{"id":3123,"date":"2020-12-17T06:52:52","date_gmt":"2020-12-17T06:52:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ceo-worldwide.com\/blog\/?p=3123"},"modified":"2025-04-07T05:58:24","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T05:58:24","slug":"the-business-leadership-newsletter-16-12-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ceo-worldwide.com\/blog\/the-business-leadership-newsletter-16-12-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"The Business Leadership Newsletter \u2013 16.12.2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/patrickmataix_womenleaders-diversityandinclusion-womeninleadership-activity-6742459279233622017-XwNM\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hiring Executive Talent Remotely<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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&#8217;s what we learnt from interviewing Ghislaine Couvreur, who has recently been placed as a CEO in a swiss company in the AI sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/avivahwittenbergcox\/2020\/12\/03\/3-ceos-who-get-gender-balanceand-build-it\/?sh=3e76388979a1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3 CEOs Who \u2018Get\u2019 Gender Balance &#8211; And Build It<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Want to improve Gender Balance at the most senior levels of your company? If so, this is a fascinating discussion with 3 CEOs who&#8217;ve been striving for this &#8211; and the biggest questions they feel you need to tackle&#8230; Do companies and leaders really buy the \u2018WHY\u2019 of gender balance? Do they understand \u2018WHAT\u2019 is currently going on in their organisations that creates and perpetuates imbalances? Plus \u2018HOW\u2019 do you successfully implement balance &#8211; without a big backlash and lots of resentment from men?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shrm.org\/resourcesandtools\/hr-topics\/technology\/pages\/tech-recruiters-walk-diversity-talk.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">It\u2019s Time for Tech Recruiters to Walk the Diversity Talk<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What is the biggest barrier to improving your diversity hiring? 49% of recruiters say that finding diverse candidates to interview is the most significant challenge. Whether you&#8217;re recruiting at executive level or more mid-level ranks, overcoming this challenge is key. Some good ideas in this SHRM article to consider &#8211; and if you need help improving your executive level diversity hiring specifically do get in touch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wishing you a successful week<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Patrick and the teams of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ceo-worldwide.com\/\">CEO Worldwide<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.female-executive-search.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Female Executive Search<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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&#8217;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 \u2018Get\u2019 Gender &#8230; <a title=\"The Business Leadership Newsletter \u2013 16.12.2020\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ceo-worldwide.com\/blog\/the-business-leadership-newsletter-16-12-2020\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Business Leadership Newsletter \u2013 16.12.2020\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":5576,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[340],"tags":[788,785,786,787],"ppma_author":[613],"class_list":["post-3123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsletter","tag-finding-diverse-candidates","tag-hiring-executive-talent","tag-improve-gender-balance","tag-tech-recruiters"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ceo-worldwide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/gzb-i-da6ns.jpg?fit=1600%2C1067&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7XjMV-On","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4343,"url":"https:\/\/www.ceo-worldwide.com\/blog\/how-can-smes-benefit-from-international-executive-search-firms\/","url_meta":{"origin":3123,"position":0},"title":"How can SMEs benefit from international executive search firms","author":"CEO Worldwide","date":"","format":false,"excerpt":"Executive recruitment is an essential service for SMEs and a lot of responsibility. 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