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23 January 2026

Austria: The Culture Factor

Austria is consistently ranked among Europe’s most stable and prosperous business environments. Success in Austria relies not only on market knowledge but also on understanding organisational culture and workplace expectations. Austria’s workforce values stability and structure. 79% of employees are on permanent contracts, and the average tenure in the same organisation is approximately 10 years, […]

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Natural Leader?

In addition to mapping the personal, managerial and professional characteristics of candidates throughout the Search process, we can often be asked: Is Leadership Innate or Learned? Recent scientific studies suggest that leadership is 30% genetic and 70% learned. These findings propose that leaders are made, not born. The conclusion of such studies is that both […]

Energy Conference

Today's businesses require bold, visionary leadership. On April 28-30th in Madrid, Partners convened for Friisberg's 116th Global Conference. This conference had a particular focus on "Energy and Infrastructure" which involved dynamic presentations and discussions that addressed the future of the sector. Our guest speakers, Rosa Mª Sanz García, Andreas Nauen, Florian Klein and Alberto Martín […]

Balanced Boards

The essential competencies within Boards and their value creation If you decide to recruit Board members on your own instead of turning to a professional executive firm, it will result in lost opportunities and lower turnover. Furthermore, it is not enough simply to elect Board members and a Chair, based solely on their professional competences. […]

Talent Retention

The Challenge of Talent Retention The talent pool in some markets is highly competitive, with candidates receiving multiple offers simultaneously. This is, in part, related to the “Great Resignation”, where approximately 4 million Americans quit their jobs in July 2021 while there were still more than 10 million job openings. A survey run from Linkedin […]

The Truth about Lies

It seems there is a dangerous cocktail of lying and leadership. Once upon a time there was great pride in telling the truth, but a reality of our current political climate is the prevalence of lies and misleading statements from some of our world leaders. We have descended in many of our communications to a level […]

Interview with Marcin Majchrzak

We spoke with Marcin Majchrzak, General Manager Haier Group Poland, Baltics & Ukraine. Congratulations on your promotion, please tell us how the company's business in Poland has been so far and what have you changed? Thank you very much. Of course, it was a big change both for me and for our two companies in […]

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