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Bloomberg – Women Get Board Seats Mostly When It's Required by Law
A new study by Egon Zehnder reports, among countries that average three or more women on large company boards, all but one operate under government-mandated quota systems. This begs the question, should the diversity advocates that have been trying for two decades to sell the corporate world on gender balance in the boardroom be lobbying lawmakers instead?
NACD — Egon Zehnder's Lisa Blais Recognized as One of Most Influential Governance Professionals of 2018
Egon Zehnder's Lisa Blais Recognized as One of Most Influential Governance Professionals of 2018
People Management Magazine - HR Leaders Have to Take Charge of Their Development
Strong HR leadership has, by many measures, never been more important to business development. And yet, there aren’t enough candidates ready to lead. Gizem Weggemans, head of HR practice, and Karim Jalbout, head of technology, spoke with People Management on how the profession can bridge the gap.
Fortune — How Companies like Intuit, TD Securities, and Egon Zehnder Are Striving For Gender Equality
Egon Zehnder chairwoman Jill Ader discusses gender equality in her panel session at Fortune's Most Powerful Women Summit
MarketCurrents — Selling the Family Business: Letting Go While Preserving a Legacy
Families that control an enterprise over multiple generations have a lot more to consider than the average business owner. Egon Zehnder's Jennifer Pendergast shares how families should approach selling their business.
Directors & Boards — Is Your Board Tech-Ready?
Few boards have enough tech savvy in the boardroom and even fewer have tech committees. Egon Zehnder's Lindsay Trout shares what boards need to do to be tech-ready in today's world.
Security Roundtable — Making Boardroom Changes Today to Ensure a Cyber-Secure Tomorrow
Cyber risk experts Kal Bittianda, Selena Loh LaCroix, and William Houston explain why changes to improve security are necessary at the board level.
Harvard Business Review — The Key to Career Growth: Surround Yourself with People Who Will Push You
We typically spend at least two decades in our formal education, carefully choose our places of employment and invest significant time and effort in training. But we overlook one very key piece of the learning puzzle: surrounding ourselves with people who will push us to succeed in unexpected ways.
Security Roundtable — Millennials: An Urban Legend In Cybersecurity
It’s tempting to over-generalize when it comes to Millennials, especially with cybersecurity concerns. But Egon Zehnder's Global Head of Cybersecurity says these Millennials, or "Digital Natives" have a different perspective on things like SSNs posted online because they’re already out there.
Harvard Business Review — From Curious to Competent
For 30 years, Egon Zehnder has been in the business of assessing leaders along two broad dimensions: potential and competence. One key conclusion? You can’t have either without curiosity. Although we have found that high potentials also need insight, engagement, and determination, curiosity—defined as a penchant for seeking new experiences, knowledge, and feedback and an openness to change—is perhaps most important.
Directors & Boards – Attracting the Right CEO
Lisa Blais, Egon Zehnder's co-leader of the US Board Practice, discusses how boards can attract the top C-suite talent.
The Hindu – Making 'Lateral Entry' Work
Most CEOs are grappling with one particular challenge, irrespective of industry or geography: getting the right leadership talent. Governments face this challenge too. The Indian government has responded to this challenge by taking the initiative to invite executives from beyond the ranks of the civil service to apply for certain Joint Secretary posts.
Middle Market Growth – Succession Planning: The Thorny Conversation No GP Wants to Have
As the first generation of middle-market private equity leaders nears retirement, many firms are struggling with how to move forward with succession planning, even when faced with increasing pressure from their limited partners.
‘Agefi – How to Prepare to Be a CEO Today
According to Egon Zehnder’s Jean-Pierre Pedrazzini, most CEOs operate at just 50-75% of their potential, and before being able to transform their company, CEOs first need to transform themselves. In an interview with ‘Agefi’s Elsa Floret, Pedrazzini discussed the results of Egon Zehnder’s global CEO survey, how the role of an executive is changing and how to measure the potential of a future CEO.
Economic Times – 57% of Indian CEOs Find the Job More Challenging Than Anticipated: Survey
According to Vivek Khemka, who co-leads Egon Zehnder’s CEO Practice in India, chief executives are, in general, quite confident in their skills and their abilities, but at the same time also admit that certain parts of the role have proven more challenging and isolating than anticipated.
