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.
Adapting to new ways of working - leveraging the opportunities of new technologies in healthcare
Inclusive leadership is key to driving innovation efforts in today’s workplace, ensuring sustainable growth and organisational competitive advantage. What is demanded of leaders today? What characterises inclusive leadership that unleashes the potential of a diverse workplace? And why is inclusion necessary for innovation?
In services of the wider community - bold change is needed in healthcare
Worldwide, healthcare organisations are grappling with a number of areas across a wide range of jurisdictions. From an ageing population to rising healthcare costs and issues related to increased mental health the challenges remain quite similar.
One challenge and perhaps the biggest, relates to the healthcare workforce. Alongside recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic, the global fight for talent remains the most challenging issue internationally for healthcare leaders. What needs to change and how can the global fight for talent in healthcare be addressed?
Turning Challenges in to Leadership Opportunities
Women still drop out of the leadership pipeline before reaching the top, especially in healthcare. Frank McKenna and Owen Francis of Alumni Global report from a panel held with the International Hospital Federation's Women in Leadership Forum, where Owen, Dr Jackie Schleifer Taylor of London Health Sciences Centre and Captain Emma Henderson MBE shared advice on flexibility, sponsorship, succession and authentic leadership.
A perspective on digital leadership in the GCC healthcare sector
Frank McKenna, Global MD of our Healthcare practice shares perspectives from his recent travels to the Middle East, struck by the centrality of digital transformation to the region’s healthcare ambitions.
A perspective on employee health and well-being as core to business
In the wake of the pandemic clinical talent will be looking for employers that show leadership in supporting staff health and well-being.
Tough times ahead with reforms in healthcare
Global MD of Alumni’s Healthcare and Academia practice Frank McKenna, discusses how the pandemic and its aftermath have raised expectations of leaders in the NHS to new heights.
Post-pandemic leadership in healthcare
Global MD of Alumni’s Healthcare and Academia practice Frank McKenna, discusses how the pandemic and its aftermath have raised expectations of leaders in the NHS to new heights.