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RHR International LLP
Company type	Private
Industry	Management consulting
Founded	1945
Headquarters	Chicago, Illinois
Key people	Dr. Thomas J. Saporito, Chairman and CEO ; Robert L. Pierce, Senior Vice President and CFO
Products	Management consulting services
Website	[www.rhrinternational.com]

RHR International, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, is a firm of management psychologists and consultants who work closely with senior level management, especially the C-suite, for the purpose of accelerating individual, team and business performance. The firm’s focus in on five key areas of client need: Executive Selection and Integration, Accelerated Executive Effectiveness, Senior Team Effectiveness, Management Due Diligence and CEO Succession. According to the company it differentiates itself from the competition through a combination of top management focus, psychologists’ perspective and the high-level business acumen of its consultants. RHR International has offices in Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, United Kingdom and United States.

Company history[change | change source]

In the 1930’s, management engineering firm Stevenson, Jordan & Harrison assembled a staff of experts on business organization. The work including drawing charts with boxes for every job. The company hired Dr. Perry Rohrer, at the time the lone psychologist for the Cook County Juvenile Court in Chicago, to assign names to the boxes.

At the time, most personnel evaluation work was done with psychometry, using tests designed during World War I to identify the personal traits or qualities of an individual. At the opposite end were clinicians, whose developments, prompted by Freud and Adler, emphasized prolonged analyses of the psyche. Dr. Rohrer had the inspiration that clinical insights plus psychometric data would predict behavior with more accuracy. By bridging the two strong psychological trends, the foundation for modern personnel evaluation was created.

SJ&H soon had to add personnel to serve the large number of clients that wanted to try this new method of behavior assessment. These included professionals who later became founding partners of the RHR International: Charles Flory, Fran Hibler, Elliott Janney and Fred Replogle.

As World War II wound down, the colleagues agreed to go out on their own and launched their new enterprise on September 15, 1945. Since using the names of all five founders proved awkward, the partnership was named after the three partners who worked in the Chicago office: Rohrer, Hibler and Replogle. As the firm became global with offices in Canada and London, the name evolved to its present version of RHR International. The original partnership became a private corporation in 1973.

References[change | change source]

Saporito, Thomas. J. (2011, November 7). “Life at the Top: Walking the Razor's Edge”. Chief Executive, 52-56.
Davis, Richard A. (2011, October 18). “We Need More Mature Leaders”. HBR Blog Network.
Lublin, Joann S. (2011, October 16). “High Aspirations? Get to Know the Board”. The Wall Street Journal.
Chief Executive. (2011, October 7). “CEO Reflections on Steve Jobs”.
Davis, R. A. (2011, September 22). “Is HP’s Board the Worst Ever?” CNN Money.
Saporito, Thomas J. (2011, September 22). “Bringing Balance Back to the Boardroom”. HBR Blog Network.
Lublin, Joann S., and Thurm, S. (2011, August 25). “Mum on Succession, Apple’s Board Felt Heat”. The Wall Street Journal.
Crowe, Kimberly (2011, Third Quarter). “CEO Turnover Rate Declines”. Boardmember.com.
Saporito, Thomas. J. (2011, July 21). “Every CEO Needs an Executive Listener”. FORBES Leadership Forum.
Holmes, Elizabeth and Lubin, Joann S. (2011, June 18). “News Penny's New Boss to Split Duties With Outgoing CEO”. The Wall Street Journal.

Publications[change | change source]

Davis, Richard. (2010). The Intangibles of Leadership. Toronto: Josy Bass.
Gibson, E. and Billings, A. (2003). Big Change at Best Buy. Palo Alto, California: Davies-Black Publishing.