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.
Inclusive and Future-Ready Leadership: Addressing Bias in Executive Search
Unconscious bias can still shape who reaches the top, even in executive search. Owen Francis of Alumni Global sets out eight biases that skew leadership hiring, from the halo effect and affinity bias to benchmarking bias, and five practical steps to counter them, from structured interviews and diverse panels to data-informed decisions and feedback.
Thinking Differently about Talent
With increased competition and greater globalisation, universities are continuing to reflect on whether their commitment to reflecting diversity is delivering tangible results. We spoke with our colleague and inclusion expert Owen Francis about the various initiatives that leaders in higher education are using to meet their diversity challenges.
Learning Lessons on Diversity - Executive Search in Higher Education
With increased competition and greater globalisation, universities are continuing to reflect on whether their commitment to reflecting diversity is delivering tangible results.
Inclusion as the true foundation to supporting organisational diversity
The corporate dialogue relating to diversity and inclusion is relatively advanced, however, with the leadership ranks of the business world remaining predominantly white and male, it is important that we understand diversity holistically. Diversity in its truest sense is about so much more - it is not only about our inherent characteristics but also experiential and acquired differences.