Viewed in EgonZehnder Global management consulting and executive search firm EgonZehnder works with over 600 corporate boards annually. In this article, the firm draws on this extensive experience with corporate boards to answer the question: How precisely does one go about becoming a director on a corporate board? Niche The answer, EgonZehnder contends, is not… More
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Viewed in Tomasz Tunguz For any ambitious sales executive, the temptation might always prove too irresistible: Hype their product or service, exaggerating it beyond reasonable expectations, to be sure a sale is secured. If this extra hype actually helps secure the sale, what’s so wrong with that? Hype pitfalls In this article, venture capitalist Tomasz… More
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Viewed in Fast Company Organizational leadership is serious, challenging, and sometimes stressful. The traits a leader exhibits often proves the difference between success and failure. Authentic Good leaders inspire; poor ones deflate. Good leaders are not necessarily perfect, but they are authentic, and authenticity creates loyalty and commitment among those they manage. In this Fast… More
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Viewed in Russell Reynolds With dozens of offices in over two dozen countries, it is fair to say that management consulting firm Russell Reynolds, founded in 1969, interacts with a vast number of chief executive officers. The management consulting behemoth observes in this article, authored by five Russell Reynolds professionals, that the demands on today’s… More
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Viewed in The Wall Street Journal In the first quarter of 2022, gross domestic product (GDP) in the United States decreased 1.5 percent. In the days to come, results are expected to appear for the second quarter, and optimism is not in abundance. Should the GDP of the second quarter, like the first, be in… More
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Viewed in Korn Ferry Midyear and annual performance reviews have become more formalized processes in recent years. On the surface, that may seem positive, and it is: You can be reasonably confident a review will occur, and you can be reasonably confident the process will be similar to that of your peers. But regular reviews… More
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Viewed in Heidrick & Struggles The typical corporate chief executive can be forgiven for believing that his or her prior professional, academic, and personal traits and successes are sufficient for a fairly seamless transition into the role of a corporate director. However, that assumption, Chicago-based executive recruitment and management consulting giant Heidrick & Struggles cautions… More
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Viewed in Russell Reynolds If you had a chance to read our most recent blog, “Growing (and Shrinking) Functions at the Top,” which we posted just a few days ago, you already know the big take away from it. In a thorough comparison we conducted on C-suite executive moves at the world’s largest companies over… More
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Viewed in Korn Ferry Korn Ferry was and remains a giant in the world of executive recruitment and has gone on to establish its management consulting services with equal success, affording the company access to many of the world’s business thought leaders and executive management teams, all of whom offer insight on the challenges confronting… More
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Viewed in The Wall Street Journal No doubt, you have seen at least one of these cases of late, and likely many more: A top Fortune 1000 chief executive officer seemingly has it all on the ball. Publicly acclaimed He or she is leading their company in strategic and creative ways, beating expectations, growing market… More
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Viewed in Fast Company While the pandemic lifts in most countries around the world and employees begin their return to work, or soon will, there appears to be a nearly universally-held view that what lies ahead for employees is a work life that takes on some of its pre-pandemic characteristics but is ultimately never quite… More
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Viewed in Korn Ferry As the global pandemic (hopefully) wanes and employees return to their offices, this study by executive recruitment and consulting behemoth Korn Ferry observes that, in a recent poll, 35 percent of employees identified the opportunity to network as the function they most look forward as they return to in-office work. As… More
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Viewed in BCG The promise and potential of artificial intelligence (AI) has been all the rage the past few years. One can be forgiven for concluding from this coverage that it has proven broadly helpful to those organizations utilizing it. One out of 10 companies enjoys significant benefits from AI But actually, as management consulting giant… More
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Viewed in The Wall Street Journal At first, as the Internet and email communication were broadly implemented in the 1990s, we properly saw it as an extraordinary contribution to information sharing and efficiency. Email revolution The ability to craft an email and have one’s written message developed and transmitted immediately to the recipient was indeed… More
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Viewed in Spencer Stuart Global executive search firm Spencer Stuart’s expertise in executive and board searches is pretty much beyond reproach. Since its 1956 founding, it has grown to 57 offices in 30 countries and handled executive and board searches for some of global business’s most iconic brands (and even the U.S. government). Now in… More
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Viewed in Tomasz Tunguz Venture capitalist Tomasz Tunguz has sold about $5 billion of startups over the past few years. In this article, he details ten lessons he has learned about mergers and acquisitions along the way, and it is an instructive read for those looking to sell startups and those looking to acquire them…. More
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Viewed in Inc. We have all likely heard about the so-called awkward pause—that moment of silence that, no matter the substance, can tarnish a conversation. But how long exactly does the silence need to endure before becoming quantifiably awkward? Awkward pause We live an era where just about everything is assessed and measured, and so… More
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Viewed in Edelman In recent decades and especially in the past few years, companies across industries, and especially those engaged in business-to-business sales of products or services, have come to discover and greatly value thought leadership as a central part of their marketing and brand strategies. Leaders share their expertise It makes sense. Would you… More
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Viewed in Zinnov Beginning in the late 20th century and accelerating in the 21st century, the number of workers who step away from work life for a notable period of time has accelerated. The reasons for breaks in career continuity vary. Family demands, especially the demands of pregnancy and children or illness in an employee’s… More
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