Eric Herrenkohl
PhD
PA, USEric Herrenkohl is President of Herrenkohl Consulting and author of the Amazon best-selling book How to Hire A-Players, published by John Wiley & Sons and described as “the definitive book on talent acquisition.”
Eric has over 20 years of experience in taking businesses to the next level by creating A-player teams. He founded Herrenkohl Consulting in 2002 in his basement and built the team that today serves a wide range of Fortune 500 and mid-market companies.
Previous to founding Herrenkohl Consulting, Eric worked in the executive search and sales incentive industries both designing and selling programs to Fortune 500 and mid-market companies. He worked on client accounts including Saturn/General Motors, IBM, Lexmark, and Chase Manhattan Bank. During this time, Eric was the second employee hired to operate a patented, credit-card-based employee incentive system that disrupted and transformed the multi-billion dollar sales incentive industry.
Today, in addition to his executive search work, Eric speaks for CEO and business groups. He has been featured by Business Week, Fox News, and NBC News. The Philadelphia Business Journal publishes his monthly column Hiring A-Players. His articles have also appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer, Inc.com, Careerbuilder.com, MSNBC.com, and Monster.com.
Eric holds a masters degree from Covenant Seminary in St. Louis and an undergraduate degree in economics and history from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He and his wife and four children live in the Philadelphia area.
Client List
Herrenkohl Consulting serves major clients including Aramark, Edward Jones, Helzberg Diamonds, MassMutual, Nestle Waters, New Balance, Northwestern Mutual, and privately-held businesses across 50 industries.
Eric Herrenkohl is President of Herrenkohl Consulting and author of the Amazon best-selling book How to Hire A-Players, published by John Wiley & Sons and described as “the definitive book on talent acquisition.”
Eric has over 20 years of experience in taking businesses to the next level by creating A-player teams. He founded Herrenkohl Consulting in 2002 in his basement and built the team that today serves a wide range of Fortune 500 and mid-market companies.
Previous to founding Herrenkohl Consulting, Eric worked in the executive search and sales incentive industries both designing and selling programs to Fortune 500 and mid-market companies. He worked on client accounts including Saturn/General Motors, IBM, Lexmark, and Chase Manhattan Bank. During this time, Eric was the second employee hired to operate a patented, credit-card-based employee incentive system that disrupted and transformed the multi-billion dollar sales incentive industry.
Today, in addition to his executive search work, Eric speaks for CEO and business groups. He has been featured by Business Week, Fox News, and NBC News. The Philadelphia Business Journal publishes his monthly column Hiring A-Players. His articles have also appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer, Inc.com, Careerbuilder.com, MSNBC.com, and Monster.com.
Eric holds a masters degree from Covenant Seminary in St. Louis and an undergraduate degree in economics and history from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He and his wife and four children live in the Philadelphia area.
Client List
Herrenkohl Consulting serves major clients including Aramark, Edward Jones, Helzberg Diamonds, MassMutual, Nestle Waters, New Balance, Northwestern Mutual, and privately-held businesses across 50 industries.
Recruiting a Team of A-Players
RECRUITER IN CHIEF
Finding and Hiring “Rock-Star” Employees
This is a no-nonsense program on how to create the business (and the life) that you want by building the A-player team you need. Based on his Amazon best-selling book How to Hire A-Players, Eric Herrenkohl explains how to find and hire a team of rock-star employees.
Key discussion topics include:
- How to hire great people even if you...
Leading a Team of A-Players
LEADING A TEAM OF A-PLAYERS
Everything rises and falls on leadership. In our knowledge-based society, old strategies for motivating people do not work. We must create a new paradigm for engagement of front-line employees all the way to the executive suite. An executive who knows how to lead leaders and form a culture of engagement carries a distinct advantage. Based on Eric Herrenkohl’s Amazon best-selling book How to Hire...
