Insights – 23 June 2021

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How can the rise of a shareholder activist be detected? The recent emergence of activists on the shareholder registers of many Pan-European blue chips has highlighted a new type of risk for Finance Directors. This risk, related indirectly to MiFID and to liquidity fragmentation, is that of being caught by surprise by the eruption of … Read more

Insights – 12 May 2021

COVID19 Experience: Practical tips to cope & adapt The current normal (COVID19 period) reveals Life’s uncertainty and triggers unusual behaviours and reactions. What each of us is experiencing is understandable. It is ok to feel uncomfortable… Open Expert File Author: Christelle Vigot – CEO – France A crisis on an individual level that invites each … Read more

Insights – 21 April 2021

C-Suite Hiring – How to Hire an Executive You’ve Never Met in Person One of the most popular posts in our social media feeds these last weeks, this article looks at steps you can take to increase your company’s appeal to potential C-Suite hires who may join the business from afar and / or without … Read more

Insights – 16 March 2021

Leadership for Your Success The leader’s vision must be both feasible and far-reaching. CEOs should build a vision by expanding their intellectual horizons. Get out of the office and explore the world around you. Attend leadership seminars. Visit with other CEOs in organisations to seminars… Open Expert File Author: Colin Thompson – CEO – UK … Read more

Insights – 23 February 2021

Corporate Governance

Corporate Governance For Growing Companies Corporate Governance is the system of processes, activities, standards and reporting to facilitate and deliver growth in long term shareholder value by reducing risk while maintaining a flexible, efficient and effective management framework within an entrepreneurial environment… Open Expert File Author: Frank Lewis – CEO – UK “Diversity: Coming Soon” … Read more

Insights – 20 January 2021

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Executive Recruitment Is Broken Established recruiters have somehow presided over decades of innovation across multiple sectors, without ever really taking inspiration from their clients. They’ve remained committed to an overpriced and inefficient model at the expense of speed, flexibility and quality… Open Expert File Impact Interim Management Isn’t Interim Management by definition impactful? Yes, of … Read more

Executive Recruitment Is Broken – How To Secure The Right Candidate On Your Terms

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Executive Summary Executive recruitment defies logic. Incredibly, C-level search continues to command inflated fees for drawn out processes with no guarantee of success. Established recruiters have somehow presided over decades of innovation across multiple sectors, without ever really taking inspiration from their clients. They’ve remained committed to an overpriced and inefficient model at the expense … Read more

Insights – 11 January 2021

Successful Export – Going to New Markets Over 27 years, I have successfully managed or advised international companies. Most of the companies became market leader within their industry and market. Several subsidiaries were successfully established under my leadership. I bought companies and integrated them into the root business… Open Expert File Author: Freddy Dreher – … Read more

The Business Leadership Newsletter – 16.12.2020

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Hiring Executive Talent Remotely How can you improve your gender balance and hire executive talent remotely? Could hiring Interim-to-Perm allow you to attract great C-Suite candidates? Here’s what we learnt from interviewing Ghislaine Couvreur, who has recently been placed as a CEO in a swiss company in the AI sector. 3 CEOs Who ‘Get’ Gender … Read more