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In the latest Shakespeare event series, senior leaders draw insights from the Elizabethan age by looking at the role leaders play in determining company culture.
The key to a successful transition is preparation. This video interview discusses how to set yourself up for success when considering a move to a new company.
Six tips can help teams avoid groupthink, which impedes unconventional thinking and prevents team members from productively challenging their own ideas.
Join Accelerating Performance coauthor Colin Price and be among the first to discover the science behind the "drive factors" that enable companies to outperform competitors.
By forgoing leisurely onboarding and induction processes, boards can ensure directors get off to a fast start.
By analyzing the performance of elite global organizations, Heidrick & Struggles has identified 4 recipes for success and 39 distinct actions that can accelerate any company’s performance.
The concept of purpose took center stage at an event dedicated to improving corporate performance and held at the World Economic Forum in Davos on January 19.
Heidrick & Struggles is proud to participate for the 10th year as a strategic partner of The World Economic Forum’s 2017 Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland. The theme of this year’s Annual Meeting, “Responsive and Responsible Leadership”, aligns with our purpose: We Help Our Clients Change The World, One Leadership Team at a Time.
Far too many internal training programs waste money and align poorly with the company’s long-term strategy. They can do better.
Disruption is here to stay, and many companies are failing to keep pace. A multiyear research effort highlights ways companies, teams, and leaders can mobilize, execute, and transform with agility.
“Robo advisors” are threatening to upend the business of financial advisors everywhere. Or are they? A closer look at four plausible scenarios offers practical insights for financial planners eyeing an uncertain future.
A survey of more than 100 board members and senior managers under age 50 underscores the ways that digitization and other trends are changing the face of German business.
A new book discusses how leaders succeed in today's unpredictable markets and shifting operating environments.
Lin-Manuel Miranda, creator of the hit Broadway musical, exemplifies the vitality, growth mind-set, and clear sense of purpose of a successful “superthriver.”
Challenge four destructive myths—on how to set strategy, deal with failure, build consensus, and make decisions—to be a better leader.
A joint Forrester/Heidrick & Struggles survey of customer service (CX) professionals and chief marketing officers examines how to work across the organization to make customers the main focus.
The chief information security officer (CISO) has emerged as an important C-suite role, and a hard one to fill—particularly in Europe.
A joint Forrester/Heidrick & Struggles survey of chief marketing officers (CMOs) sheds light on how the role is changing—and what CMOs should do about it.
Companies need more leaders who cultivate foresight, courage, resilience, and openness to diverse views.
The founder of Australian theater company Bell Shakespeare reflects on the importance of forging a strong team, embracing a culture of learning, and, when necessary, dealing with people who put the organization at risk.