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A Key Role For HR Leaders: To Spar With Their Colleagues In The C-Suite
This interview was first published on LinkedIn. See the original post here Julia Zdrahal-Urbanek, managing partner of AltoPartners Executive Search Austria and board director at Gebrüder Ulmer,...
Read More → February 2023Ask Alto: What are workplace rituals and can hybrid / remote teams still benefit?
In his autobiography, Faf du Plessis, former South African cricket captain, describes a team ritual in which players throw protea flowers into a fire. The symbolism is rich: the team’s name is the...
Read More → February 2023The Director’s Dilemma – February 2023 Edition
Produced by Julie Garland-McLellan, Consultant at AltoPartners Australia and non-executive director and board consultant based in Sydney, Australia. Contribution by Sandra Olive, Partner at Bäcker...
Read More → January 2023Three ways executives can be outstanding in 2023
Article by Keith Labett, Managing Partner at Osprey Executive Search / AltoPartners Toronto Using an old golf analogy “Drive for Show but Putt for Dough”, golfers in poor weather must rely on a...
Read More → January 2023Phenomenal Women of AltoPartners – Julia Scheffer
This week we profile dynamic super-communicator Julia Scheffer, AltoPartners Global Director: Business Development. Master of the friendly reminder, and the glue that holds everything and everyone...
Read More → January 2023Ask Alto: What is career cushioning, and why is it a good idea?
The business world has been shaken by dramatic economic and geopolitical events over the last few years. Inflation, tight labour markets, the first major land war in Europe since 1945 and...
Read More → January 2023Phenomenal Women of AltoPartners – Renee Moodie
Meet Renee Moodie, the woman behind much of AltoPartners’ content. A journalist by profession, Renee is a writer, editor, content strategist, grammar geek and media trainer. We love her for her...
Read More → January 2023AltoPartners Guide to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: Cultural competence and diversity initiatives
Google the term “cultural competence” and the results will contain many links to articles in the health and social work fields. That’s because it’s a key skill in the medical and care fields,...
Read More → January 2023Never in a Hundred Years: International Parity at Work Day 2023
International Parity at Work Day slipped quietly by on 11 January - but gender parity is still a huge issue in 2023. Here are eight key takeaways: 1. It’s gone backwards. The economic and...
Read More → January 2023Phenomenal Women of AltoPartners – Joo-Lee Aw
This week we feature ardent naturalist, aspiring musician and intrepid traveller Joo-Lee Aw, founder of The People at Work, our partner in Singapore and China. What was your childhood career...
Read More → December 2022AltoPartners Guide to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Religion in the workplace: making the festive season – and the year – comfortable for all
Religion in the workplace comes into sharp focus in December when a number of days have special significance. From the Buddhist Bodhi Day on December 8 to Kwanzaa, the weeklong secular holiday...
Read More → December 2022Phenomenal Women of AltoPartners – Estelle Kumm
Meet Estelle Kumm, financial manager, extreme mountain biker, mother of twin girls, and a former off-road super biker with a genius for creating order out of chaos. As her colleagues at Search...
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