Acquiring the right talent or obtaining the correct career move can be a little arduous and daunting method for anyone. Moreover, when you work in a high-profile industry or sector and are looking for a unique set of specialist skills, the process becomes even more difficult. Hiring new workers can…...
How Covid-19 Changed the Way We Look at Hiring
The only way to win in a post-Covid-19 world is to relentlessly focus on creating the best team possible. This has always been important during periods of economic contraction and business uncertainty. The difference now is that the rewards and the risks have never been greater. Covid-19’s disruptions, a shortage of in-demand…...
Working From Home Is Here to Stay (for the Better)
Thanks to the pandemic, we have a once-in-a-lifetime reset on the way we work. After a forced evacuation from workplaces in March of 2020, 50% of employees now say they don’t want to go back to the office full time. The bird is out of the cage. We have tasted freedom —…...
Beside Every Great CEO Stands A Strategic CFO
Gone are the days where the CFO title was synonymous with a shy number cruncher tucked away in a distant (and lonely) finance department. The ideal business partnership now involves striking the balance between an extremely ambitious, fearless, go-getter CEO coupled with an equally grounded strategic CFO. Each position has…...
13 Signs You’re Applying For The Wrong Jobs
What if all this while you’ve been applying for the wrong jobs, and that’s the reason your job search has not been working? Sure, after so many late-night resume revisions without any job offer to show for it, it can be tempting to wonder if getting a new job is…...
Why soft skills are becoming ever more important to businesses
Interpersonal skills, empathy and resilience are strongly desired by employers as they look towards business recovery. Riccarda Zezza discusses how these ‘soft’ skills can be developed in every day life. With advances in technology and societal priorities, jobs are constantly evolving – meaning it’s now near-impossible to just learn one…...
Cracking The C-Suite’s Glass Ceiling
There’s good news and bad news in the fight for gender equality in Corporate America. The good news: according to a new Korn Ferry study, the percentage of female executives (identified as vice president and above) has risen considerably in the last five years, from 31 percent in 2016 to 39…...
The Importance of A-Level Talent
Attracting and retaining top performing executives is the true lifeblood of successful organizations. Yet identifying and attracting them can be a challenging endeavor. Top performers, in leadership roles, will deliver about 50 percent more than the average and will improve their organization’s competitive position. But according to McKinsey & Company,…...
Executive Assistants…the Secret Weapon of Highly Productive Executives!
Executive assistants play an important role in any company’s hierarchy and are often considered as the right-hand for highly productive corporate executives. An efficient executive assistant manages a range of duties and is responsible for various tasks as well as providing high-level administrative support to the company’s top executives. A…...
Getting Leadership Team Composition Right
As we have mentioned in other articles, leadership teams are not and should not be like any other team in an organization. Knowingly or unknowingly, they create the conditions for their organizations to either thrive or flounder. Because the stakes are so high it is absolutely critical for CEOs to…...
4 Strategies For Executives Who Are Job Searching During COVID-19
The number of people who are unemployed due to COVID-19 is sky-high. From mid-March to early May, more than 30 million people in the U.S. filed for unemployment benefits. And, unfortunately, that number just keeps growing. When you combine that with all of the uncertainty around what life and business will…...
How to Attract Top Talent
Whether you own your own business or work for a large company, the hiring process is one that causes stress across the board. Many of my clients worry that they won’t be able to find the best person for the job. Someone who not only has the skills that the job…...
Improving Diversity in Remote Work Environment
The pandemic presented significant challenges this past year. Many employees had to live and work at home while socially distanced from close family and friends. Companies also had to adjust by moving to remote work environments to keep employees safe while still responding to issues surrounding equity, diversity, and inclusion.…...
Find Your Digital Executive Presence
What does it mean to project good leadership over a computer screen? Over the last year, digital communication has become the bedrock of our work lives, whether we like it or not. With the global pandemic forcing many of us into long term remote work arrangements, we can no longer…...
Top Executive Jobs in High Demand for 2021
ON Partners’ annual list of the top executive jobs that are expected to be in demand in the coming year takes on a new twist for 2021. With COVID-19 having upended the business landscape, the search firm surveyed its consultants about the positions that will be critical to helping organizations survive and…...
How to Stay Positive in Executive Job Search
Even in the best of times, job hunting can be daunting, challenging and stressful. It can can wreak havoc on your emotional state and self-esteem. Is a positive executive job search experience even possible for most people? As I write this, we’ve been dealing with the pandemic for one year.…...
