Destination Boardroom : Secrets of a Discrete Profession - Executive Search Unveiled / Eelco van Eijck.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eijck, Eelco van, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Executives--Recruiting.

Executives.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (102 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Leeds, England : Emerald Publishing Limited, [2024]

Summary:

Destination Boardroomunveils the secretive realm of headhunting, revealing insights and exploring the pivotal role of executive search in placing leaders in today's complex business landscape.

Contents:

Intro

Halftitle Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication Page

Contents

About the Author

Acknowledgments

1: Three Trends Redefining the Executive Talent Domain

Guidance in the Labyrinth

Three Trends Redefining the Labor Market

Trend 1 | Data

New Capital, New Trinity

The Possessed World is Now A Reality

Sensory Perception

Trend 2 | Diversity

The High Price of Gender Inequality

Time for the Duo-Ceo?

Trend 3 | Generation Y

Are Millennials Ready for What's Next?

2: The Talent Radar

1. Searching

Finding Candidates for Top Positions Requires a Strategy

2. Being Found

Recognizing Talent | Going Deeper

Intelligence

Passion and Drive

Risk-taking

Learning Agility

Authenticity

Creating One's Own Conditions

Self-reflection

Feedback-handling

Entrepreneurship

Result-orientation

Empowering Others

A Clinical Eye

The Grit Factor

Yet Another Management Buzzword?

3: Mapping The Executive Search World

1. A Black Box?

2. Mismatches

3. Companies

4. Discipline

5. Careers

6. Talent Market

Snapshot

Lonely at the Top

7. Blind Spots

8. New Perspectives

4: Executive Search and the Process

Part 1 | Laying the Foundations for a Powerful Executive Search

This Is an Over-simplification: A Case in Point

1. Stakeout

A Question of Gravitas

2. Trust

Five Steps to Get to the Heart of the Matter

3. The Ambassador Role

Walking in the Candidate's Shoes

Part 2 | The Anatomy of a Search

Select

Step 1: Choosing a Headhunter

Search

Step 2: Intake, Research, Assessment, Interviews

Keeping It Neutral

Contribute

Step 3: Presentation of the Chosen Candidate

Onboard

Step 4: The First Steps in the New Organization

How to Mentally Prepare for Your New Role.

Onboarding | Michael Watkins' Dos and Don'ts

Dos

Don'ts

5: Clients and Candidates

Part 1 | Winning Differences

Designing the Future-fit Leadership Profile

The Serious Client - Realism, Patience and Preparation

The Good Candidate - Serious Questions

The Manager of the Future | Five Requirements

1. Dealing with Change

2. Forging Teams

3. Inspiring Employees

4. Reverse Coaching

5. Touchpoint Marketing

Part 2 | The Executive Search Client

Keys to a Successful Hire

1. Listed Companies - Fresh Air

2. Family Feeling

Divorce Hurts

3. Private Equity: A Long-Term Investment

4. Public Sector - A Specific Case

Appointments - A Call for Realism

Points of Attention for Clients of Search Processes

Part 3 | The Executive Search Candidate

Building a Stand-Out Story

What Are Headhunters Looking At?

What About Candidate Resumés?

Deadly Sins on Resumés

Struggles on the Starting Blocks - Two Big Factors

1. Intellectual Poverty

2. Performance Pressure and Stress Symptoms

Loud Alarm Bells

Work-Related Factors with an Impact on Health and Longevity

Ringing the Changes

6: Conclusion: Re-Thinking and Debate

Part 1 | New Governance or a New Economy

Do We Need an Order of Executive Search Partners?

Codes and Caveats

Corporate Governance Codes | Eight Reasons to Change

1. The Developing Economy

2. The Pluralistic Society

3. Interconnectedness

4. New Knowledge

5. Holistic Governance

6. The New Company

7. Risk Management and Control

8. The Limitations of Codes

The Healthy Company | Eight Ways to Create Value in the New Economy

1. Tolerant Governance

2. An Organic Organization

3. Information Organized Outside the Internal Structure

4. Conservative Financing

5. An Institution, Not a Profit-Making Machine

6. Investment in R&amp.

D and Human Capital

7. Investing Time, Money and Energy in Scenario Planning

8. Balancing Exploitation and Exploration

Part 2 | Re-Writing the Management Story

1. Planning or Foresight

2. Organize

3. Command

4. Coordinate

5. Check

Entrepreneurial Governance

New Hierarchies

New Leadership

Change Ability

Part 3 | Change Ability

The Evolutionary Leap

Change Ability of the Chair and CEO

Change ability of the Organization

When Good Enough Never Is

Change Ability of the CFO

Change Ability of Supervisory Board Members

Change Ability of the Executive Search Consultant

Executive Search in the 21st Century

Digitization Can Work Against Diversity

Continuing Education

Going Inside

The Art of Governing

American Eyes on the Skies

Bullshit

Brave New World

Appendix

1. Eelco van Eijck: Career in a Nutshell

2. AESC: The Association of Executive Search Consultants

Bibliography.

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ISBN:

9781837979639

1-83797-963-4