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Egon Zehnder International
Type Partnership
Founded 1964
Headquarters 63 offices in 37 countries
Key people John J. Grumbar, Chairman; Damien O'Brien, CEO
Industry Management consulting
Products Global Executive Search
Revenue 2009: USD 490m
Employees about 375 consultants
Website www.egonzehnder.com

Egon Zehnder International is a global executive search firm. With revenues of 490m USD in 2009, it ranks as one of the top five executive search firms in the world.[1]

The firm was founded in 1964 by Egon Zehnder and operates in 38 countries with 63 offices.[2]

Currently Damien O'Brien, Paris, is CEO, John Grumbar, London, serves as Chairman.[3] The firm has some 1200 employees, including 390 consultants.

The firm claims to offer services and expertise in the fields of Executive Search, Board Consulting and Leadership Strategy Services.

Academic research by the Harvard Business School has examined Egon Zehnder International's history, reward culture and the creation of different practices in the mid 90s.[4][5] One of the principles that the firm claims for itself - operating as a single profit center - was described in an article by Ronald Heifetz, Alexander Grashow, Marty Linsky in the Harvard Business Review (July 2009).[6]

In his book "Working with Emotional Intelligence", US business author Daniel Goleman introduced his theory of emotional intelligence. In the chapter "The emotionally intelligent organization" he describes various firms, including Egon Zehnder International.[7]

References

  1. ^ ""Big 5" Generalist Firms". Yale School of Management. http://mba.yale.edu/alumni/online_resources/career_resources/big5firms.shtml. Retrieved 2009-08-03. 
  2. ^ "Egon P.S. Zehnder (MBA '56)". Harvard Business School. http://www.alumni.hbs.edu/awards/2002/zehnder.html. Retrieved 2009-08-03. 
  3. ^ "Foundation Board Member Vitae: John Grumbar". International Institute for Management Development. http://www.imd.ch/about/foundationboard/grumbar.cfm. Retrieved 2009-08-03. 
  4. ^ Yoshino, Michael Y.; Knoop, Carin-Isabel; Reavis, Cate (March 27 1998), "Egon Zehnder International: Implementing Practice Groups", Harvard Business School Publishing, http://harvardbusiness.org/product/egon-zehnder-international-implementing-practice-g/an/398052-PDF-ENG 
  5. ^ Nanda, Ashish; Morrell, Kelley (March 26 2004), "Strategic Review at Egon Zehnder International", Harvard Business School Publishing, http://harvardbusiness.org/product/strategic-review-at-egon-zehnder-international-a/an/904071-PDF-ENG 
  6. ^ Heifetz, Ronald; Grashow, Alexander; Linsky, Marty (July 1 2009), "Leadership in a (Permanent) Crisis", Harvard Business Review, http://hbr.harvardbusiness.org/2009/07/leadership-in-a-permanent-crisis/ar/1 
  7. ^ Goleman, Daniel (1998). Working with Emotional Intelligence. New York: Bantam Books. pp. 301–311. ISBN 0553378589. 

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