Know Your Practice
Name one top 10 Consumer client. Bonus 10 points for each additional you can name, and bonus 20 for each you can guess in order
1. L Catterton
2. Walmart
3. Activision
4. Pepsi
5. Aramark
6. Estee Lauder
7. Chewy
8. Tyson
9. Tuesday Morning
10. Whirlpool
Where is the Walmart Museum?
Bentonville, Arkansas
If Heidrick & Struggles had used their first names, what would this company be called?
Gardner & John
How many current CMP NYO AAEMs were interns at Heidrick? Can you name them all?
5
Meredith vs. Nina
Blue vs. Gold
How many CMP AAEMs were promoted in the Americas in 2021?
12
How man times has Pepsi changed its logo over the course of its 122 year history?
11
HSII was listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange in what year?
1999
Which AAEM has the greatest number of instagram followers?
Ali (1600+)
Stephanie vs Ben
Pink vs Green
Which EA closed the most assignments in the NYO this year and how many did they close?
Amye Austin - 21
The NY CMP EA team worked on more than 200 searches this year!
What is the inspiration behind the company name Nike?
Nike is the Greek goddess of victory.
If H&S were a fraternity where partners were bigs and AAEMs were littles, who would ALO's little and grand little be? Let's consider one line of the lineage an AAEM who gets promoted to partner at H&S.
Jim (little), Sam John (Grand little)
An overwhelming number of the CMP NYO AAEMs would like to be reality stars. Which show did the majority of the group want to be on?
Selling Sunset
Emily vs. Stephen
Green vs Pink
Which CMP functional practice was up most, as a percentage, in 2021? Second and third place (10 points each)? 20 bonus points if you can guess the percent increase within 10%.
2. CHRO 94%
3. CTO/CIO 87%
There are six Disneyland/world parks in the world (parks are different from resorts!). Where are they?
Orlando, Anaheim, Paris, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Tokyo
Who were Krishnan's most recent two associates? If they still work at H&S, what are their current roles?
Elmer Velasquez (Partner) and Jason Schmucker (Principal)
How many of the current Color War-playing Consultants were Associates at H&S?
9 (70% - that's good odds people)
ALO, Stephen, Sachi, Ben, Caitlin, Maryam, Lauren Keefe, Jim, Jane Bargmann
Hanna vs Stephen
Name one of the top two largest searches confirmed in 2021 (by retainer), and how much was that retainer?
J&J Consumer Health CEO Spin-Out ($750k), John Wood
Kohl's CEO ($550k), Catherine Lepard
What is the name of the Twitter bird?
Larry
Gerry Roche is one of the most prolific H&S partners of all time and is widely considered the father of modern executive search. Name one person who worked as his associate
ALO
Who do you have: in a speed competition to send a fax AND scan a document using your phone, who wins: the EAs or the Consultants?
EAs: some consultants don't know how to fax and others don't know how to scan!
Anne vs. Charlie
Green vs. Blue