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A New Model For Digital Competencies | CULTURE
As Peter Drucker famously said: “culture eats strategy for breakfast.” The fast-moving and complex environment of digitization is no exception to the rule. For a digital strategy to grow and flourish, it must be rooted in a working culture that is developed and exemplified by a progressive CIO.Read More
As Peter Drucker famously said: “culture eats strategy for breakfast.” The fast-moving and complex environment of digitization is no...Read More
Covid 19 | An Industrial Evolution? CEO Interview
In a new world marked by COVID-19, industry is facing unprecedented pressure from all sides to maintain production, job stability and wealth creation. Politically and socially that pressure often takes on a protectionist, national focus. But for some leaders this is the moment to reinforce the progress made by...Read More
In a new world marked by COVID-19, industry is facing unprecedented pressure from all sides to maintain production, job stability and...Read More
A new model for digital competencies 2 - Organization
A New Model For Digital Competencies | ORGANIZATION
Navigating the organizational terrain of digitization is an uphill struggle for digital leaders. Our 2019 study exploring Digitization on Boards revealed that almost half (45%) experience a lack of dynamism and speed. Structures are fragmented or over-complex, say 55%. And around 35% have trouble identifying and...Read More
Navigating the organizational terrain of digitization is an uphill struggle for digital leaders. Our 2019 study exploring Digitization on...Read More
Restarting Engines in the Heart of Europe
Covid 19 - Restarting the Engines in the Heart of Europe
As business emerges from a punishing lockdown, how can the engines be re-started, especially when there is no clear operating manual? The lockdown/re-start dynamic will present a considerable challenge for Belgium, the country in the heart of Europe that is home to a flourishing international business community, NATO...Read More
As business emerges from a punishing lockdown, how can the engines be re-started, especially when there is no clear operating manual? The...Read More
When Wisdom is Put to the Test
When Wisdom is Put to the Test
Leaders worldwide currently face career-defining struggles to invoke wise decision-making during the COVID-19 pandemic. From the logistics of medical and food supply chains, to the subtleties of mass communication in a time of crisis, now more than ever, wise leadership is key to sustainable and legitimate...Read More
Leaders worldwide currently face career-defining struggles to invoke wise decision-making during the COVID-19 pandemic. From the logistics...Read More
A new model for digital competencies 1 - Strategy
A New Model For Digital Competencies | STRATEGY
To say that many non-tech organizations are struggling with digitization is probably an understatement. Implementing digitization at the right time with the right results is a huge task. It demands exceptional leaders, bridgebuilders fluent not just in digital, but in strategy engineering. This duality leads to a big...Read More
To say that many non-tech organizations are struggling with digitization is probably an understatement. Implementing digitization at the...Read More
The Short Term Is the New Long Term
The world of disruption we’re living in means CEOs need to engage in ‘live planning’, allowing their company to adapt to change rather than fading away, Federico Cúneo, Chairman of Amrop, tells Semana Económica. Read More
The world of disruption we’re living in means CEOs need to engage in ‘live planning’, allowing their company to adapt to change rather than...Read More
Joining a Storm-hit Crew - Tips for Managing Executive Onboarding
Joining a Storm-hit Crew - Tips for Managing the Executive's Onboarding
Surprising though it may seem at the current time, senior executives are continuing to accept job offers, and are getting to sit in their new chairs for the first time. This said, they’re more likely to be occupying their old chairs at home, preparing meals and homeschooling the kids. How can we manage onboarding in...Read More
Surprising though it may seem at the current time, senior executives are continuing to accept job offers, and are getting to sit in their...Read More
Self Isolation - Letting the Light into the Room
Are you or your staff in isolation? As the coronavirus escalates, let’s take a look at what being grounded might be doing to your mood, and how to lighten the mental load.Read More
Are you or your staff in isolation? As the coronavirus escalates, let’s take a look at what being grounded might be doing to your mood, and...Read More
Amrop - Covid 19 Video Interviewing
Remotely Possible - Top 10 Tips for Video Interviews
As the first country to be hit by Covid-19, and having experienced an intensive lockdown, China has taken the lead in finding ways to keep key activities running. This extends to Executive Search, interviewing and hiring. How can we push forward with candidate interviewing through these difficult times? Amrop China's...Read More
As the first country to be hit by Covid-19, and having experienced an intensive lockdown, China has taken the lead in finding ways to keep...Read More
Covid 19: 10 steps to Managing Uncertainty
Covid-19: 10 steps to managing uncertainty
