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Mercedes Vasallo, Senior Vice President of Human Resources International, with Paramount, shares her thoughts: Within a social context that is as thrilling as it is changing, in which constant economic,…

We make gender balance our business – and we want to make it everyone else’s business too. 64% of our consultants are women. 60% of our Managing Partners are women.…

How do our new ways of working impact our business and culture? How will the working environment be in the future – and how will it influence the culture in…

Proactive diversity is necessary. Globalization and other major world events such as the fall of the Berlin Wall (consolidation of East and West Europe), wars in countries such as Iraq,…

The 115th Global Friisberg Conference took place in Milan last week. The Friisberg Conference usually takes place biannually allowing many of our Partners to gather under one roof. It is…

What does it take to be a top leader?   Top management positions, mainly in multinational companies, represent a goal for 83% of the employees within the age group of…

After two years of virtual meetings, the Friisberg team are meeting in Milan! Guglielmo Sallustio, from our office in Milan, is hosting our 115th Partner Conference this week. Accepting that…

Counter-offers are on the rise… As Search consultants, we know all too well the frustration and disappointment that comes in the form a great candidate, with whom our Client has…

Hvordan påvirker ”new ways of working” vores forretning og kultur? Hvordan bliver arbejdsmiljøet i fremtiden – og hvordan vil det påvirke kulturen i virksomhederne? I løbet af de sidste årtier har…

Hild Kinder, Partner in our Oslo office, chairs the Stockman Committee for The Norwegian Society of Financial Analysts. Their purpose is: To contribute to public understanding of the function and…

Perhaps I should say it quietly, but things are starting to look much better for the UK economy. Many larger companies are holding up well anyway, but more upbeat news…

We spoke with Nevena Nikolova, from our office in Bulgaria, to hear her Friisberg story. You have been a Partner in Friisberg since 2009. What was the career path you took…

Can a career while juggling a family ever be ‘strategically’ planned?   In my conversations with successful women, I always ask to what extent they have strategically planned their careers…

A Pineapple? It is what first came to mind, probably because the sun is shining and I am hoping for summer. There is probably an extended metaphor in there somewhere…

When you think about sustainability, you don’t think of the financial sector first. This is a mistake. Meltem Ay spoke with  Reinhard Pfingsten, CIO Bethmann Bank & Global Head Asset…

The big ‘WHY?’   Why do you want to change your job? Many candidates primarily consider what they know against the job description. Having the right expertise is an important…

We spoke with Dorota Serwińska and Anna Rudzinska, our Partners in Poland, to hear their Friisberg story.   You have both been Partners in Friisberg for a few years. What…

We spoke with Nijole Kelpsaite, Managing Partner, Lithuania, to hear her Friisberg story. You have been a Partner in Friisberg since 1994. What was the career path you took to…

We sat down with Magda Porizkova Magda works with companies across various industries, guiding them through transformation and change, to build a culture of innovation and creativity. What are the…

We met with Tanya Kosseva-Boshova, Managing Partner of Park Lane Developments, part of AG Capital. Tanya is also the Chair of the Association of Commercial Building Owners in Bulgaria, a…

Reputation and its importance to company branding   Steve Jobs said that it doesn’t make sense to hire smart people and then tell them what to do. You should hire…

After a year that has shocked the whole world, we have become aware of how vulnerable we are and it is time for analysis and introspection. The rules of the…

We spoke with some of our researchers who are vital to the success of each and every Search process we undertake at Friisberg. Here’s a few insights from Delyan Grozdev,…

Leadership challenges in a VUCA world   VUCA: Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity – an acronym used in 1987 to describe the unpredictability after end of the Cold War and…

We caught up with Lorri Lowe, one of our Partners in the UK, over an espresso and asked her how companies can secure diverse talent in the post-pandemic workplace? Progressive…

Over a quick espresso, we asked  Zoltan Petho for his views on effective international business development.   You have been responsible for international business development for years. What do you…

Contrarian Director   With such economic volatility and uncertainty currently, oversight by boards is more important now than ever. A balanced view is critical to the success of a company,…

The constant struggle to find the balance between ‘the talk’ and ‘the walk’. There is often a discrepancy between initial outspoken enthusiastic support for an idea, ‘the talk’ compared with…

