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What your retained executive search partner wishes you knew
1. There is a big difference between retained executive search and contingency recruitment. Executive search firms are typically retained by clients to fill critical C-suite leadership roles...
Read More → Insights · July 2024The Company We Keep: Victor Arias
Victor Arias, Managing Director at Diversified Search Group / AltoPartners USA. Working primarily in the Board of Directors practice, he is the leader of the firm’s Dallas-Fort Worth office and...
Read More → Insights · July 2024The Director’s Dilemma – July 2024 Edition
Produced by Julie Garland-McLellan, Consultant at AltoPartners Australia and non-executive director and board consultant based in Sydney, Australia. Contribution by Julia Zdrahal-Urbanek, is...
Read More → Insights · June 2024The Resources Sector – the year in review
The last year has been a turbulent one for the resources sector. Commodity prices and equities have been struggling to find a clear direction, pulled between persistent inflation, higher interest...
Read More → Insights · June 2024The Company We Keep: Takalane Khashane
Leader, chairperson, philanthropist, coach. This week, we profile Takalane Khashane, Director at Search Partners International (SPi) / AltoPartners South Africa, a fearless trailblazer and avid...
Read More → Insights · June 2024Ten questions to ask your executive search provider
Choosing an executive search partner to fill a leadership role in your organisation is one of the most important business decisions you’ll ever make. And yet, says Dr Thomas Heyn, if the team...
Read More → Insights · June 2024The Company We Keep: Murat Kaan Güneri
Murat Kaan Güneri, Managing Partner MKG & Partners / AltoPartners Türkiye “Many people die with their music still in them. Too often it is because they are always getting ready to live. Before...
Read More → Insights · June 2024Executive Talent: Culture (and diversity) is irrelevant if leadership cannot align an organization on these three elements
By Keith Labbett, Managing Partner Osprey Executive Search / AltoPartners Toronto With 25 years plus in the Executive Search and Advisory business, I have had the pleasure of working with 100s of...
Read More → Insights · June 2024Using a retained search firm for the first time? Here’s what you need to know
What is retained executive search? Retained executive search firms operate on an exclusive mandate. They focus primarily on C-suite and board positions, although they are also used to fill...
Read More → Insights · June 2024The AltoPartners Guide to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: Is it time to hire a Head of Traceability?
Staff being forced to work overtime to meet supplier demands… Employees being paid less than half the minimum wage… Staff not wearing masks during the COVID-19 pandemic… These are the allegations...
Read More → Insights · June 2024The Company We Keep: Thomas Heyn
Dr Thomas Heyn, Partner and co-founder of Jack Russell Consulting / AltoPartners Germany Thomas has a PhD in labour law and is a member of the German bar, but is equally at home talking all things...
Read More → Insights · June 2024The Director’s Dilemma – June 2024 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, is the Managing...
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