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Corporate Affairs
International Snapshot: The Evolution of Corporate Affairs
In the world of corporate affairs, professionals face increasingly diverse and complex roles and responsibilities. Odgers Berndtson’s Hannah Peech, David Webber and Conrad Woody share insights on the corporate affairs function in businesses across the U.S., UK and EU.
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Leadership Insights
Purposeful Leadership: The Key to Successful Succession Planning
Leadership planning is a vital part of safeguarding an organisation’s future success, presenting its own unique challenges. Learn how companies can best develop future leaders and create an effective succession plan.
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Leadership Insights
Is Ethical Leadership a Sustainable Ideology?
The concept of ethical leadership has gained traction as a new generation of employees demand more from the organisations they work for. In a world where the concept of ‘virtue signalling’ is increasingly scrutinised, has ethical leadership reached its conclusion, or is it evolving? How can Corporate Affairs Directors ensure ethics are embedded within organisational practices?
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Corporate Affairs
Corporate Affairs: The Profit Shield
Given the critical role corporate affairs plays in protecting and driving business profit, it can be misunderstood, under-resourced and lack visibility around the board table as Hannah Peech, Partner and Head of our Corporate Affairs Practice explores.
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What Does Ethics in Leadership Mean to You? An Interview with Carole Saab, CEO
Carole Saab, CEO at Federation of Canadian Municipalities, joins Michael Williams, Managing Partner in Ottawa, to discuss the necessary attributes and actions of ethical leaders.
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Want your first board role? How to stand out from the crowd
Our experts explain how to navigate challenges and stand out among the competition when applying for your first board role.
CEO
Global CEO Market Snapshot: Key Leadership Skills & Market Demand
In part two of our global CEO market snapshot, our leadership experts in Singapore, India, Sweden, the US, Canada, the UK, Germany and Spain, discuss what boards need in new CEO hires, as well as the key leadership skills and experience gaps.
Careers Advice & Resources
What next? Choosing between permanent, interim, consulting, and NED careers
Are you looking for a new role in 2023? Our leadership experts explore permanent, interim, consulting, and NED careers, explaining which is more appropriate, depending on an individual’s goals, outlook, and circumstances.
Preparing for a Change - Career Strategies Series #1
Life has changed considerably since the beginning of 2020; business priorities and cultures have evolved. Companies’ responses to the pandemic have impacted positively and negatively on how employers are viewed by their employees.
6 key traits and behaviors to make it to the top. Eye on the C-Suite series: Part Three
At the top of the ladder, the stakes are high and the demands ever-increasing. This installment explores the essential future-proof traits and behaviors of todays’ top C-Suite executives that sets them apart.
Your Personal Brand: Are you giving it the attention it deserves? - Career Strategies Series #2
The UK and Ireland has had one of the highest rates of home-working in Europe during the pandemic, according to labour market thinktank Eurofound. At the height of the crisis, approximately 40% of paid hours were carried out at home.
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