of high energy, techno-enabled, Generation X business professionals. (Article by Paul Frankenberg, President & C.E.O.) MORE
Four Must-Do's when Hiring for a Leadership Role
2005-06-01: During our conversation the CEO asked, "Why should I use a search firm?" I decided to talk with him about specific circumstances in which he should engage a firm and based on his needs, what type of firm would fit best. (Article by Paul Frankenberg, President & C.E.O.) MORE
Should I Use a Search Firm?
2005-06-01: During our conversation the CEO asked, "Why should I use a search firm?" I decided to talk with him about specific circumstances in which he should engage a firm and based on his needs, what type of firm would fit best. (Article by Paul Frankenberg, President & C.E.O.) MORE
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