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The Company We Keep: Julia Zdrahal-Urbanek
Dr Julia Zdrahal-Urbanek founded and co-manages AltoPartners Austria, where she specialises in filling board and top-management positions for global conglomerates as well as family-owned and...
Read More → March 2025The Director’s Dilemma – March 2025 Edition
Produced by Julie Garland-McLellan, Consultant at AltoPartners Australia and non-executive director and board consultant based in Sydney, Australia. Contribution by Ranju Shergill, is the Managing...
Read More → February 2025Osprey Executive Search – Executive Talent: Go Placidly Amid the Noise and the Haste
This piece was first shared by Keith Labbett, Managing Partner Toronto in the latest edition of his Osprey Executive Search Executive Talent newsletter Go placidly amid the noise and the haste…...
Read More → February 2025Freedom 55?
This edition of the Ampersand blog was first published on the Humanis Calgary website. To access the original post click here In the latest edition of The Ampersand, our Calgary Partner Adam...
Read More → February 2025The Director’s Dilemma – February 2025 Edition
Produced by Julie Garland-McLellan, Consultant at AltoPartners Australia and non-executive director and board consultant based in Sydney, Australia. This edition of the newsletter was first...
Read More → January 2025Ask Alto: What is strategic empathy, and why is it a key leadership skill in 2025?
In times of disruption, the “soft skill” of strategic empathy might be the most important thing a leadership team can cultivate. In late December 2024, OpenAI released a new artificial...
Read More → January 2025Accelerating Gender Parity: Recommendations for Executive Search and Hiring
International Parity at Work Day is on January 11, 2025. It’s a global day of action for promoting equitable pay, regardless of a person’s race, country of origin, gender, or sexual orientation....
Read More → December 2024Reinventing retirement: leadership perspectives on leveraging multigenerational workplaces
Driven by increased life expectancy, shifting demographics, a cost-of-living crisis, and global talent shortages, the concept of retirement is evolving. Retirement – once a predictable endpoint in...
Read More → December 2024The Director’s Dilemma – December 2024 Edition
Produced by Julie Garland-McLellan, Consultant at AltoPartners Australia and non-executive director and board consultant based in Sydney, Australia. Contribution by Corinne Klajda, heads Accord...
Read More → November 2024Ask Alto: What is a perennial mindset, and why do leaders need to embrace it?
Curiosity, flexibility and collaboration: these are the hallmarks of a perennial mindset Boomer or Millennial? Gen X or Gen Z? These generational labels are everywhere. While it’s tempting to fall...
Read More → November 2024The Director’s Dilemma – November 2024 Edition
Produced by Julie Garland-McLellan, Consultant at AltoPartners Australia and non-executive director and board consultant based in Sydney, Australia. Contribution by Murat Kaan Güneri, is Managing...
Read More → October 2024Ask Alto: What is boreout, and what can leaders do about it?
Burnout – the emotional, physical, and mental exhaustion that results from prolonged stress, often related to overwork or caregiving – can be destructive. So too is boreout, the stress resulting...
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