Media Center – 2024
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Big Middle East Boost for AltoPartners
02 May | 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...
Diversified Search Group Celebrates Five Decades of Leadership Excellence with Nationwide Convenings and New Book Release
15 April | Top 10 executive search firm in the USA founded by industry icon Judith von Seldeneck. Exclusive member of AltoPartners in USA Diversified Search Group is proud to announce the celebration of its...
Celebrating National Marketing Operations Appreciation Day with AltoPartners Marketing Dream Team
15 April | This interview was first published on the Accord Group ECE website here. Building a strong team is essential for success. How do you cultivate an environment that fosters female leadership and...
AltoPartners Expands its Reach into Ireland
03 April | 3 April, 2024 – AltoPartners has named its first-ever partner firm in Ireland. After an exhaustive search, Dublin-based Cronin Partners International Search joined the global partnership on 1...
Fredrik Hillelson Awarded the 8th size in the ribbon of the Order of the Seraphim for outstanding social contributions by H.M. The King of Sweden
23 February | Congratulations to Fredrik Hillelson, Founder of Novare Group, co-founder of Beredskapslyftet and AltoPartners Global Operating Committee member, on being awarded the 8th size in the ribbon of the...
Leaderland Spain Joins AltoPartners: AltoPartners Strategic Growth In Key Country
31 January | 31 January, 2024 – AltoPartners, a leading global partnership of renowned retained executive search and leadership consulting firms, is proud to announce that the AltoPartners partnership has...
Insights
Reinventing retirement: leadership perspectives on leveraging multigenerational workplaces
04 December | 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...
The Director’s Dilemma – December 2024 Edition
02 December | 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...
Ask Alto: What is a perennial mindset, and why do leaders need to embrace it?
14 November | 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...
The Director’s Dilemma – November 2024 Edition
04 November | 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...
Ask Alto: What is boreout, and what can leaders do about it?
24 October | 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...
Ask Alto: How to make AI work in your organisation
16 October | Generative AI has taken the world by storm - leaders can’t afford to wait and see before deciding on an AI strategy. We share some advice for leaders on how to make it work in their organisations....
The Director’s Dilemma – October 2024 Edition
02 October | Produced by Julie Garland-McLellan, Consultant at AltoPartners Australia and non-executive director and board consultant based in Sydney, Australia. Contribution by Ricardo Bäcker, is Founding...
AltoPartners Special Report : The Ageing Workforce : A dividend to be leveraged or an HR problem to be managed
01 October | “Leaders who take steps now to destigmatise age, foster intergenerational connections and implement upskilling initiatives will reap the benefits and contribute to more inclusive and harmonious...
The Company We Keep : Keith Labbett
26 September | Keith Labbett is quintessentially Canadian — sporty, outdoorsy, civic-minded, and really, really nice. He is the founder of Osprey Executive Search, our Toronto-based partner. In the course of...
Ask Alto : The eight habits of high performers that reduce the risk of burnout
25 September | The third in our three-part series looks at lessons from successful people who have bounced back from burnout. Burnout doesn’t have to be an inevitable rite of passage for high performers. So says...
International Equal Pay Day 2024
18 September | In Australia in 2024, a woman earn 78c for every $1 earned by a man. Over the course of a year, that difference adds up to $26,393. We know this because the Workplace Gender Equality Agency, a...
Ask Alto : How leadership can tackle burnout
17 September | AltoPartners presents the second in a three-part series on burnout. In this article, we look at steps that leadership can take to prevent burnout… Burnout is happening in workplaces everywhere. A...
Ask Alto : Burnout – what causes it and how to deal with it
11 September | AltoPartners brings you the first in a three-part series on burnout. First up: there’s no simple solution, but there are ways to deal with burnout. “I’ve hit the burnout wall before and I know the...
The Company We Keep : Sandra Olive
09 September | Management and organisational behaviour specialist, leadership coach, vlogger and executive search consultant extraordinaire, Sandra Olive is the multi-lingual managing head of Bäcker &...
The Company We Keep : Plácido Fajardo
04 September | Nearly two decades ago, Plácido Fajardo, Managing Partner at Leaderland S.L / AltoPartners Spain, left a comfortable and prestigious corporate job with Spanish telecoms giant Telefónica de España...
The Director’s Dilemma – September 2024 Edition
03 September | Produced by Julie Garland-McLellan, Consultant at AltoPartners Australia and non-executive director and board consultant based in Sydney, Australia. Contribution by Kevin Hall, is Managing...
The Company We Keep : Ricardo Bäcker
27 August | “Carpe Diem.” Ricardo Bäcker, Chairman and Founding Partner of Bäcker & Partners / AltoPartners Argentina, our high-performance, larger-than-life partner in Argentina, believes in living life...
The Company We Keep : Santiago Solis Arias
21 August | There’s only one thing that gives Santiago Solís Arias, Partner at Executive Connection S.A.S / AltoPartners Colombia, a bigger kick than placing a great candidate, and that’s spending time with...
The Company We Keep : Karla Dorsch
12 August | Meet Karla Dorsch, the powerhouse behind Evrima, our partners in the Gulf region. Karla has next-level expertise honed over 25 years of connecting leaders with opportunities in the UK and the UAE....