Deutschland hinkt in puncto Geschlechtervielfalt anderen europäischen Ländern hinterher. Was meinen Sie, wo liegt unser Problem? Ich glaube, das hat auch viel mit unserer Sozialisierung zu tun. In den 70iger…

Changes in CFO role The future is anything but predictable and having a strong finance leader is crucial for any organisation as the CFO most directly contributes to a company’s…

Norwegian requirement for 40% female directors has yielded better boards Norway currently tops the European statistics for gender-balanced corporate governance, with France and the UK in second and third places.…

What advice can you offer to women starting their careers? We asked two of our female Partners, both very successful management consultants…   Susanne’s answer I have two pieces of…

The Digital Revolution: Many companies are in a process of epochal change. The Italian Experience…   Digital transformation is now a strategic priority for companies in all sectors and the…

How did institutional funds selling change in 2020? What personalities will be in the highest demand in 2021?   The efforts made by the management companies and by the Buy…

What does a digital leader do in the 21st century? An interview with Antti Kleemola, CDO at the Finnish Rail Company, VR Group. Digitalization has transformed the business world, depending…

Number of women on FTSE boards up by 50 per cent in just five years Today, the fifth and final report from the Hampton-Alexander Review was published. The Hampton-Alexander Review…

As diversity gradually increases in many boardrooms (still too slowly, in my opinion) we are seeing more women take on the role of: Chairman… or should that be Chairwoman… or…

What do women need to make it to the top? Many résumés for women in top positions read like a handbook to business success. They didn’t need a quota, the…

Forging inclusive work cultures where women’s careers thrive and achievements are celebrated   “We need more women in leadership”   The world needs more women leaders – whether that is…

Impact and Recovery The French Market – Out of 2020 & Into 2021.   2020: A  Year of Contrasts The French job market was heavily impacted by Covid-19 in 2020.…

Onboarding Top Management, in a virtual world An interview with Anders Blom Monberg, Country Manager for Protector Insurance Denmark.   Working from home can be a challenge, even when you…

Friisberg & Partners International welcomes Susanna Hübner as their new Executive Search Lead Consultant in Berlin. She has several years of professional experience as an Executive in Financial Markets and…

Thorsten Marquardt has joined Friisberg & Partners International in Germany. Thorsten has extensive knowledge of the international energy industry from more than 20 years in various management and executive functions…

A successful recruitment process enables growth – even in the middle of a prolonged crisis The arrival of COVID-19 in Finland transformed the economy and working life, to say the…

CURRENT TALENT  TRENDS IN SOUTH AFRICA Despite the impact of Covid-19, and a slowing economy, executive search activities are still brisk in South Africa.   Friisberg South Africa has observed:…

EPD Over the last five years we have further developed our Evidence-based Personnel Diagnostics (EPD) capabilities. EPD is based on the latest and long-standing scientific findings in brain research, psychology…

Our Global Financial Services Practice Group held its first – online – meeting of 2021 yesterday with our Partners from USA, UK, Spain, Lithuania, Germany, Hungary, Denmark, Norway, Ireland, Romania and…

WORKING WITH RECRUITERS Richard Lipstein Partner, USA   While the majority of jobs are found directly through networking, developing and maintaining relationships with executive search firms and recruiters remains an…

The challenges of working from home… and how to overcome them!   Throughout the past year our work environment changed dramatically and work from home (WFH), or a home office,…

Friisberg’s Nordic News Picked Up by Global Media Hunt Scanlon Media “Leadership Intelligence” (huntscanlcon.com), one of the most respected publications covering Executive Search markets Globally has run a Page1 article…

“…ensuring a smooth, orderly and seamless transition of power” – an abused phrase in recent days.   The Trump-Biden transition traumas will be the subject of many a student essay…

The old year has gone… a New Year has arrived.   Little did we know a year ago what the year 2020 would bring, but all too soon we learned……

Friisberg & Partners International is delighted to announce three significant additions to its Partnership in Oslo and Stockholm, further strengthening its already market-leading presence with seven offices in the Nordic…

Friisberg & Partners International are delighted to annouce its newest member of the Swedish team. Michael Rooslien has over 20 years of Executive Search experience and specialises in C-level and…

Meltem Ay joins Friisberg & Partners International with over thirteen years of experience in various fields of Executive Search. In recent years she has been primarily focused on Financial Services.…

