Our Perspectives
Alumni Global's perspectives on leadership, succession and board governance
Alumni Global works with executive search, board services and leadership assessment and development. Here we gather our articles and perspectives on leadership, drawing on what we learn from the boards, CEOs and leadership teams we work with, and from our events such as the Alumni Executive Summit. The topics range across leadership in change, succession, board governance, AI leadership and how organisations develop their leaders, written by our consultants for those who lead, recruit or serve on a board.
Across Öresund: One Market for Leadership
Malin Grundström and Michael Pieters at Alumni Global explore how the Öresund region is developing into one connected market for leadership. Drawing on experience from both sides of the strait, they explain how cross-border executive search can widen access to talent, strengthen leadership teams and combine Swedish and Danish perspectives to create a competitive advantage.
Succession Beyond Replacement: Building Leadership Capability for an Uncertain Future
Succession planning should start from the organisation's future direction rather than from today's roles and the people in them. Åza Skoog of Alumni Global argues for linking succession to strategy through scenarios, and for protecting the everyday learning that AI is changing. When Alumni Global asked 332 people in its network about their greatest succession challenges, 35 per cent said they lacked an established leadership pipeline.
Long-term thinking without losing momentum
Per Gullstrand, CEO of Bjäre Invest, on how decentralised governance, commercial discipline and trust work together in a family-owned group — and why long-term ownership does not mean a slower pace.
Building for the next generation
Sandberg Development, a family-owned investment company founded in 1959, invests long term in 19 technology-driven portfolio companies. In an interview with Alumni Global, President and CEO Stefan Persson, recruited with the support of Lars Navéus, discusses leadership, culture, AI and building the right foundations for future generations.