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Through our blog posts, we share insight into our latest thinking. We strive to provide answers to the questions that are important to our clients.
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10.03.19About to Do Your Next Board Evaluation? Add Input...
By: Paul C. Winum
‘Tis the season when most boards are preparing to conduct their required annual evaluation. Recently, EY’s Center for Board Matters published a brief about how Fortune 100 companies are evolving their board evaluations and disclosures.
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09.26.19Journey to the Top: Developing African American...
By: Lawrence James, Jr.
There is no doubt that there is still much to be done in regards to increasing diversity within the workplace in general and especially within senior executive ranks. The dearth of African Americans in the uppermost corporate leadership roles is especially stark.
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09.19.19Vetting Executive Coaches
By: Jessica Bigazzi Foster
Perspectives on executive coaches have changed dramatically over the last 20 years. The stigma of coaching as a last-ditch effort to save a derailing executive has given way to an acknowledgment of its role as an important element of the support system that increases the effectiveness of senior leaders.
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09.11.19Successful CEO Transitions: Ensuring a Smooth...
By: Deborah P. Rubin, By: Paul C. Winum
CEO changes are often associated with the exit of other senior-level executives due to disapproval of the incoming chief executive, loyalty to the old CEO, or changes to the brain trust the new CEO enacts upon succession.
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09.05.19Board Governance Dimensions: Which Correlate Most...
By: Kristen Gilson, By: Jeff Kirschner, By: Paul C. Winum
Beyond fulfilling a compliance requirement, board evaluations can be a great tool for helping boards elevate the value they contribute to the organizations they govern. The process for conducting board evaluations usually involves a survey of directors with questions about a range of governance practices.
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08.27.19Executive Assessment—More Than a Risk Mitigation Tool
By: Steven Gilbert
Executive assessment is a commonplace tool used by organizations to make informed decisions on hiring critical talent. There are many variations out there, but most established human capital consulting firms use a multimethod approach.
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08.20.19Mastering Oscillation: How Peak Performance in...
By: David Astorino
Witnessing some of the greatest athletes of all time perform at their very best late into their careers should give all of us pause.
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08.13.19Change the Story, Change the Actions, Change the...
By: Cristina Jimenez
If you are like me and are wondering how it only takes minutes for thirty-two people to die and fifty-one to be injured in two mass shootings in less than 24 hours, then you probably continue to be in shock over the state of violence in the United States.
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08.06.19Why is Company Execution Suffering?
By: Steven Gilbert
I’m a generic sport fan. I have my favorites but want you to continue reading so will keep my biases under wraps. Historically there have been certain teams that have been dominant dynasties.
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07.30.19Naomi Titleman—Talent Strategist, Future of Work...
By: Guy M. Beaudin
Naomi Titleman is founder and principal of Collaborativity Leadership Advisory, a Toronto-based consultancy focused on driving progressive talent strategy in this new world of work.