Viewed in Business Insider In North America, Alisa Cohen serves senior-level and mid-career professionals as the managing partner of an executive career coaching practice. Her clientele is primarily in the Big Tech sector—more than 50%—and B2B SaaS or e-commerce, with another 30%. She mentors employees from companies including Adobe, Amazon, Cisco, Meta, Oracle, Meta and… More
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Viewed in Fast Company The recent pandemic has dramatically changed the job hiring game globally. Once upon a time, when many skills had been on the recruiter’s priority list, are no longer required by most companies. Instead, hiring managers look forward to qualities like keeping their teams engaged and building their skills. Hence, if you… More
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Viewed in Korn Ferry The number of US tech workers laid off has risen to more than 73,000 since mid-November, and more are expected. There have been hints of staff cuts in other industries as well. The end of the year has gotten some employees out of work, thus looking for new positions. Though it… More
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Viewed in Fast Company Today’s economics professors maintain an extraordinary depth of their discipline, but cynics may respond that what they hold in knowledge they lack in actual practical application of this knowledge in a real profit and loss functional role. Business leaders, conversely, maintain extraordinary practical experiences with profit and loss responsibilities and… More
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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 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 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 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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Viewed in Spencer Stuart One of the many crucial roles of the corporate board is the successful management of CEO succession planning, and the task is becoming more complicated and more urgent in our evolving corporate world. Spencer Stuart, one of the world’s leading executive search firms, has long been a thought leader on this… More
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