{"id":3593,"date":"2022-01-27T07:09:59","date_gmt":"2022-01-27T07:09:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ceo-worldwide.com\/blog\/?p=3593"},"modified":"2024-05-07T05:29:25","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T05:29:25","slug":"insights-26-january-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ceo-worldwide.com\/blog\/insights-26-january-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Insights \u2013 26 January 2022"},"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<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"what-makes-a-good-chairman\">What Makes A Good Chairman?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the main faults of Chairmen deemed to be ineffective is their failure to comprehend that they are not there to run the business, and that their role is instead to support and guide. In simple terms, the job of the Chairman is to ensure that the business is well run and not to run the business&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ceo-worldwide.com\/blog\/makes-good-chairman\/\">Open Blog Post<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"how-to-recruit-more-women-to-your-company\">How to Recruit More Women to Your Company<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To explore the disconnect between the good intentions of business leaders and true progress on closing the gender gap, LinkedIn undertook several studies around gender and work. Sarah O\u2019Brien, Head of Global Insights for LinkedIn shares some of the key lessons learnt. <a href=\"https:\/\/hbr.org\/2019\/11\/how-to-recruit-more-women-to-your-company\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Open Blog Post<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"iceo-testimonial-ceo-worldwide-is-an-outstanding-international-executive-search-company\">iCEO Testimonial: CEO Worldwide Is An Outstanding International Executive Search Company<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I wouldn&#8217;t hesitate to recommend CEO Worldwide when recruiting new senior executives.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That&#8217;s the view of Murli Nikam, who was headhunted into a CEO role. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ceo-worldwide.com\/iceo-testimonial-details.php?num=87\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Learn more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What Makes A Good Chairman? One of the main faults of Chairmen deemed to be ineffective is their failure to comprehend that they are not there to run the business, and that their role is instead to support and guide. In simple terms, the job of the Chairman is to ensure that the business is &#8230; <a title=\"Insights \u2013 26 January 2022\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ceo-worldwide.com\/blog\/insights-26-january-2022\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Insights \u2013 26 January 2022\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":3595,"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":[449,195,455,62,331,454],"ppma_author":[613],"class_list":["post-3593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsletter","tag-business-leaders","tag-business-women","tag-chairman","tag-executive-search-2","tag-gender-gap","tag-senior-executives"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ceo-worldwide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pexels-photo-8428053.jpeg?fit=1880%2C1255&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7XjMV-VX","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3129,"url":"https:\/\/www.ceo-worldwide.com\/blog\/structure-and-requirements-for-an-effective-board-of-directors\/","url_meta":{"origin":3593,"position":0},"title":"STRUCTURE AND REQUIREMENTS FOR AN EFFECTIVE BOARD OF DIRECTORS","author":"Frank Lewis - CEO - UK","date":"","format":false,"excerpt":"It should be clearly noted that in terms of the Companies Act, all Directors, Executive and Non-Executive Directors have a statutory duty to promote the success of the Company for the benefit of its members as a whole. 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