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News · July 2025

DSG Global / AltoPartners USA Recognised in the Hunt Scanlon 2025 “The Select Guide to America’s Top 250 Executive Search Firms”

Hunt Scanlon Media proudly presents the Select Guide to America’s Top 250 Executive Search Firms and once again recogises DSG Global / AltoPartners USA as one of the dominant search and leadership...

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Insights · July 2025

The Director’s Dilemma – July 2025 Edition

Produced by Julie Garland-McLellan, Consultant at AltoPartners Australia and non-executive director and board consultant based in Sydney, Australia. Contribution by Sonal Agrawal, Managing Partner...

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Insights · June 2025

Ask Alto: What is “stagility” and why do leaders need to know?

In an age of chaos, leaders can work on combining agility with stability to achieve their business objectives. “Not only are we facing one disaster after another, but those messes are all linked,...

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Insights · June 2025

Think you have what it takes to be CEO? Here’s what top executive search firms look for

This article was first published on the Fortune website. Click here to access the original article According to executive coaching firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas, 214 CEOs left their roles...

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News · June 2025

“Women at the Top”: Research Report by the Evermonte Institute

“Women at the Top” is the latest research study produced by e.Institute and Evermonte Executive Search / AltoPartners Brazil. Based on a quantitative and qualitative approach, this research...

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Insights · June 2025

The Director’s Dilemma – June 2025 Edition

Produced by Julie Garland-McLellan, Consultant at AltoPartners Australia and non-executive director and board consultant based in Sydney, Australia. Contribution by Kevin Hall, a special advisor...

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Insights · May 2025

The Company We Keep: Hannes Gsellmann

Results are based on behavior. Behavior arises from thoughts. Pay attention to what you think Meet Hannes Gsellmann our new partner at AltoPartners in Vienna. He has decades of experience in...

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News · May 2025

Another Win: AltoPartners Ranked Among the Best 40 Executive Search Firms in Germany in 2025

The Handelsblatt Research Institute has once again recognised AltoPartners as one of the best in the business. Congratulations to our Partners in Darmstadt, Munich and Wiesbaden for this...

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News · May 2025

AltoPartners Appoints Santiago Solis Arias as New Global Chair

Solis Arias Becomes the First Global Chair from the Americas, Marking a New Chapter for the Global Executive Search Partnership Bogotá, 26 May 2025 - AltoPartners, the international partnership of...

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Insights · May 2025

How to be better at communicating bad news – a guide for CEOs in troubled times

Managing the delivery of bad news is an underrated leadership skill, and right now, those skills are being tested to the limit. In 2023, Google, for years ranked as one of the top United States...

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Insights · April 2025

The Director’s Dilemma – May 2025 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...

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Insights · April 2025

Business Case for Board Diversity: Why Inclusion Fuels Innovation

This blog past was first published by Search Partners International (SPi) / AltoPartners South Africa. To read the original post, click here. Read the AltoPartners International Women’s Day 2025...

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