At Amrop, we believe that every problem contains a hidden opportunity. In times of difficulty, the way you treat your employees, clients, investors, business partners and suppliers is critical. It will be reflected in their loyalty and the quality of your relationships after the situation has passed. And this...Read More
At Amrop, we believe that every problem contains a hidden opportunity. In times of difficulty, the way you treat your employees, clients,...Read More
Trends in India Pharma industry executive talent implications
Pharma India 2030: Trends and Talent
India’s pharmaceutical industry is at a crossroads. Over the last few years, growth rate in Rupee terms has decelerated to mid-single digits. The rate of introduction of new products has also slowed. If volume growth is also slowing slightly, it continues to be reasonably robust. India’s pharma leaders are highly...Read More
India’s pharmaceutical industry is at a crossroads. Over the last few years, growth rate in Rupee terms has decelerated to mid-single...Read More
Wise Leadership AI C-Suite Executives
Wise Leadership & AI: Making Friends with the Machines
Only 28% of digital executives recently surveyed by Amrop agree their boards fully understand the meaning and scope of digital — let alone AI. Yet digital leaders know that the relationships between humans and AI have vast potential. Getting it right will mean better using the strengths of each and optimizing the...Read More
Only 28% of digital executives recently surveyed by Amrop agree their boards fully understand the meaning and scope of digital — let alone...Read More
Amrop Digital Boards Assessment
Digitization on Boards III: The View From the Frontlines
As digitization is reshaping business in the most fundamental ways, there are major gaps between knowing and doing. Especially in non-tech organizations, digital representation at board level has remained low over the past few years. And in the background, young, agile digital organizations will continue to consume...Read More
As digitization is reshaping business in the most fundamental ways, there are major gaps between knowing and doing. Especially in non-tech...Read More
Wise Leadership & AI
Wise Leadership & AI: Behind the Scenes of the Machines
Neural networks, inspired by our brain’s architecture, are scoring spectacular successes in gaming and pattern recognition. If you’re an iPhone X or advanced Android user, you’ll already find it pretty normal that the device can actually identify your face. This is just one example of ‘principal component analysis’ –...Read More
Neural networks, inspired by our brain’s architecture, are scoring spectacular successes in gaming and pattern recognition. If you’re an...Read More
The Case for Sustainable Board Evaluation
Today’s emphasis on wise (ethical and sustainable) business practice raises questions surrounding the current approach to board evaluation. To what extent is it supporting ‘sustainable Board governance’? Read More
Today’s emphasis on wise (ethical and sustainable) business practice raises questions surrounding the current approach to board evaluation...Read More
Executive Recruitment Digital Transformation Talent Management
Understand the Tech and Partner Up: How Digital Helped a Legacy Multinational Become a Modern Employer
Today’s top talent leaders are facing unprecedented pressure to digitize fast or fall behind. While most clearly recognize the case for change, barely a third feel confident about digital HR applications such as analytics and AI (KPMG 2019). What are the growing pains and successes experienced by HR strategists on the...Read More
Today’s top talent leaders are facing unprecedented pressure to digitize fast or fall behind. While most clearly recognize the case for...Read More
Future Leadership Executive Search Denmark
New Adventurous Leadership
This report is about mega trends, the future rules of business and building new leadership teams that will create exponential growth in a world of endless business opportunities. Read More
This report is about mega trends, the future rules of business and building new leadership teams that will create exponential growth in a...Read More
Working With Executive Search Consultants
9 Keys For Candidates Working With Executive Search Consultants
In his pursuit of a new role, Patrick had dealt with five executive search firms and his experience had been less than positive. He had secured a meeting with two, and the other three had failed to respond to his emails or return his calls. He had been proactive and dynamic in staying in touch, he thought. Yet after...Read More
In his pursuit of a new role, Patrick had dealt with five executive search firms and his experience had been less than positive. He had...Read More
AI Future Leadership
Wise Leadership and AI: Can We Trust AI to Tame Complexity?
A runaway streetcar is moving towards five people lying on the track. You can choose to re-direct it to a side-track, killing one person who is lying on the side-track, and saving the five, or do nothing. What happens when a self-driving car, meeting an unavoidable collision, has to algorithmically choose whether to...Read More
A runaway streetcar is moving towards five people lying on the track. You can choose to re-direct it to a side-track, killing one person...Read More
Quality Executive Search Firms
Boardroom Talent: How Can Executive Search Do Better?
