A lot of people ask us what could most affect the ability of executives to transition smoothly from one role to another, particularly across borders. Our response? The digital world.
This world has had a real impact on our work with clients. As a result of digital, roles and opportunities are becoming much more multi-faceted, with a requirement to master several disciplines:
- understanding big data and interpreting its commercial potential
For many busy executives, the summer holidays are a time to pause and reflect on career progress to date and what they need to do to change direction or accelerate pace. For others, this is a time to think about nothing at all and unwind after a period of frenetic activity.
For those actively contemplating a possible career transition, the approach of “leaving things until I get back from holiday in September” is not a good one. The current situation wil...
It is increasingly common for executives in transition to hire an adviser to help them through the process. This greater reliance on external advice is not surprising. There is so much pressure to keep focused on a current role that it is often easy to get diverted from the wider objective of a career transition. As a result, people lose control of their own transition; they are forced to react to decisions made by others about their own career; or they...