Ask Alto: Which is more important – employee engagement or employee well-being?
06 August | Employee experience, well-being and engagement – your guide to steps leaders can take to enable their employees to flourish. The term “employee engagement” has been a staple of human resource...
The Director’s Dilemma – August 2024 Edition
01 August | Produced by Julie Garland-McLellan, Consultant at AltoPartners Australia and non-executive director and board consultant based in Sydney, Australia. Contribution by Lauren E. Snith, is Managing...
The Vital and Debated Role of Self-Care in Leadership
30 July | This blog was first published on the Accord Group website. Click here to read the original blog post. In the intense environment of corporate leadership, where every choice can determine a company’...
Ask Alto: What is a heat map? Your guide to executive search terminology.
23 July | The world of business is filled with acronyms and in-group phrases – and each sector has its own language. AltoPartners demystifies executive search “speak”… At COB, a CEO, a CFO and a CHRO walk...
The Company We Keep : Nicolás Mora Schrader
22 July | Nicolás Mora Schrader’s old-school motto, “Recte ad ardua” (directly to the difficult), has served him well: “It has stuck with me as it embodies a mindset of facing challenges head-on with courage...
What your retained executive search partner wishes you knew
04 July | 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...
The Company We Keep : Victor Arias
02 July | 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...
The Director’s Dilemma – July 2024 Edition
01 July | 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...
The Resources Sector – the year in review
28 June | 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...
The Company We Keep : Takalane Khashane
27 June | Leader, chairperson, philanthropist, coach. This week, we profile Takalane Khashane, Director at Search Partners International (SPi) / AltoPartners South Africa, a fearless trailblazer and avid...
Ten questions to ask your executive search provider
20 June | 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...
The Company We Keep : Murat Kaan Güneri
19 June | 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...
Executive Talent : Culture (and diversity) is irrelevant if leadership cannot align an organization on these three elements
18 June | 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...
Using a retained search firm for the first time? Here’s what you need to know
12 June | 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...
The AltoPartners Guide to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion : Is it time to hire a Head of Traceability?
11 June | 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...
The Company We Keep : Thomas Heyn
06 June | 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...
The Director’s Dilemma – June 2024 Edition
03 June | 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...
Preparing and Positioning Yourself for a Corporate Board Role: Top Ten Tips
28 May | 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....
Ask Alto: Will AI be the best HR employee you hire in 2024?
27 May | 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 ...
AI Terms Every Leader Needs to Know
27 May | 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...
The AltoPartners Guide to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion : Is social mobility the missing piece in your DE&I puzzle?
21 May | 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...
The Director’s Dilemma – May 2024 Edition
02 May | 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...
Ask Alto: What is the Glass Cliff?
30 April | 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...
The Company We Keep : Kunal Ghosh
29 April | 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...
The Company We Keep : Marco Arcaini
25 April | 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...
World Book Day 2024: Essential reads for a first-time CEO
23 April | 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...
The Company We Keep : Mpho Nkeli
18 April | Mpho Nkeli, Executive Chairperson & Head: Board Practice Search Partners International (SPi) Executive Search / AltoPartners South Africa, and AltoPartners Global Operating Committee Member...
The AltoPartners Guide to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion : Mental health in the workplace in 2024 (and what leaders can do to foster it)
16 April | 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...
The Future of Retail : Insights from the Global CXO Webinar
16 April | On Wednesday 10 April 2024, the AltoPartners Consumer, Luxury & Retail & Services practice group hosted an exclusive CxO webinar examining the future of retail, the current trends...
The Company We Keep : Kevin Hall
09 April | Kevin Hall Managing Partner of Bluestone Leadership Services / AltoPartners Canada; AltoPartners Global Operating Committee Member; and co-head of the AltoPartners Global Natural Resources Practice...
The Director’s Dilemma – April 2024 Edition
02 April | Produced by Julie Garland-McLellan, Consultant at AltoPartners Australia and non-executive director and board consultant based in Sydney, Australia. Contribution by Albert Froom, is a Partner at...
The Maternity Gap : Extracts from “Unlocking The USD 172 trillion Gender Dividend” IWD 2024 Report
28 March | Across the world, it is almost always women and mothers who shoulder the responsibility for childcare. Even taking a break to have and raise a family has a significant impact on women’s earning...
Ask Alto: How can leaders encourage a growth mindset in the workplace?
26 March | At market close on January 13, 2024, Microsoft was the world’s most valuable publicly traded company. That position at the head of the business pack was not because of advanced algorithms or...
Gender equality and women’s participation in the workforce – (still!) a work in progress : Extracts from the AltoPartners International Women’s Day Report
21 March | As might be expected, progress towards gender equality across regions is mixed. Yet one theme emerged again and again in our survey of AltoPartners experts: much more can and should be done to...
Rethinking Leadership: It’s Time to Get Personal and Listen
14 March | By Jamie Garner, Head of Transformational Leadership with The Inzito Partnership / AltoPartners UK Gone are the days when a single blueprint for leadership excellence could be rolled out across...