Executive search consultants are extremely discreet; their clients and candidates need them to be. For Amrop’s Eelco van Eijck, one undesirable consequence is that clients lack a clear view of his profession. And that the sector feels insufficient incentive to apply professional and behavioral rules, or develop its...Read More
Executive search consultants are extremely discreet; their clients and candidates need them to be. For Amrop’s Eelco van Eijck, one...Read More
Lifelong Learning: Executive Careers Leadership
Lifelong Learning: Executive Hazards Ahead - Keep your Dissonance
A venerable multinational is forced to search in unusual places to reverse a creeping decline, and emerges stronger than ever. After a series of painful experiences, a senior executive questions his assumptions and unearths invaluable lessons. His quest for lifelong learning begins. Read More
A venerable multinational is forced to search in unusual places to reverse a creeping decline, and emerges stronger than ever. After a...Read More
Executive Careers Amrop Recruitment Firm
I Am My Biggest Project: New Horizons For Executives - Chapter 4
A career is just one part of life, one of its many roles. And we know that life is rarely a freeway without bends, bumps, or obstacles - it’s a winding and complicated road. The important thing is the resilience that gives us the courage to fight adversity and continue our journey.Read More
A career is just one part of life, one of its many roles. And we know that life is rarely a freeway without bends, bumps, or obstacles - it...Read More
Amrop Mid-Caps Study C-suite Recruitment
Welcome to the Flight Deck - The Human Dimension of Globalizing Mid-Caps
This report is your personal invitation to enter the Flight Deck of today’s globalizing mid-caps. To hear what C-suite leaders are confidentially revealing - in their own words.Read More
This report is your personal invitation to enter the Flight Deck of today’s globalizing mid-caps. To hear what C-suite leaders are...Read More
Amrop Confirmed As Executive Search Leader in Romania
Amrop has been confirmed as a top executive search player in Romania by reported financial results. The firm features in the latest annual edition of Major Companies in Romania (Professional Services, Executive Search), published by doingbusiness.ro.Read More
Amrop has been confirmed as a top executive search player in Romania by reported financial results. The firm features in the latest annual...Read More
Energy Transition Strategies Sustainability Renewables
Energy Transition: Strategies and Insights From the C-Suite
The scale of the energy transition is unparalleled and will affect all sectors, some dramatically. Ever more companies are seeing the opportunities: innovation and efficiency have helped put the green energy business case on the map. Yet these cannot be isolated efforts, but rather require collaboration between...Read More
The scale of the energy transition is unparalleled and will affect all sectors, some dramatically. Ever more companies are seeing the...Read More
Executive Careers Transitions Amrop
I Am My Biggest Project: New Horizons For Executives - Chapter 3
When we reach the summit of our career, we feel a sense of completeness and accomplishment. It dawns on us that we’ve finally achieved everything we aspired to. The air suddenly and magically feels oxygenated, clearer. It’s as if we have become lighter, floating on the top of a mountain. Read More
When we reach the summit of our career, we feel a sense of completeness and accomplishment. It dawns on us that we’ve finally achieved...Read More
Amrop Executive Recruitment Leadership AI
Wise Leadership and AI: New Intelligence, New Leadership
Intelligent behavior has long been considered a uniquely human attribute. But as computer science and IT networks progress exponentially, artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly standing out as the transformational technology of our age. From industry 4.0 outwards, human and artificial intelligence may compete...Read More
Intelligent behavior has long been considered a uniquely human attribute. But as computer science and IT networks progress exponentially,...Read More
Wealth Management Digital Leadership Executive Search
Digital Leadership in Wealth Management
As a rule, management positions at larger asset managers and private banks are only reached by people who have a practical track record, or training, in digitization.Read More
As a rule, management positions at larger asset managers and private banks are only reached by people who have a practical track record, or...Read More
Amrop Executive Careers Recruitment Personal Marketing
I Am My Biggest Project: New Horizons For Executives - Chapter 2
Maria da Glória Riberio, Managing Partner of Amrop Portugal, has spent two decades interviewing and learning from business leaders. In this 2nd article based on her well-received book, Maria translates some core principles of strategic marketing into self-marketing - presenting ourselves to the right audience, in a...Read More
Maria da Glória Riberio, Managing Partner of Amrop Portugal, has spent two decades interviewing and learning from business leaders. In this...Read More
Amrop Executive Careers Recruitment
I Am My Biggest Project: New Horizons For Executives - Chapter 1
If ‘I am my biggest project’, and other people are affected by its outcomes, I’d do well to know myself. But building this relationship is a lifelong exercise. It takes sincerity, authenticity and self-regulation.Read More
If ‘I am my biggest project’, and other people are affected by its outcomes, I’d do well to know myself. But building this relationship is...Read More
Personal Governance 8 - Principle 7: Reputation
Managers with good Personal Governance carefully cultivate their personal reputation, and by association, the reputation of their organization. Doing so has never been more critical. Read More
Managers with good Personal Governance carefully cultivate their personal reputation, and by association, the reputation of their...Read More
Amrop Board Recruitment Executive Search Firm
Case Study: New Supervisory Board in the Fast-Changing Postal Sector
In 2017 the government of Ukraine identified a set of legal reforms to be implemented in the country’s postal industry, reflecting the latest sector developments and ensuring compliance with the recently-signed Ukraine–EU Memorandum of Understanding. The Program is strongly supported by international organizations,...Read More
In 2017 the government of Ukraine identified a set of legal reforms to be implemented in the country’s postal industry, reflecting the...Read More
CEO and CHRO working together Stora Enso
Joining Forces: What happens when the CEO and CHRO work hand-in-hand?
