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Closing the Gender Leadership Gap: A Review of Legislative and Real-World Outcomes – AltoPartners International Women’s Day 2026 Report
Despite decades of progress in gender equality, women remain significantly underrepresented in corporate leadership. While many countries have introduced board gender quotas and diversity targets,...
Read More → March 2026CEO Wanted. Leadership Not So Much
By Richard Sterling, Partner at AltoPartners Australia. This article was first posted on LinkedIn. To read the original post, click here. The truth of a CEO role reveals itself in the first...
Read More → March 2026The Director’s Dilemma – March 2026 Edition
Produced by Julie Garland-McLellan, Consultant at AltoPartners Australia and non-executive director and board consultant based in Sydney, Australia. Contribution by Mario Mora, Founder &...
Read More → February 2026Pay Transparency: Regulatory Mandate or Strategic Lever?
This article was first published in Italian on the TreviSearch / AltoPartners Italy website. To read the original blog post, click here What really changes with EU Directive 2023/970? (and why...
Read More → February 2026Leading in Uncertain Times: The Human Qualities Defining 2026’s Most Effective CEOs
As a global executive search partnership, AltoPartners has a front-row view of how leadership is changing, not just in theory, but in the lived realities of boards, CEOs and senior teams as they...
Read More → February 2026The Director’s Dilemma – February 2026 Edition
Produced by Julie Garland-McLellan, Consultant at AltoPartners Australia and non-executive director and board consultant based in Sydney, Australia. Contribution by Lauren E. Smith. Lauren is...
Read More → December 2025The Director’s Dilemma – December 2025 Edition
Produced by Julie Garland-McLellan, Consultant at AltoPartners Australia and non-executive director and board consultant based in Sydney, Australia. Contribution by Dr Julia Zdrahal-Urbanek. Julia...
Read More → October 2025Interviewing Senior Candidates: In-Person vs. Virtual and the Nuances That May Be Missed
This post was originally published by Karla Dorsch, Founder and Managing Partner Evrima / AltoPartners Abu Dhabi, on LinkedIn. To view the original post, click here. These days, it feels like half...
Read More → October 2025Will AI Supersede Human Interface in South Africa?
This blog past was first published by Search Partners International (SPi) / AltoPartners South Africa. To read the original post, click here. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer just a sci fi...
Read More → October 2025Seven Things we Learned about Leadership from Sport
It’s difficult to get a grip on the actual value of the global sports industry, with estimates varying between US$2.65 trillion (2023) and US$487 billion (2022). Whichever way you measure it, one...
Read More → October 2025Impactful Questions to Ask During Your Interview Process
By Richard Sterling, Partner at AltoPartners Australia. This article was first posted on LinkedIn. To read the original post, click here. This Is Your Moment You’ve been here before, haven’t you?...
Read More → October 202510 Big Reasons To Go Smaller on Your Next Leadership Hire
In a fractured economy, clients and hiring managers find value in working with boutique, partner-owned retained search firms. Many members of the AltoPartners global partnership – recently voted...
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