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Are Australia’s foreign CEOs the tip of the iceberg?

The Executive Search discipline is increasingly international. If you need proof, we just need to look at the ethnic make up of...
31 January, 2020 /

AI, EI, Experience and Intuition

I have just returned from the annual Asia Pacific conference and network meeting in Hong Kong. This is one of three major...
28 October, 2019 /

10 Obstacles for Executive Search in 2020

2020 is shaping as a watershed for the executive search industry, but perhaps more importantly, if we look at likely...
08 October, 2019 /

Grow or Consolidate?

This is one question facing business leaders year after year. There is a tag line going around amongst consultants “growth is...
30 September, 2019 /

New challenges and opportunities in executive search

In Asia Pacific 75% of the executive search profession see globalisation and the increased mobility of talent as an opportunity.
23 September, 2019 /

RESILIENCE, confidence and pivots - What leaders need

Returning this week to the insights from the Mindshop 2019 business leader report, our third key insight is that business...
28 August, 2019 /