For a CEO, it is ever more critical to understand and build on the different perspectives that impact success: customers, competitors, partners, employees. As the pace of change quickens, one needs to act on this 'diversity of thought', moving swiftly and daring to make mistakes. Yet being this curious, open and...Read More
For a CEO, it is ever more critical to understand and build on the different perspectives that impact success: customers, competitors,...Read More
Talent Strategy Executive Recruitment Firm Amrop
The Age of No Age: It’s all in the eye of the beholder
When it comes to senior talent management and board composition, why do we think of ‘old’ age the way we do? Fredy Hausammann, Managing Partner of Amrop Switzerland, argues that it’s time to ring the changes in a maturing world.Read More
When it comes to senior talent management and board composition, why do we think of ‘old’ age the way we do? Fredy Hausammann, Managing...Read More
Board Recruiting Consultant
Cash or Continuity? When the investors come knocking
When eager suitors enter the arena, what should the rules of the game be? Short-term profit maximization for shareholders, or longer-term value optimization for stakeholders? When your company is offered a high stock price or an otherwise-tempting proposition, shouldn’t shareholders accept? Or is the reality more...Read More
When eager suitors enter the arena, what should the rules of the game be? Short-term profit maximization for shareholders, or longer-term...Read More
Amrop Digital Executive Recruitment Firm
Are Boards Ready For Digital Disruption? Digitization on Boards 2nd Edition
The pressures surrounding digital disruption and security are intensifying. And the digitization debate is gathering pace. Yet when it comes to exactly how organizations are addressing digitization, the picture remains fragmented and multiple questions surround its role.Read More
The pressures surrounding digital disruption and security are intensifying. And the digitization debate is gathering pace. Yet when it...Read More
Management Versus Leadership Executive Recruiting Firm Europe
Management Versus Leadership
In times of Industry 4.0, the Internet of Things, etc., managers need more than ever before to be adaptable, open to change in leadership culture, and break with old patterns if they are to succeed as leaders.Read More
In times of Industry 4.0, the Internet of Things, etc., managers need more than ever before to be adaptable, open to change in leadership...Read More
New Competition Executive Search Firm Vienna
Best Friends, Toughest Opponents
Companies must learn to cooperate as well as compete if they’re to survive in an increasingly digitized world, says the Managing Partner of Amrop Jenewein, Günther Tengel. And companies are advised to work together selectively, especially in the area of human resources. Read More
Companies must learn to cooperate as well as compete if they’re to survive in an increasingly digitized world, says the Managing Partner of...Read More
Competence Profiles Versus People
What causes digitization in the consulting market, why new data protection creates parallel worlds, and why Amrop Managing Partner Günther Tengel believes in a human renaissance in the age of the bot.Read More
What causes digitization in the consulting market, why new data protection creates parallel worlds, and why Amrop Managing Partner Günther...Read More
Amrop Executive Careers: The New Shape of Work
The New Shape of Work: Why the Only Way Up is No Longer Up
Any credible career should follow an uninterrupted, upward trajectory, or so the assumption goes. Many hiring organizations, executive search firms and leadership candidates still exercise this kind of ‘up or out’ thinking. Yet a growing number of successful executives are seriously questioning What’s Next. Read More
Any credible career should follow an uninterrupted, upward trajectory, or so the assumption goes. Many hiring organizations, executive...Read More
Amrop Personal Governance Executive Leadership
Personal Governance 7 - Principal 6: Personal Interests and Passions
If your Personal Governance is in good shape, your life won't begin and end at the office. You will be known as someone who cultivates strong interests - passions, even - besides your heavy professional commitments. You may also be a rarity. Read More
If your Personal Governance is in good shape, your life won't begin and end at the office. You will be known as someone who cultivates...Read More
Amrop Cyber Security Digital Recruitment
Cyber Security: Data Privacy
How Boards Can Safeguard Digital Assets Today For Success TomorrowRead More
How Boards Can Safeguard Digital Assets Today For Success TomorrowRead More
Amrop Tony Schwartz Interview - Leadership The Art of the Real
The Art of the Real: An Interview with Tony Schwartz
In 1985, Tony Schwartz ghost-wrote The Art of the Deal, the book that sold over a million copies and turned Trump into a household name. That experience was one of the drivers that steered Schwartz away from journalism to build an ‘energy consultancy’. He founded The Energy Project in 2003 to train executives in...Read More
In 1985, Tony Schwartz ghost-wrote The Art of the Deal, the book that sold over a million copies and turned Trump into a household name....Read More
Amrop 40th Anniversary: 4 Decades of Leadership
Amrop 40th Anniversary: 4 Decades of Leadership
Leaders for What Was, for What’s Now and for What’s Next – as Amrop celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2017, find out what Amrop Partners, young entrepreneurs and senior business thinkers have to say about 4 decades of leadership.Read More
Leaders for What Was, for What’s Now and for What’s Next – as Amrop celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2017, find out what Amrop Partners,...Read More
Amrop - Wising Up: Smart Decisions or Sustainable Decisions?
