Career Strategies & Advice
Our insights, advice and tips on making the right career moves. Moving on or moving up, starting out or changing course, here’s how to do it well.
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Switching Sectors: Leaders who have made the move between the private and public sectors
The UK Government’s Talent Attraction Ambition focuses on porosity; the way that high-calibre bus...
Want your first board role in 2023? How to stand out from the crowd
Board roles can be incredibly rewarding. They offer the opportunity to work across a diverse port...
What next? Choosing between permanent, interim, consulting, and NED careers
Spurred on by the desire for purposeful careers, companies which align to personal values, and re...
Preparing for a Change - Career Strategies Series #1
With light now at the end of the Covid tunnel, does it feel like the right time to move on? If so...
Your Personal Brand: Are you giving it the attention it deserves? - Career Strategies Series #2
This blurred the boundaries between working from home and ‘living’ in the office, forcing many to...
Work with an Executive Search Firm: Lay the foundations for your next move, now or later - Career Strategies Series #3
A Bureau of Labor Statistics survey found that in the US, people tend to change job an average of...
Make Sure Your CV Adds Value - Career Strategies Series #4
A quick Google search for tips on how to write a CV generates over 100 million results. Yet despi...
Make Your Cover Letter Count - Career Strategies Series #5
From an executive search firm’s perspective, the decision on your suitability for a role will nev...
Client Interview: Be the one who stands out in person and online - Career Strategies Series #6
The blurred boundaries between working from home and ‘living’ in the office are forcing many to e...
Techniques to Ace a Competency-Based Interview - Career Strategies Series #7
What is the purpose of a competency-based interview? Behavioral or competency-based interviews a...
Psychometric Assessments - Career Strategies Series #8
They offer an extra lens through which to view a person and play a part in forming a more complet...
The Offer: How to negotiate your package and your resignation - Career Strategies Series #9
We advise candidates to consider the initial offer for 24 to 48 hours before responding. How to r...
New Jobs, New Start - Career Strategies Series #10
Congratulations, you’ve been chosen above all other applicants and can be fully justified in feel...
Have your sights set on the C-Suite? Part One: It’s time to sit yourself in the driver’s seat
Reading these installments may conceivably spur you on to hunt for a new C-Suite level role with...
Have your sights set on the C-Suite? Part Two: Ensure your CV works just as hard as you do
Our new ‘Eye on the C-Suite’ series explores the ascending drive to the top and offers a strategi...
6 key traits and behaviors to make it to the top. Eye on the C-Suite series: Part Three
Our ‘Eye on the C-Suite’ series explores the ascending drive to the top and offers a strategic ro...
Nine Types of Leader: From the Alphas to the Lovers, which one should be leading your organization?
Mark Freebairn: Where did you get the idea for this book? James Ashton: During my long career in...
Soft Skills: The rapid redefinition of key leadership
Soft skills: They’ve always been an important trait for successful leaders, but with the strain o...
Mentorship: one plus one equals three
From Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg, Yoda and Luke Skywalker, Sheryl Sandberg and Larry Summers -...
Their conduct and their reactions are crucial for how errors are regarded on a company level in the organisation. A company can’t innovate a breakthrough product, or strengthen a process, if it’s not willing to encourage risk taking and learn from subsequent mistakes.
Often the path to being a successful leader will not be smooth. We all make mistakes. That much i...
How can recruitment processes be more inclusive for autistic applicants?
There is a growing appreciation of the benefits of hiring and retaining people with autism, as ev...
How to become a CEO in 2023
A new paradigm of what constitutes a high-performing leader has emerged, centered around an abili...