Uncategorized

Keys for Partnering with Private Equity to Find the Right Portfolio CEO

When acquiring a business or serving as a majority stakeholder, it is important to conduct a thorough and extensive assessment of the acquired entities’ leadership team, according to Ravi S. Ruprai, chief executive of RSR Executive Search & Leadership Advisory Consultants. “I have seen many examples where private equity firms sometimes fall short at assessing

The C-Suite Dilemma: Delivering Talent in an Age of Accelerated Transformation

At Herbert Mines Associates we are privileged to work with top retail and consumer companies helping to deliver innovative C-Suite talent solutions. Given our unique positioning as strategic thought partners to our clients, we have witnessed an unprecedented amount of change within the consumer and retail industry first-hand.  We observe that today’s consumer-facing companies deal

Leveraging Personal Career Information in the Big Data Era

There are two questions every search firm should ask about their core technology: 1) Is it simple enough for everybody to use? 2) Is the information held within it accurate? Most companies, including search firms, still rely on outdated candidate tracking systems that are now seen as unreliable, over-complicated, and under-used. The result: data quality

IMSA Search Report on Executive Trends 2019

What will shape the C-level top talents global workspace and work environment in 2019? Mediating between Millennials, digital nomads, top talents from different cultures? The question was answered by the C-level head hunters from the IMSA Search, the global executive search network. IMSA Search presents “The Report on Executive Trends 2019”. Predicting the trends for

You Have a Great Resume but, Why Should I Hire You?

Bill, a prominent PE investor, just completed the successful sale of one of his portfolio companies.  After 20 years in the PE industry he has become well known for finding quality companies, recruiting high performance leadership teams, driving results and selling for significant returns.  Because of his success he is on the radar screen for

The Role of the CEO in HR and Talent Acquisition Today

Talent management has reached new heights. It’s value across the enterprise has elevated to unprecedented levels of importance – a direct correlation to the state of the employment market but also, arguably, the natural evolution and elevation of human resources. The innovation and widespread adoption of HR technology across the human capital ecosystem has sophisticated

GDPR – The Perfect Time to Refresh Your Database

Not Actively Looking can help firms to maximize the value of the legacy database and create a dynamic asset that is accurate, refreshed and fully compliant with the new regulation. All of this at no cost to the firm! Rather than seeing GDPR as a threat, firms should see this an opportunity to refresh and

Free Software Is The Way Forward.

Why are executive search firms paying huge monthly bills for software that is over-engineered, difficult to use, and may be unable to meet the requirements of the new data privacy laws? New tools, such as Assignment Manager, Client Manager or Client Portal from Not Actively Looking are not only easy-to-use, but working towards full compliance

GDPR is Coming – What Does it All Mean?

A few months ago nobody seemed to have heard of GDPR. Suddenly, people in the search world are waking up to the realization that this new regulation will come into effect on 25th of May 2018, less than 9 months from now. Quite rightly, we want to know what it’s all about, why it matters,

Prevalence of Talent Raids and Implications for Talent Retention

Effective talent management requires a company to keep its finger on the pulse of the retention risk of key executives – and to be intentional in its efforts to retain them. If several easy steps are taken well in advance of when individuals even consider leaving, it can result in creating the most powerful retention

Uncategorized

Keys for Partnering with Private Equity to Find the Right Portfolio CEO

When acquiring a business or serving as a majority stakeholder, it is important to conduct a thorough and extensive assessment of the acquired entities’ leadership team, according to Ravi S. Ruprai, chief executive of RSR Executive Search & Leadership Advisory Consultants. “I have seen many examples where private equity firms sometimes fall short at assessing

The C-Suite Dilemma: Delivering Talent in an Age of Accelerated Transformation

At Herbert Mines Associates we are privileged to work with top retail and consumer companies helping to deliver innovative C-Suite talent solutions. Given our unique positioning as strategic thought partners to our clients, we have witnessed an unprecedented amount of change within the consumer and retail industry first-hand.  We observe that today’s consumer-facing companies deal

Leveraging Personal Career Information in the Big Data Era

There are two questions every search firm should ask about their core technology: 1) Is it simple enough for everybody to use? 2) Is the information held within it accurate? Most companies, including search firms, still rely on outdated candidate tracking systems that are now seen as unreliable, over-complicated, and under-used. The result: data quality

IMSA Search Report on Executive Trends 2019

What will shape the C-level top talents global workspace and work environment in 2019? Mediating between Millennials, digital nomads, top talents from different cultures? The question was answered by the C-level head hunters from the IMSA Search, the global executive search network. IMSA Search presents “The Report on Executive Trends 2019”. Predicting the trends for

You Have a Great Resume but, Why Should I Hire You?

Bill, a prominent PE investor, just completed the successful sale of one of his portfolio companies.  After 20 years in the PE industry he has become well known for finding quality companies, recruiting high performance leadership teams, driving results and selling for significant returns.  Because of his success he is on the radar screen for

The Role of the CEO in HR and Talent Acquisition Today

Talent management has reached new heights. It’s value across the enterprise has elevated to unprecedented levels of importance – a direct correlation to the state of the employment market but also, arguably, the natural evolution and elevation of human resources. The innovation and widespread adoption of HR technology across the human capital ecosystem has sophisticated

GDPR – The Perfect Time to Refresh Your Database

Not Actively Looking can help firms to maximize the value of the legacy database and create a dynamic asset that is accurate, refreshed and fully compliant with the new regulation. All of this at no cost to the firm! Rather than seeing GDPR as a threat, firms should see this an opportunity to refresh and

Free Software Is The Way Forward.

Why are executive search firms paying huge monthly bills for software that is over-engineered, difficult to use, and may be unable to meet the requirements of the new data privacy laws? New tools, such as Assignment Manager, Client Manager or Client Portal from Not Actively Looking are not only easy-to-use, but working towards full compliance

GDPR is Coming – What Does it All Mean?

A few months ago nobody seemed to have heard of GDPR. Suddenly, people in the search world are waking up to the realization that this new regulation will come into effect on 25th of May 2018, less than 9 months from now. Quite rightly, we want to know what it’s all about, why it matters,

Prevalence of Talent Raids and Implications for Talent Retention

Effective talent management requires a company to keep its finger on the pulse of the retention risk of key executives – and to be intentional in its efforts to retain them. If several easy steps are taken well in advance of when individuals even consider leaving, it can result in creating the most powerful retention