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Rising Above: The Call for Senior Leaders to Embrace Strategy Over Tactics
In today's fast-paced business landscape, leaders frequently face various tactical and operational challenges. When it comes to managing day-to-day operations and responding to unforeseen problems, the frenetic pace of the immediate can become a zone of comfort. A significant number of future leaders have gained professional experience and earned their stripes in these trenches, becoming masters…
Unleashing AI’s Potential: The Imperative of Creative Executive Leadership
In today's digitized business era, where artificial intelligence (AI) continually reshapes industry dynamics, a new breed of executive leadership emerges at the forefront. While AI offers significant advancements, creative thinking executives are poised to unlock its ultimate potential. Let's dive deep into why the C-suite's creative minds have never been more crucial. Understanding the AI…
Protecting Yourself Against Fraudulent Recruiters & Hiring Scams
Today’s competitive job market can be rife with job offers and opportunities but also with scams. According to the Better Business Bureau, recruitment scams result in $2 billion in direct losses annually, with the first quarter of 2023 alone seeing a 250% increase compared to the previous year. Given the high stakes, jobseekers must diligently differentiate legitimate and fraudulent offers. At…
Executive Search Market and Its Growth in Saudi Arabia
The executive search market in Saudi Arabia is poised for significant growth, with an estimated value of $2.2 billion by 2026, growing at a CAGR of 6.4%. Several factors drive this growth, including multinational companies seeking qualified executives, the high demand for talent in the oil and gas, construction, and healthcare sectors, and the increasing use of technology in executive…
Unlocking Success: How Senior Leadership Transforms Start-ups into Thriving Businesses
Young entrepreneurs often found start-up companies with great ideas and the drive to make them a reality. While these individuals may have the passion and creativity to get their business off the ground, they often need more experience and expertise to lead a company to long-term success. This is where senior leadership comes in and can bring added value to the business. Senior leadership refers…
Humanizing the Future of Executive Hiring: The Role of People Analytics and AI
Unleashing the Power of Human Intelligence in the Age of AI: The Future of Executive Search Relies on Striking the Perfect Balance. The executive search industry continues to be disrupted. Still, the temptation of easy answers provided by new technologies may lead many firms into the future of disruption without the right balance between technology and a human touch combined. While artificial…
Digital Transformation in Healthcare
Insights and Strategies for Healthcare Leaders to Drive Innovation, Integration, and Success in a Rapidly Evolving Industry. As the healthcare industry continues to undergo rapid changes, driven by advancements in technology and evolving patient needs, it is crucial for healthcare organizations to stay ahead of the curve. Building leadership teams that can navigate complex healthcare technology…
Expanding the Word Diversity to Be More Inclusive
In the past several years, executive search firm KPIs relied heavily on efforts made in the areas of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), but we have been making progress in the wrong way, and this isn’t what you are expecting. Of course, we should be monitoring success in these areas, but the DEI efforts I am suggesting we track should be more inclusive rather than just the small…
F1 Racing and the Insurance and Finance Industry: A Comparison of Trends and Challenges
I’ve never had a strong interest in F1 racing, mainly because I didn’t know much about it. Recently, NETFLIX released its sixth season of the popular streaming series Formula 1, Drive to Survive. I began watching the series and immediately got hooked. My appetite for fast cars driving around city streets and oval-shaped tracks has since changed, and in many ways, I saw clear parallels between the…
How External Board Evaluation Can Support Board of Director Recruitment
When you’re looking to recruit a new board director, how do you know who is the perfect fit? The truth is that bringing on a new board director can be powerful and transformative because they will reshape the composition of the board, bring new skills to the boardroom, and has the potential to contribute diverse insights that pull the organization's future forward. Instead of simply leaving a new…
How to Achieve Greater Board Effectiveness With a Board Advisory Partner
Is your board of directors operating at its maximum effectiveness? Today's boards make critical decisions that have profound organizational impacts, all while upholding their fiduciary duty of acting in the best interest of shareholders. Besides, boards must perform under today's strenuous economic conditions and nail-biting market competition. For boards to maximize their impact, make the…
Defining the Difference Between Recruitment and Executive Search Services
When top-tier organizations want to bring on powerhouse executive leaders, they generally have two options for finding their dream placement: executive search services or executive recruiting services. While the two terms might seem similar (and used interchangeably), there are significant distinctions between them. Understanding these differences is critical to finding that perfect-fit leader,…
What to Consider During Your Annual Evaluation When It Comes to Boardroom Diversity
Boardroom diversity is far from just a hot-button buzzword, and today, it's well understood that diversity is never recommended simply for the sake of "checking a box." The truth is that boardroom diversity brings immense benefits to the CEO, the entire organization, shareholders, and the board itself. For organizations that want to outperform their competitors and have a board operating at its…
How Leadership Team Coaching Benefits More Than Executives
Executive leaders are masters of their craft. These world-class subject matter experts include members of advising boards, CEOs, and senior executives who are pioneers in their industries and make waves in their spaces. But even those sitting at the top need to identify ways to optimize themselves, bettering their work and diving deeper into their highly specialized skills. For that, executives…
Diversification Putting Pressure on FinTech Executives
By Vera Sharova & Teodora Cosic Diversification is not a trend; it is essential for companies to become and remain competitive. With technology reshaping the global business landscape, many companies will be pushed to fundamentally reconsider their ways of doing international business, diversifying into new product categories and adopting a “borderless” expansion model. Undoubtedly, this is…
How a Board Search Firm Can Support Organizations
Boardrooms today face new, evolving challenges that are increasingly complex to navigate, and they are under immense pressure and scrutiny to operate at maximum effectiveness. In the wake of volatile global economic conditions (which show no signs of stabilizing), growing pressure from regulators, and complex demands from shareholders, Boards need to be thoughtfully composed, so they can thrive…