Testimonials
Don’t just take our word for it.
Fred Reid, CEO, Virgin America:
“Your placement is a STAR! Best search I can remember in ages.”
Ann Rhoades, President, PeopleInk:
“Kurt Weyerhauser of Kensington Stone embodies everything the many companies I’m associated with stand for: strong customer and quality focused. Their very strong intuition toward matching candidates with cultures makes certain that we only see and hire candidates that have true potential for success.
“Kurt immerses himself into the culture, learning what a company is about better than any recruiter I’ve ever seen and he always does so without adding any additional time to the search. He looks only for, and presents, candidates who are an appropriate match and then follows up repeatedly to insure that it was the right fit. He’s the only recruiter I’ve ever seen do that.
“Kensington Stone will also tell you when the candidate isn’t the best match…even to their detriment. I appreciate their honesty, selflessness, high standards and sense of humor!”
Vincent Stabile, SVP People, JetBlue Airways:
“I have no hesitation in using Kensington Stone. Their integrity is extraordinarily high. And I enjoy working with them…love their taste in people!”
Elaine Hamilton, VP Human Resources, Network Appliance:
“Kensington Stone’s partnering is the best I have ever experienced. They take full accountability for the assignment and tie their reputation on the results. Why they excel is that those results are based on finding and placing people who will directly contribute to the success of the company over the long term.”
Gary Duncan, VP HR, Toys ‘R’ Us:
“Kensington Stone will do ten times the work that other firms would do. They are far more concerned about a client’s business than larger firms would be.”
Craig Sinclair, Group General Manager, Air New Zealand:
“Working with Kensington Stone on an executive search is quite different to other experiences I have had in making senior appointments. Their approach is predicated on understanding deeply the values and experiences that have shaped an individual’s character and only then assessing their aptitude for the role. They are as much interested in how someone has achieved, as they’re in what has been achieved.”
Alan Joyce, CEO, Qantas
“From my own first hand experience of several years standing, Kurt provides outstanding service in his capacity as a principal of Kensington-Stone. Kurt has always been professional in every aspect, discreet and discerning given the highly sensitive subject matter, (as well as) timely and accurate. In the highly competitive world of executive search and selection, I have no hesitation in recommending Kurt”.
Jan Smith, SVP HR, Eclipsys:
“Kensington Stone is diligent, hard-working, and has the utmost integrity. People who work with them never want to work with anyone else!”
Fred Reid, CEO, Virgin America:
“Danke dir, Kurt! Your hires rock! They are stellar!”
Vincent Stabile, SVP People, JetBlue Airways:
“Kurt Weyerhauser is intuitive, smart, helpful and savvy. He gets us, gets our culture. He’s very committed, and very passionate about the work.”
Craig Sinclair, Group General Manager, Air New Zealand:
“Kurt has a genuine sense of duty to the individual and takes the time to understand the key people and the culture of the organisation into which the appointment would be made. My experience has been that Kurt’s detailed assessment of a candidate’s potential has proven highly accurate when compared against actual performance in the designated role.”
Mary Horgan, VP Inflight and Airport Operations while at Air New Zealand:
“Kurt has remarkable tenacity and vision. He builds a special relationship with his candidates and his clients. His unique gift from a candidate’s point of view is the very personal interest he takes in every part of the process including all the issues around family and the impact on the changes in every aspect of one’s life. He guided me, nudged me and cajoled me to a new life for which I will always be grateful to him.
“For me the experience was life-changing and the six years I spent in New Zealand the most rewarding time of my life both from a career and a personal perspective. I now have a global network of business connections and friendships which will last a lifetime. The kinds of decisions I have the confidence to make now would have been unthinkable to me ten years ago! And I can truly say that the adventure I had through the intervention of Kurt and the team at Kensington Stone created the platform for the changes I made later on and continue to make in my career and life choices.”
(*Titles cited are those held when the testimonial was made.)