Market analysis by the highly-respected publication Budapest Business Journal names Friisberg & Partners International as the Number One Executive Search firm in Hungary. Árpád Németh, Friisberg’s Managing Partner in Budapest…

Susanne Becker Mikkelsen – Denmark Looking back at 2020, Covid has impacted Friisberg & Partners International Denmark in ways we did not expect. First we saw several assignments being postponed,…

Nevena Nikolova, the Managing Partner of Friisberg & Partners Bulgaria, has been invited to be a Moderator for AGILE HR  – a virtual conference of the Bulgarian Association for People…

CEOs face new and very specific challenges in supporting their organisations through, and then managing the lasting implications of, this current crisis. According to recent work by Gartner, sixty-nine percent…

Christmas is inching ever closer, although we know that this year Christmas and New Year celebrations will not be the same due to the impact of Covid-19. It is during…

Friisberg Network Advisory | FNA study finds COVID-19 is changing our networking habits. Based on recent client consultations on Organizational Development, conducted by our team of experts, including Zoltan Kadar Friisberg…

Atila Yenisen, CEO of Metro Bulgaria. Reducing gender inequalities is one of the UN 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to transform our world and the topic about the role of…

Doing the right thing is seldom easy, but doing the right thing is always the right thing. Political and business leaders face hard decisions and sometimes they will get it…

It can be difficult to maintain, grow, and develop company culture when most of us are working from home – and will probably be doing so for months to come.…

Gartner has identified 5 actions for CHROs in its recent publication “How to Build a Resilient and Responsive Organization”: Take a dynamic approach to reskilling Find talent that generates business…

“Women in the Workplace 2020” is a must-read report from McKinsey & Company. In summary: More than one in four women are contemplating what many would have considered unthinkable just…

Andrea Falleni CEO of Capgemini Italy Talks with: Guglielmo Sallustio, Partner, Friisberg & Partners Italy   “Imagination is the Key”   The risks and opportunities during this phase of radical…

Yellow Eve, a newly-launched magazine for equality-driven career women, featured an article by Friisberg Partner, Lorri Lowe.   ARTICLE    

“Diversity is the result, but inclusion is the action.” Over the past 14 years, the Global Gender Gap Index included in The World Economic Forum Global Gender Gap Report 2020…

I am very proud to announce that Friisberg & Partners International has upgraded its website. We have made friisberg.com much faster, easier to navigate, more welcoming and visually vibrant. It…

Well, we had an interesting summer from a business perspective in Hungary. Many of our assignments were stopped, or put on hold and obviously not much new business landed on…

Over the past six months Friisberg & Partners International has interviewed many candidates remotely. With coronavirus infections rising again, working from home looks likely to continue for a while longer…

Friisberg Denmark recently hosted the “Gå-Hjem Møde” at its offices in Copenhagen, in cooperation with Dreams & Details Academy, on the new requirements for boards. Together, we offered interesting insights,…

By Silvano Joly, Sales Country Manager, Centric Software Italia. What do you think could be the combination of success and good functioning of an organization? When one accepts a job…

The Survey “Friisberg Insights – CTO on SPOT” is part of regular in-depth exploration of different C-level roles aiming to identify respective key trends and findings. The Survey represents a…

Sergio Scornavacca, Director Industrial Markets & Northern Italy Lead, Indra Italia Talks with: Guglielmo Sallustio, Partner, Friisberg & Partners Italy   Since the Covid-19 Crisis began, what steps have you…

Burcin Ressamoglu CEO of Sodexo Employee & Consumer Engagement Talks with: Lorri Lowe, Partner, Friisberg & Partners UK   Employee Engagement is now more important than ever. What changes have…

Göran Björkman, CEO Sandvik Materials Technology & Chair Swedish Association of  Industrial Employers Talks with: Peter Strandberg, Partner, Friisberg & Partners Sweden & President Friisberg & Partners International   Since…

Stefano De Capitani, CEO Municipia SpA Talks with: Guglielmo Sallustio, Partner, Friisberg & Partners Italy   Since the Covid-19 Crisis began, what steps have you taken? Our company is part…

Everyone at Friisberg joins in congratulating our German Partners on their latest in a string of awards. GetAhead Executive Search would like to thank all their clients for the positive…