International Women’s Day 2024 : Unlocking the USD 172 trillion gender dividend
12 March | Is it possible for International Women’s Day to be both a celebration of what we have achieved and also a call to action? Moving beyond platitudes and prose, our global experts at AltoPartners take...
The Company We Keep : Tracy Murdoch O’Such
05 March | Tracy Murdoch O’Such is the Global Managing Partner, Media, Entertainment, and Sports: Diversified Search / AltoPartners USA. Based in New York. From Waterford, Connecticut. Currently living in...
The Director’s Dilemma – March 2024 Edition
01 March | Produced by Julie Garland-McLellan, Consultant at AltoPartners Australia and non-executive director and board consultant based in Sydney, Australia. Contribution by Plácido Fajardo, is the...
Governance is crucial for family-owned businesses in rapidly changing environments : Extracts from Sorin Popa’s Interview
29 February | Corporate governance. That’s the key to succession planning in family-owned businesses in Romania, according to Sorin Popa, Managing Partner Accord Group Resurse Umane / AltoPartners Romania. Popa,...
The Company We Keep : Regina Graf
28 February | Regina Graf, Managing Partner and Owner, MPB Recruitment Group AG / AltoPartners Switzerland. WHERE WERE YOU BORN, AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW? I was born in Gidrostroitel near Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan....
Ask Alto: Trends transforming workplaces in 2024: how ready are you?
27 February | “Sometimes it feels like we’re being punished for the freedom we had during the pandemic like our company wants to exert control pointedly. I feel they don’t trust me and that I’m being treated...
Succession planning in family-owned business takes trust and time : Extracts from Corinne Klajda’s Interview
22 February | Trust is the key factor in a successful leadership transition, says Corinne Klajda, Managing Partner Accord Polska / AltoPartners Poland. When the economy opened up after the fall of the Iron...
The Company We Keep : Petter Fafalios
21 February | Petter Fafalios is Equity Partner at Kingbird Executive Search and Country Manager for AltoPartners Norway. His main areas of focus include CxO and board member placements across leading industry...
From implementation to custodianship in family-owned businesses : Extracts from Sonal Agrawal and Toral Patel’s Interview
15 February | AltoPartners members in India Sonal Agrawal and Toral Patel have personal experience of family-owned businesses: they are the second-generation leadership of Accord India. Added to that, 70% of...
Executive Search Review : 2024 Hunt Scanlon Canadian Executive Recruiting Special Issue
12 February | Hunt Scanlon Media “Executive Search Review” has just released its 2024 Canadian Executive Recruiting Special Issue newsletter - Kevin Hall, Managing Partner AltoPartners Executive Search Canada,...
Long and respected history of family-owned businesses : Extracts from Carol Leonard’s Interview
12 February | Carol Leonard, Managing Partner The Inzito Partnership / AltoPartners UK, says there’s a long and respected history of family-owned businesses in the country. Over the course of that history, she...
Managing family-owned businesses in challenging times : Extracts from Ricardo Bäcker’s Interview
08 February | The Argentine economy is a mess. So says Ricardo Bäcker, whose firm in Argentina recently did a strategic exercise in which they acknowledged that the deterioration of the local economy had led to...
The Company We Keep : Sonal Agrawal
06 February | Have you ever considered the profound insight embedded in the phrase, ‘Tell me the company you keep, and I will tell you what you are’? This age-old adage suggests that our associations and the...
The AltoPartners Spotlight on Mining : Talent Strategies for an Industry in Transition 2024
05 February | The AltoPartners Spotlight on Mining : Talent Strategies for an Industry in Transition (February 2024)” - Download document The mining industry has long been considered to be a contributor to...
The Director’s Dilemma – February 2024 Edition
01 February | 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...
Ask Alto : What are agile leadership principles and how can they help businesses cope with rapid change in 2024?
30 January | A month into 2024, there’s no doubt that it is going to be a challenging year. On the geopolitical front, 2024 will be a record-breaking year for elections. The World Economic Forum says more than...
Founders crucial to successful succession planning in family-owned businesses : Extracts from Joo-Lee Aw’s Interview
25 January | Many of Joo-Lee Aw’s clients as part of her work in the AltoPartners partnership comprise family-owned businesses, ranging from mid-sized companies to internationalised entities worth several...
Succession planning in family-owned businesses starts with culture : Extracts from Santiago Solis Arias’s interview
18 January | For Santiago Solis, the question of culture is all important in working with family-owned businesses. The AltoPartner’s member in Colombia has been part of two succession planning exercises - one...
Ask Alto : What is a micro-credential and should it be added to your CV?
16 January | From an evening workshop at the local high school to an internal corporate management workshop, almost everyone has taken part in a short-term learning experience at some point in their life. Some...
International Parity At Work Day 2024
11 January | Late in 2023, Harvard University professor Claudia Goldin became the third woman ever to receive the Nobel prize for economics. She was also the first woman to win it solo. Her revolutionary...
Taking the long view in family-owned businesses : Extracts from Albert Froom’s Interview
08 January | Albert Froom, who heads up AltoPartners’ family-owned businesses practice, says this about family-owned businesses: The first generation builds the company up The second generation builds it out...