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Preparing and Positioning Yourself for a Corporate Board Role: Top Ten Tips
By Sonya Olds Som, Esq., Global Managing Partner, Legal, Risk, Compliance, and Government Affairs at Diversified Search Group / AltoPartners USA. This article was first posted on LinkedIn Pulse....
Read More → Insights · May 2024Ask Alto: Will AI be the best HR employee you hire in 2024?
Artificial intelligence has been around for a while and is now in the spotlight. How can human resources departments use it to their advantage? Read our AI terms every leader needs to know piece...
Read More → Insights · May 2024AI Terms Every Leader Needs to Know
The field of artificial intelligence is growing so fast that it can be hard to keep track. But there are fundamental processes that underlie many of the AI applications in the human resources...
Read More → Insights · May 2024The AltoPartners Guide to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: Is social mobility the missing piece in your DE&I puzzle?
For many growing up in a working-class family, the ladder to upward mobility is not just steep, it’s also missing several rungs. What can leaders do to help? Social mobility is a term used to...
Read More → Insights · May 2024The Director’s Dilemma – May 2024 Edition
Produced by Julie Garland-McLellan, Consultant at AltoPartners Australia and non-executive director and board consultant based in Sydney, Australia. Contribution by Richard Sterling, is the...
Read More → News · May 2024Big Middle East Boost for AltoPartners
2 May, 2024 - AltoPartners is proud to welcome Evrima, the boutique executive search and leadership solutions firm with offices in Abu Dhabi and London. Headed by Karla Dorsch, the Evrima team...
Read More → Insights · April 2024Ask Alto: What is the Glass Cliff?
When Angela Merkel took over the leadership of the Christian Democratic Union in 2000, the party was in crisis. Merkel took the reins in the middle of a financing scandal and navigated her way to...
Read More → Insights · April 2024The Company We Keep: Kunal Ghosh
Kunal Ghosh Director and Head of Engagement Accord India / AltoPartners India WHERE WERE YOU BORN, AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW? I was born at my maternal grandmother’s house in Kolkata, where I grew...
Read More → Insights · April 2024The Company We Keep: Marco Arcaini
Marco Arcaini Partner AltoSearch GmbH / AltoPartners Germany WHERE WERE YOU BORN, AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW? I was born in Frankfurt, and currently live with my family in Wiesbaden, Germany. My...
Read More → Insights · April 2024World Book Day 2024: Essential reads for a first-time CEO
There’s an old joke in which the outgoing CEO of a struggling company leaves his successor three envelopes and tells him to open them when things are going badly. The new CEO does that, with the...
Read More → Insights · April 2024The Company We Keep: Mpho Nkeli
Mpho Nkeli, Executive Chairperson & Head: Board Practice Search Partners International (SPi) Executive Search / AltoPartners South Africa, and AltoPartners Global Operating Committee Member...
Read More → Insights · April 2024The AltoPartners Guide to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: Mental health in the workplace in 2024 (and what leaders can do to foster it)
Mental health in the workplace is crucial for productivity and effectiveness. Supporting people in their struggles starts at the top. Eight out of ten employees globally feel at risk of burnout in...
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