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.
Who Owns Succession in Uncertain Times?
In Alumni Global's recurring board evaluations of Nordic listed and private companies, succession management averages just above 4 on a 1–6 scale, while most other governance areas score around 5 or higher. With many senior leaders retiring at once and leadership pipelines thinning, Åza Skoog argues that the real challenge is deciding what kind of leadership the organisation will need next.
Leadership for a People-Centric Future
People make up the larger part of most company budgets, yet many organisations still do not ask what return that investment generates. Åza Skoog of Alumni Global argues that leaders should treat people as an asset to develop, use culture as a deliberate and measurable tool of business execution, and move the people agenda from HR into the boardroom, managed with the same rigour as financial KPIs.