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July 31, 2008 | ||
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HARVARD BUSINESS ONLINE • From Harvard Business Do You Hide Your Inner Bruce Wayne? What masks do you wear at work? What would happen if you dropped them and let people see what's underneath? GE's Immelt: An Ever-Hotter Throne The pressure to lift the share price is building. But CEO Jeff Immelt's options are limited HEADHUNTERS CONFIDENTIAL How to Select an Executive Search Firm Conducting a search firm "shootout" is critical to realizing a substantial return on investment in management leadership HARVARD BUSINESS ONLINE • From Harvard Business Green Business Makes for Strange Bedfellows Unlikely partnerships, such as one between Greenpeace and McDonald's, are becoming the norm as special-interest groups become part of the business conversation on such key issues as climate change and water scarcity LIZ RYAN: THE WORKPLACE Your Best Hire: It May Surprise You It's tempting to hire people with personalities like yours, but the better move may be to find people with the strengths you lack GLOBAL Roche-Genentech: A Drug Powerhouse Given the biotech's promising pipeline, Roche's CEO may need to raise his $43.7 billion offer to buy out Genentech's minority investors DIRECTORSHIP • From Directorship Fraud's Red Flags Ten signs your company may be fostering a corporate culture conducive to wrongdoing HARVARD BUSINESS ONLINE • From Harvard Business A New Name for the Next Generation What to call the post-Y Generation? How about the Re-Gens? It works on a lot of levels: renew, rethink, re-generate, and, unfortunately, recession THE BOARDROOM When Your Company Outgrows Its Board The needs of an expanded organization differ from those of a startup. New CEOs often bristle at boards that micromanage rather than govern STARTING OUT Self-Assessment: Tell It Like It Is The benefits of—gasp!—being brutally honest about your strengths and flaws at performance-review time VIEWPOINT The Fireside Chat vs. the Podcast In today's troubled economy, government and corporations need to borrow FDR's playbook and truly connect with constituents through Web 2.0, say Peppercom's Steve Cody and Sam Ford HARVARD BUSINESS ONLINE • From Harvard Business Let's Hear it for B Players In a tough economy, it's your B players—competent, steady performers far from the limelight—who deserve your attention LIZ RYAN: THE WORKPLACE Out-of-Town Interview Etiquette Should interviewees assume all their time belongs to the company they're traveling to talk with? HARVARD BUSINESS ONLINE • From Harvard Business Blogging: A New Approach to Exec Recruiting Yes, we tried the traditional approaches when looking for a CEO for Adaptive Path. But we realized that social networking was a better way to go BW MALL SPONSORED LINKS
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The World's Most Influential HeadhuntersA BusinessWeek special report on executive recruiting | |
The World's Most Influential HeadhuntersBusinessWeek brings you the Top 50 within the business worldComplete List: Most Influential HeadhuntersBusinessWeek's exclusive list of the 50 most influential executive recruiters in the worldInteractive Table: The 50 Most Influential Headhunters in the WorldSort by recruiting firm, companies headhunters recruit for, sector and job specialties, and other key data pointsDiversity Pledges Ring HollowA new study shows that in spite of corporate promises to promote diversity in senior management, very little progress has been madeHow Recruiters and HR Can Work TogetherHuman resources and headhunters can be each other's worst obstacles or greatest allies. Management must help facilitate a smooth relationshipRecruiting From WithinExecutive search firms will tell you the best person for the job isn't necessarily an outsider. Companies should develop internal talentHow to Let the Headhunter Do the JobOnce you're close to getting an offer, having faith in the professional's ability to close the deal will work to your advantageHow to Ace the Headhunter InterviewDon't try to script your first face-to-face interview. The headhunter wants to see the real you and find out how you handle unexpected challengesWhat Executives Want NowToday's sought-after leaders are asking for more work/life balance and want, among other things, to protect themselves against real estate lossesHow To Manage Your Executive RésuméAnswer these key questions, and you're ready to communicate your experience and smarts in a way that appeals to executive headhunters |
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