We share special beliefs about our firm and the way it should be run. These principles are the foundation of our success and the formula for our future. They define our way of doing business, and our relationship with each of our stakeholders - clients, candidates, and associates. These principles are rooted in the core of our existence. They are the antecedents of our behavior and the screen for the decisions and actions which generate our continued success.

Quality

• The client is our focus and quality is our hallmark. Our association is made possible by hundreds of client decisions to retain our services in crowded markets around the world. By selecting our services they acknowledge their expectation and assurance that our relationship will signify a hallmark for the highest possible standards of quality and satisfaction. Wherever our engagements take us - to the board room, executive offices or shop floor - we are stewards of quality. We achieve quality performance in all that we do. The dividends from our total commitment to quality will fund our future and satisfy many of our personal and family needs.

Service

• Every opportunity an obligation - every engagement a duty. We take on direct and total responsibility for providing results-oriented services, seeking insight and clarity, exercising initiative, and making decisions as our tasks require. Each of us has an important contribution to make toward the success of the firm. Our unique contributions and applied expertise reside in our associates - their skills, motivation, synergy, and realized potential. While wonderfully diverse in experience, each of us is deserving of respect and support. Whether across the office or across the ocean, we openly communicate our objectives, insights, concerns and expectations with one another, and with our clients and candidates. Only in this way will our services exceed client expectations.

Confidentiality

• Confidentiality is the cornerstone for all relationships. Each of us contributes from a personal wealth of unique talents while aligning the power of those efforts with our common purpose of establishing and safeguarding the absolute condition of confidentiality in all relationships with our clients and candidates. All information related to an engagement is privileged and will not be provided to others without prior approval and permission. Sharing this unified alignment on the criticality of confidentiality empowers us to operate in harmony and focus on the tasks at hand. Our unanimity of purpose allows us to move quickly in exploring new ground, to act boldly in the interest of our clients, and to generate results. This spirit has guided us in our formation. It remains our guiding force in the future.

Mutuality

• The "Golden Rule" is an operating imperative which has been endorsed by Divine power. In all that we do, we act toward everyone as we ourselves wish to be treated. When in doubt, we do what is right, moral, and is expected if the situation were reversed. The energy and time invested in "going the extra mile" with clients and candidates is our unique differentiating proposition. Achieving a mutuality of benefit will focus our services and results so that everyone associated with our firm gains and grows as a result of that association.

Integrity

• Our conviction is worthless unless it is converted into action. Each of us has an assigned task, and yet there is one more that we all share - to seek, to communicate, to expect, and to respect the truth in all of our business practices and relationships. We enjoy the competitive edge of operating from the knowledge that our personal integrity is above reproach and beyond compliance. We are absolutely committed to complying with all applicable federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations. We believe that truthful, ethical and lawful behavior is the core of our focus. It is the screen for our actions and the glue for mutually beneficial relationships with our stakeholders. Understanding the benefits of integrity enable us to capitalize on its impact.

This summarizes our perspective. Our principles do not live in words on a page. They come to life in the hearts and minds of people - the driving force of our firm. These principles are demanding. They may be difficult to get right all the time. But getting them right is fundamental to our way of doing business. When we do our future will bring success in every sense of the word. As professionals we have set high standards for ourselves. Winning is hard work - and a lot of fun.