Wising Up: Smart Decisions or Sustainable Decisions?
Today’s ethical, ecological and societal challenges call for executives who are not just accomplished and smart, but wise. Smart leaders become wise when they address and resolve the dilemmas of modern business in a holistic way. Hiring organizations should select leaders who not only create and capture economic value...Read More
Today’s ethical, ecological and societal challenges call for executives who are not just accomplished and smart, but wise. Smart leaders...Read More
Amrop Interview: Return on Character Pays Off
Return on Character Pays Off
Leadership takes opinions, attitude, integrity. Why many 45+ leaders step out (when they can), and many younger people don’t step up (or want to). Read More
Leadership takes opinions, attitude, integrity. Why many 45+ leaders step out (when they can), and many younger people don’t step up (or...Read More
Personal Governance 6 - Principle 5: Personal Development
Good Personal Governance incites lifelong personal development, or éducation permanente. This is a dynamic journey, linked to our personality development, aptitude for reflection, coping strategies, the way we communicate and interact, our ethics - and beyond. And managers must be shining examples. Read More
Good Personal Governance incites lifelong personal development, or éducation permanente. This is a dynamic journey, linked to our...Read More
Amrop Retail Customer Experience 2017
Customer Experience 2017: Retail Executives Deliver Their Verdict
Few dispute the competitive value of a great customer experience (CE). And yet, how are retail executives experiencing the organizational journey to excellence? Amrop surveyed a handpicked group of senior retail executives from 25 countries. Read More
Few dispute the competitive value of a great customer experience (CE). And yet, how are retail executives experiencing the organizational...Read More
From Disruption to Daylight: How leaders are travelling the digital change curve
The journey to digital, from the way you’ve always worked, to the way everyone else is beginning to work, can be viscerally shocking. The digital path leads senior executives through denial, anger, bargaining, depression, to acceptance. Read More
The journey to digital, from the way you’ve always worked, to the way everyone else is beginning to work, can be viscerally shocking. The...Read More
Amrop: The Challenging Role of Chairs
The Challenging Role of Chairs
In many countries, the role of the Chair is evolving. In all organizations, it is vital. Today there’s no shortage of prescriptions. But behind the guidelines, the task is filled with challenges. Amrop's Global Board Practice uncovers nine of them. Read More
In many countries, the role of the Chair is evolving. In all organizations, it is vital. Today there’s no shortage of prescriptions. But...Read More
Talent Advisor: Job Descriptions Will Disappear - A Press Interview
Günther Tengel, Managing Partner of Amrop Jenewein in Austria, discusses traditional job descriptions and the question of whether the system of the working world is toppling, or evolving in a relatively painless way. Read More
Günther Tengel, Managing Partner of Amrop Jenewein in Austria, discusses traditional job descriptions and the question of whether the...Read More
The Great Executive Rebrand: How Top Executives Are Rediscovering Their Core
More senior executives than ever are taking the opportunity to ‘rebrand’ themselves. In the past, that meant a visit to a stylist and a new mantra to practice in front of the mirror. Read More
More senior executives than ever are taking the opportunity to ‘rebrand’ themselves. In the past, that meant a visit to a stylist and a new...Read More
3D Printing: Is Germany in Need of a Re-boot?
