All You Need to Know About a Chief Growth Officer
In a fluctuating economy, more companies are looking to expand their market reach, and they’re turning to Chief Growth Officers (CGOs) for guidance. According to a recent analysis from LinkedIn, CGOs are ranked fifth among the fastest-growing marketing and sales roles in the U.K. Similar studies from LinkedIn indicate that hiring for CGOs increased by
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Characteristics of a Competent Board Member
Your company’s board of directors sets the tone for the entire organization. They’ll decide when to bring on new executives and establish specific objectives for various departments to work toward. Typically, their experience in prior executive leadership roles gives them the perspective they need to liaise directly with senior leadership while still maintaining their independence
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6 M&A Challenges to Be Aware of in 2023
M&As are attractive to companies seeking to scale or expand their organization quickly without needing to establish their own foothold in a new market. Businesses that have already “done the work” and align well with an acquiring company’s strategy are often targets of M&A’s, especially those with attributes that reduce their monetary value, like operating
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Why Employers Can’t Afford to Let DE&I Initiatives Go
With predictions of an impending recession becoming louder and louder, more companies are seeking ways to reduce expenses and protect their profits. Often, some of the first things to go are human resources programs like leadership and diversity training. Nearly three years after the mass protests that shook the U.S. in 2020 — brought on
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How to Choose the Right Leader in an ESOP
ESOP companies are unique among their publicly or privately owned business counterparts. Instead of the company being led by outside shareholders or other investors, its employees retain most of the organization’s ownership, and they typically participate in significant decisions that can impact the company’s future. When an ESOP company seeks outside leadership to guide its
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The Ethics of Personality Tests in the Hiring Process
You’ve likely taken a personality test at some point in your life. Whether the test was part of a classroom assignment, taken with friends, or given during an employer’s hiring process, you probably learned a few things about yourself. Personality tests aim to give individuals insight into their behaviors and actions. For instance, you might
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Changing CEO Priorities in 2023
The past three years have served as a test for even the sturdiest of organizations in ways we couldn’t have possibly dreamed of ten years ago. The widespread panic that began in 2020 resulting from the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic tested the mettle of senior leaders, causing them to shut their office doors and
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Women Outrank Males in Key Leadership Traits
Pew Research Center recently released a study regarding women in leadership roles, finding that women have led 7.4% of Fortune 500 companies and held nearly 30% of board member roles. Although those statistics indicate that women still fell well below male leadership rankings, they do show substantial progress. As relatively recently as 1995, not a
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Cowen Partners Executive Origin Series
Have you ever wondered how a company’s leadership team attained their positions? What journey they took to get where they are? The Executive Origin Series by Cowen Partners Executive Search, a global executive search firm, shares the personal journeys of purpose-driven executives with emerging leaders and peers who share similar aspirations. Through this series, Cowen
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Driving Efficiency & Productivity as an Operations Leader
Over the past three years, companies experienced major macroeconomic shocks that forced them to adapt to a rapidly changing environment. The COVID-19 pandemic was the first shake-up that forced organizations to shut down offices and allow employees to work from home. Next, disruptions in the supply chain led to widespread shortages of critical components necessary
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