Chicago Tribune – More Women Are Landing Board Seats, But the Pace of Change is Slow
The Chicago Tribune reported that among Illinois’ 25 most valuable companies, women have claimed 44% of new directorships since the start of last year — a sign that progress is accelerating
The Post and Courier – Women Make Up Just 11.5% of the Highest-Paid Jobs in Corporate America
This year, just 5% of CEOs in the S&P 1500 index are women, compared with 4% in 2015 and 2014. A new study released by the Pew Research Center found that of the four highest paid executives beneath the CEO at each company, just 11.5% were held by women.
CNN Money Switzerland — Why Millennials Don’t Want to Become CEOs
Many millennials no longer aspire to be millionaire CEOs. Speaking with Martina Fuchs for CNN Money Switzerland, Clemens Hoegl, Partner at Egon Zehnder Switzerland, discusses findings from the firm’s recent survey of more than 400 global CEOs, The CEO: A Personal Reflection.
McDonald’s 2018 Global People Supplier Award
In 2015 McDonald’s Corporation began an exciting journey to transform their business. The goal was clear – to become a Better McDonald’s through its Velocity Growth Plan designed to “Retain, Regain and Convert” customers by “Making Feel Good Moments Easy for Everyone”.
The American Lawyer — The Careerist: Asian-American Women are Filling the GC Suite
Female lawyers of Asian descent are climbing the ranks as general counsel and heading the legal departments of Fortune 500 companies at an unprecedented rate.
Security Roundtable — It’s Time for CISOs to Become True C-Suite Business Leaders
Many CISOs now find that their jobs exist at the intersection of risk mitigation and business innovation, requiring them to manage their own information-security organizations as well as their relationships with CEOs, boards, and the rest of the C-suite.
Fortune - These Women Could Be the Tech Industry's Next Great CEOs - or Not
To explore the “golden age” of the female COO, Fortune recently talked to 19 female current or former COOs and management experts, including Martha Josephson, the founder and leader of the global Digital segment of Egon Zehnder’s Technology and Communications Practice.
Het Financieele Dagblad – Wanted: A Mixed Board of Supervisory Directors
In 2017, Het Financieele Dagblad selected sixteen young supervisors for a study on what drives them, what they expect from their organizations, and in what ways they differ from their more experienced colleagues.
Security Roundtable – With IoT, Security Must Be Built in From the Beginning
Despite growing security concerns about IoT and IIoT, many businesses still overlook key factors, as well as offer products and services that lack essential protections.
Het Financieele Dagblad – That's How You Become a Non-Executive Director
Do you have what it takes to become a supervisory board director?
Handelszeitung – Pharma: Making Diversity Part of the Business Model
“Gender diversity works when it is part of a business model,” notes Egon Zehnder’s Simone Stebler in Swiss daily Handelszeitung.
Hürriyet – Turkey's Women Leaders In the Wings
Turkey is still trailing behind Europe and the USA when it comes to women leaders, reports the Turkish daily Hürriyet.
Security Roundtable – Risk Management: Who’s Responsible? Who’s Accountable?
With the rise of the Internet of Things, how can businesses ensure they have the protections they need to minimize risk and remain compliant with regulations?
Livemint – Most Family Businesses Could Improve Upon Succession Planning
“Good governance is key to long-term success, especially in family-owned business, where stakeholder relationships are often complex,” says Sonny Iqbal, co-leader of Egon Zehnder’s Global Family Business Advisory.
CIO - 7 Reasons CIOs Quit (Or Lose Their Jobs)
On average, CIOs leave companies every four years, often spurred by broad changes in corporate strategy or role. CIOs also exit because they can’t shake free the budget they require or they find their strategy de-emphasized.
The Hindu Business Line – What Does It Take for Family Businesses to Last Generations?
Did you know that the majority (80 percent) of corporations around the world are family-owned? Yet only three percent continue operating beyond the fourth generation.
Fortune – How to Keep Search Firms from Poaching Your Best Talent
With the job market heating up and the unemployment rate at a new low, there are millions of jobs waiting for the right people to fill them. This is great news for employees, but how can management retain top talent and keep high performers from jumping ship?
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