Despite Germany’s pioneering role in developing 3D additive production techniques, and their adoption by the country’s larger players, top management in many of the companies who supply those organizations is still concerned about the risks associated with these new technologies. They are potentially losing sight of...Read More
Despite Germany’s pioneering role in developing 3D additive production techniques, and their adoption by the country’s larger players, top...Read More
Case Study: Independent Directors in Chile
All over the world, the role of independent directors is gaining ground: in terms of not only the letter but the spirit of regulation. Under Chilean corporate governance law, directorships of listed companies must be renewed or replaced every three years. The country’s six Pension Funds companies, grouped into the...Read More
All over the world, the role of independent directors is gaining ground: in terms of not only the letter but the spirit of regulation....Read More
Amrop Personal Governance 5: Pressure and Stress, Coping and Coaching
Personal Governance 5 - Principle 4: Pressure and Stress, Coping and Coaching
The CEO of a leading airline is hospitalized following a heart attack. The CEO of a global auto manufacturer collapses on stage after a “period of extensive travel.” And as a Canadian pharmaceuticals major faces criticism from lawmakers and two federal probes, its CEO is hospitalized with pneumonia. All three...Read More
The CEO of a leading airline is hospitalized following a heart attack. The CEO of a global auto manufacturer collapses on stage after a “...Read More
Amrop India Series: What's Next in Education?
Far from playing catch-up with India’s policy framework, India’s education sector is ahead of the game. Galvanized by private players, the rapid increase in demand for high quality education has transformed the education sector into a ‘sunrise’ sector. And a new category of demand is driving investment.Read More
Far from playing catch-up with India’s policy framework, India’s education sector is ahead of the game. Galvanized by private players, the...Read More
What’s Next in Turkey? A New Leadership Model For a Connected Age
We outline the challenges facing Turkey’s business leaders, through the lens of key indicators and cases, and the eyes of Amrop Partner Yeșim Toduk, whose two books exploring the changing face of business leadership in Turkey have received considerable attention in the country. Read More
We outline the challenges facing Turkey’s business leaders, through the lens of key indicators and cases, and the eyes of Amrop Partner...Read More
Nominations Committees a User Guide
Nominations Committees: A User Guide
It has become the norm for Boards to plough time and resources into remuneration and its spin-offs. The time has now come to deliberately engineer strategic, integrated human capital think tanks in the form of cutting-edge Nominations Committees. Read More
It has become the norm for Boards to plough time and resources into remuneration and its spin-offs. The time has now come to deliberately...Read More
Sequential Thinking is a Must
Talent Management: When it comes to finding tomorrow’s leaders, radical new ways forward will be needed, Amrop’s Günther Tengel advises. The curiosity and motivation of candidates will be decisive. Read More
Talent Management: When it comes to finding tomorrow’s leaders, radical new ways forward will be needed, Amrop’s Günther Tengel advises....Read More
Personal Governance 4 - Self-Reflection, Self-Assessment, Self-Regulation
Personal Governance 4 - Principle 3: Self-Reflection, Self-Assessment, Self-Regulation
In today’s turbulent and pressured environments, managers all too frequently find themselves in a metaphorical prison. They slavishly replay old thought patterns, trapped by static world views. Read More
In today’s turbulent and pressured environments, managers all too frequently find themselves in a metaphorical prison. They slavishly...Read More
The Re-Invention of Office Space: When Strategy Becomes Physical
Corporate leadership has to think in much broader terms today – not just about business strategy and people, but also about how those people engage and interconnect. This includes the physical space they inhabit: the office. The way in which it is structured for operation, and meets the needs of diverse groups, are...Read More
Corporate leadership has to think in much broader terms today – not just about business strategy and people, but also about how those...Read More
Amrop Personal Governance: Ethical Behavior
Personal Governance 3 - Principle 2: Ethical Behavior
With trust in business leadership at an all-time low, it’s not surprising that ethics has become such a common word in the lexicon. But what do ‘ethics’ actually mean for you, as a leader? In Part 3 of our series, we take a journey into the Second Principle of Personal Governance. In this tour of the often-confusing...Read More
With trust in business leadership at an all-time low, it’s not surprising that ethics has become such a common word in the lexicon. But...Read More
Crossing Over: The Role Transition From Consulting to Corporate
As anyone who has heard the joke about the consultant and the shepherd knows, professional services firms and corporate organizations often have a love-hate relationship. Yet they share one need – superlative leadership. How do both sides benefit from mixing DNA?Read More
As anyone who has heard the joke about the consultant and the shepherd knows, professional services firms and corporate organizations often...Read More
Amrop Personal Governance 2: Life Plan and Goals
