Frequently Asked Questions

Recruiting, Retaining, and Transforming Talent for Exponential Business Growth

What is the difference between a leadership assessment and a personality test?

A personality test typically describes preferences, traits, or behavioral tendencies. A leadership assessment goes further by evaluating how those traits affect leadership effectiveness, role fit, growth potential, team performance, and business outcomes. A strong leadership assessment should connect individual insight to real decisions about development, succession, promotion, hiring, and organizational growth.

Strategic Talent Partners states that its Leadership Assessments are far more than personality testing. STP uses assessments to illuminate strengths, expose blind spots, identify development areas, evaluate leadership potential, and support business strategy at both the individual and team level.

Keystone Executive Search and CorTalent To Strategic Talent Partners
Keystone Executive Search and CorTalent To Strategic Talent Partners
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Announcement

In April 2024, CorTalent and KeyStone Executive Search joined forces to become Strategic Talent Partners, ushering in the future of Executive Search and Leadership Solutions. We were thrilled to announce this merger, which unites more than 250 years of collective experience in delivering positive client outcomes, fostering collaborative partnerships, and living our shared belief that your success comes from hiring and retaining the right leadership talent.

What does this mean for you? You’re still working with the same team you’ve trusted for years—now with even deeper expertise in:

  • Executive Retained Search: CEO transition and board searches, C-suite searches, and functional leadership searches

  • Leadership Solutions: talent strategies and succession planning, leadership assessments; leadership workshops and programs