As part of our global survey, CDO Decoded: The First Wave of Chief Digital Officers Speak,
current and former digital executives sat down with us to help demystify the role.
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As part of our global survey, CDO Decoded: The First Wave of Chief Digital Officers Speak,
current and former digital executives sat down with us to help demystify the role.
At our second annual Fresh Start Executive Forum Breakfast, leaders gathered to discuss the future of personalized nutrition and the need for an interdisciplinary approach.
We asked 107 Chief Digital Officer to share their experience as first-generation CDOs.
Ed Schein, MIT Professor emeritus and social scientist, explains why we should forget everything we’ve been taught about leadership – and focus on getting to know each other.
Egon Zehnder's 2018 Global Board Diversity Tracker captures fourteen years of data on the world’s largest companies to see how much progress has actually been made on board diversity.
Egon Zehnder asked over 400 of the world’s top CEOs what it means to be an effective leader today
Executive Assessment & Development
Corporate leadership development programs aren’t working. Less than a quarter of executives at the organizations that have them think they’re effective. Evaluations of managers… Read more
Accelerated Integration
Onboarding is an apt term for how many companies support new leaders’ transitions, because – like helping someone onto a ship – there’s not… Read more
Paul Polman, who just stepped down as Unilever’s CEO, sat down with Egon Zehnder's Dominique Laffy to explain his take on how businesses should handle social responsibility and accountability.
Humility is a top requirement for the emerging workforce. Karl Alleman shares how both individuals and organizations can tap its potential in his latest piece for Fast Company.
What is a Chief Digital Officer? In Forbes, Lindsay Trout talks about our CDO Decoded research and how this new member of the C-Suite leads digital transformation.
Egon Zehnder’s Kristi Maynor discusses which C-Suite role exhibits key leadership factors most closely to the CEO.
To effectively execute your ambitious business goals, you need a Human Capital Strategy. Benito Cachinero shares four pillars of building this strategy in his latest piece for IESE Insight.
Sarah Van Dyck joins the Safe for Work podcast to discuss how to ask for what you really want out of a job.
Egon Zehnder's Pallavi Kathuria discusses the shift in why organizations are looking for ethical and humble leaders.
A group of women directors of industrial boards share advice for how boards should think about hiring.
The telecom industry has undergone a massive digital transformation and will continue to evolve as new technologies emerge and digital executives drive new business strategies. Chief Digital Officers, Chief Innovation Officers, Chief Information Officers, Chief Analytics Officers and other digital executives are playing prominent roles within organizations, but many of these executives face significant challenges in these new roles.
As part of Egon Zehnder's global survey on CDOs, Julia Van der Ploeg, Hyatt's Global Head of Digital, shares what it takes to lead… Read more
World Economic Focum (WEF) Africa was a great opportunity to think and reflect and truly reinforced that people are our greatest asset. Read more
Diversity & Inclusion
Based on the progress and dynamics at play in five Latin American countries, we developed some actions to take to speed up progress. Read more
CEO Search & Succession
Leading in today’s complex, uncertain world presents challenges that no amount of preparation can completely take into account. How CEOs are seeking regular, reliable… Read more
CEO Search & Succession
How are engineering and construction (E&C) companies finding CEO talent and what type of background should the CEO have? Read more
Board Advisory
Philip Aiken, Chair of Aveva & Balfour Beatty, joined to discuss M&A and integration from the board perspective. Read more
Board Advisory
While proxy advisors and boards share the same goal of improving corporate governance in U.S. companies, there is still one big question: Has the… Read more
Private Equity
Joining a private equity board has its upsides, but it’s not for everyone: this type of board service also carries plenty of risk. What… Read more
As part of Egon Zehnder's global survey on CDOs, Gibu Thomas, PepsiCo Head of Global eCommerce, shares the traits needed to take on a… Read more
Innophos' VP of Marketing discusses the future of personalized nutrition and the need for an interdisciplinary approach. Read more
Hosted by Melody Meyer and Egon Zehnder, 11 board directors joined us for our third dinner for women on industrial boards. The topics spanned… Read more
Video interview with Mario Ferruzzi, Food Science & Nutrition Professor at North Carolina State University, on the future of personalized nutrition and the need… Read more
FONA International President discusses the future of personalized nutrition and the need for an interdisciplinary approach. Read more
Egon Zehnder's Jason Hecker sat down with Nextfoods Inc. CEO Alan Murray to discuss the future of personalized nutrition and the need for an… Read more
Jason Hecker sat down with Dr. Rachel Cheatham, Founder of Foodscape Group, to discuss the future of personalized nutrition and the need for an… Read more
Diversity & Inclusion
Insights and solutions from our over 30 events around the world in 2019 that you can employ in your organization and your own life. Read more
Leadership Solutions
Benito Cachinero discusses human capital strategy on Wharton Business School's radio series, Leadership in Action. Read more
Zaki Fasihuddin, CEO of Volvo Cars Ventures and former digital executive at McDonald's, discusses what it really means to transform global corporations for the… Read more
Board Advisory
Investors are continuing their push for board diversity in the 2019 proxy season that was set into motion two years ago. More investors are… Read more
Strategy consultant and author Peter Schein, co-author of “Humble Leadership” which he wrote together with his father Ed Schein, on psychological safety, matrix leadership,… Read more
Ed Schein, MIT Professor emeritus and the father of organizational development, explains why we should forget everything we’ve been taught about leadership – and… Read more
Consumer
As food industry leaders continue to understand the power and potential of personalized nutrition, they are challenged with bringing together scientific expertise and marketing… Read more
Paul Polman, who just stepped down as Unilever’s CEO, sat down with Egon Zehnder's Dominique Laffy to explain his take on how businesses should… Read more
Technology Officers
While companies expect their CTOs to have a PhD, they often make the mistake of trying to develop a scientist into a business person.… Read more