Personal Governance 2: Life Plan and Goals
Just as a well-run organization has a guiding Mission, so do managers with good Personal Governance. This ‘Life Plan’ is an ongoing project, far-reaching and carefully orchestrated. It serves as a common thread, a ‘leitmotiv’, to guide, motivate and inspire executives through uncertainty and change, success and...Read More
Just as a well-run organization has a guiding Mission, so do managers with good Personal Governance. This ‘Life Plan’ is an ongoing project...Read More
Smart Factory, Smarter Leaders: Conversations with the C-Suite
What does the C-suite really think about the Smart Factory? Is it a true paradigm shift? Or a case of the ‘emperor’s new clothes’? How high is the topic on the strategic agenda? What are the implications for human capital? Finally, what could make for Smarter Leadership? To find out more, Amrop conducted confidential...Read More
What does the C-suite really think about the Smart Factory? Is it a true paradigm shift? Or a case of the ‘emperor’s new clothes’? How high...Read More
Viewpoint: Why Managers Leave Companies
The demographic curve is putting a squeeze on the talent pool of young leaders, and conditions in companies are contributing to dissatisfaction, says Amrop executive search consultant Günther Tengel.Read More
The demographic curve is putting a squeeze on the talent pool of young leaders, and conditions in companies are contributing to...Read More
Nominations Committee: Raising the Bar
As day-to-day listed business announcements reveal unexpected high-profile departures and last-minute recruitment scrambles, how can Nominations Committees take a more robust, strategic and wide-ranging approach to succession planning? Join the exploration by Amrop and Dina Medland.Read More
As day-to-day listed business announcements reveal unexpected high-profile departures and last-minute recruitment scrambles, how can...Read More
Personal Governance I: The Cornerstone of Corporate Governance and Leadership
Trust in leadership is at an all-time low. Tales of incompetence or negligence dominate business headlines. Other reports paint a grim picture of executives whose mental and physical health, private lives and values are collapsing under the sheer weight of information and work overload. How can senior managers make a...Read More
Trust in leadership is at an all-time low. Tales of incompetence or negligence dominate business headlines. Other reports paint a grim...Read More
The Leadership Contract
In this provocative article, Amrop guest writer Vince Molinaro, bestselling author of ‘The Leadership Contract,’ sets out four terms that all leaders must understand before signing up to the role. Next, Amrop Knightsbridge Managing Partner Brad Beveridge translates these into guidelines for executive hiring.Read More
In this provocative article, Amrop guest writer Vince Molinaro, bestselling author of ‘The Leadership Contract,’ sets out four terms that...Read More
Executive Recruitment Technology Mobile
Mobile Payments - New Market, New Leaders
The concept of MP is high on the corporate strategic agenda, impacting people’s daily lives. Individuals and organizations able to surf the waves of change are members of a privileged generation. MP is a booming business. Already in 2013, Gartner had predicted that the value of worldwide MP transactions would reach a...Read More
The concept of MP is high on the corporate strategic agenda, impacting people’s daily lives. Individuals and organizations able to surf the...Read More
Retailing omni channel e-commerce executives
Omni-Channel Retailing Champions
In Canada, a large and venerable mass-merchant faces a serious rethink in order to evolve its Customer Centricity from ‘art’ to ‘science.’ In China, the e-commerce team of a renowned retailer is confused and frustrated by constant changes in strategic direction. Even the best leaders face a host of challenges in the...Read More
In Canada, a large and venerable mass-merchant faces a serious rethink in order to evolve its Customer Centricity from ‘art’ to ‘science.’...Read More
Mining: Quest for Talent - Shifts, Stakes and Strategies
As the global economy emerged from the 2009 landslide, business re-engineering, mothballing mining plant and equipment, restricting mining to high-grade areas, restructuring and retrenchments were the order of the day to reduce costs and adapt to the lower-price environment. Still, the mining industry contributed...Read More
As the global economy emerged from the 2009 landslide, business re-engineering, mothballing mining plant and equipment, restricting mining...Read More
Leadership and the Brain III: Brain Olympics
In the third article in our series ‘Leadership and the Brain’, Amrop guest writer, neuroscientist Dr. Tara Swart, shares some intriguing and effective ways to lift our business brains from bronze, to silver, to gold-medal standard. If, in the corporate world, high-calibre self-awareness and self-belief are...Read More
In the third article in our series ‘Leadership and the Brain’, Amrop guest writer, neuroscientist Dr. Tara Swart, shares some intriguing...Read More
Leadership and the Brain II: A New Tool for Agility
In this second article in our series 'Leadership and the Brain', Amrop guest writer, neuroscientist Dr. Tara Swart, introduces her new tool for Leadership Agility. As the demands upon leaders reach dizzying levels, this science-based, compelling and simple platform will help senior executives understand and enhance...Read More
In this second article in our series 'Leadership and the Brain', Amrop guest writer, neuroscientist Dr. Tara Swart, introduces...Read More
Low Cost, High Stakes: Motivational Strategies for Hiring and Onboarding
The war for leadership talent, combined with pressure on executive compensation packages, is a challenging mix for hiring organizations. Meanwhile, cases of reckless risk-taking driven by dysfunctional motivation have damaged the reputation of many top managers and the organizations they lead. This kind of risk-taking...Read More
The war for leadership talent, combined with pressure on executive compensation packages, is a challenging mix for hiring organizations....Read More
The Courage to Change: Enhancing CEO Succession Through Stronger Board Leadership
It has become nearly impossible for boards to deny the importance of effective succession plans for their CEOs. The topic has been surveyed and case-studied to death. All this work has arrived at the same conclusion: succession management is a critical contributor to business success. It certainly makes you wonder why...Read More
It has become nearly impossible for boards to deny the importance of effective succession plans for their CEOs. The topic has been surveyed...Read More
Watching Me, Watching You: The Hidden Stakes of Leadership Assessment Post-M&A
A merger or acquisition is an enduring yet risky 'reboot' strategy for organizations. And the post-M...Read More
A merger or acquisition is an enduring yet risky 'reboot' strategy for organizations. And the post-M&A phase is pivotal....Read More
State Capitalism: A Transformational Tale From the Heart of Europe
Poland made its transition to post-communism in 1989. It is the only European economy to have posted consistent growth throughout Europe's recent recessional drought. This tale concerns the transformation of a group of state-owned behemoths in the hands of a generation of superlative leaders - people motivated not by...Read More
Poland made its transition to post-communism in 1989. It is the only European economy to have posted consistent growth throughout Europe...Read More
Transition coaching for incoming executives onboarding
Make or Break - Why Transition Coaching is Critical for Incoming Executives
Whether you are a senior executive facing your first months in a critical role, or a key internal stakeholder in an incoming leader's transition process, Amrop invites you to explore the emotional landscape facing every new entrant, and discover some keys to its successful navigation.Read More
Whether you are a senior executive facing your first months in a critical role, or a key internal stakeholder in an incoming leader's...Read More
Leadership and the Brain: A User's Guide to Empathy
As cave dwellers, co-operation improved the chances of our survival as a species, so the instinctive tendency for co-operation is deeply embedded in our brains. If this is the case, why is co-operation sometimes so difficult to establish? In this article, Amrop guest writer Dr. Tara Swart takes a look at the...Read More
As cave dwellers, co-operation improved the chances of our survival as a species, so the instinctive tendency for co-operation is deeply...Read More
CHRO new roles strategic talent management
The New CHRO: Balancing, Designing, Leading
Simultaneous shifts in environmental, regulatory, sustainability and geopolitical dimensions have transformed management and placed exceptional demands on leaders. If, as a consequence, human and leadership capital are an unprecedented source of competitive advantage for organizations, what are the implications for...Read More
Simultaneous shifts in environmental, regulatory, sustainability and geopolitical dimensions have transformed management and placed...Read More
Board Evaluation: A Shareholder's Guide
Supervisory and Executive Boards must act in the interests of their shareholders. Not exclusively, but sustainably. How can the owners of a company go about evaluating their highest representatives and their achievements? On what criteria should Boards expect to be evaluated, and self-evaluate?Read More
Supervisory and Executive Boards must act in the interests of their shareholders. Not exclusively, but sustainably. How can the owners of a...Read More
Board Seeks New CEO: How to Transform a CV into a Compelling Boardroom Presentation
How can top executives transform a lengthy CV into a compelling boardroom presentation?Read More
How can top executives transform a lengthy CV into a compelling boardroom presentation?Read More
Transaction to transformation working with executive search firms
From Transaction to Transformation: 16 Trustbuilding Keys for Hiring Companies & Search Firms
For a relationship between a hiring company and an executive search firm to bring sustainable added value, trust is essential to secure the expectation that a promise will be delivered upon. What trust-building attitudes and actions should we cultivate? We examine the senior executive search path - from foundation, to...Read More
For a relationship between a hiring company and an executive search firm to bring sustainable added value, trust is essential to secure the...Read More
Independent Directors
Be the Catalyst: 8 Ways for Directors to Be a Positive Force for Change
Spurred by shareholder activism, emphasis on shareholder value enhancement and the imperative to be a responsible corporate citizen, the demands on CEO and Board are becoming stringent. However, in many cases, Boardroom practices do not meet today's demands. What can independent directors do to participate effectively...Read More
Spurred by shareholder activism, emphasis on shareholder value enhancement and the imperative to be a responsible corporate citizen, the...Read More

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