Companies are embarking on bold transformation journeys to see them through a challenging, uncertain business landscape and set them up for the future, but numerous hurdles face them. How do you prosper in a business environment in which volatility and disruption are the norm? That is a question facing every organisation today, and not just because of a global pandemic. Even before Covid-19 upended the world, businesses were being forced to deal with uncertainty driven, on a macro level, by a fraught geopolitical landscape either side of the Atlantic, and more directly by digital disruption to traditional business models and a growing ESG agenda.
Being a sponsor for high potential talent within your organisation doesn’t just benefit them - it also helps you further your career. Research shows that senior managers with protégés are 53% more likely to have received a promotion. Despite this, many executives are reluctant to take on a sponsor, seeing it as an additional burden on their already stretched time or are unable to differentiate between sponsoring and mentoring. With this in mind we invited Sylvia Hewlitt, economist and author of fourteen critically acclaimed books to speak to an audience of Senior HR leaders on how to use sponsorship to drive business results.
Sport and business are often compared to one another, with good reason. In both environments, leaders seek to be top of their game. To gain a unique perspective on the experienced similarities between sport and business, and what business can learn from athletes, we recently hosted a breakfast briefing ‘From the Podium to the Boardroom’ with guest speakers Jason Gardener, Olympic Gold medallist, and Joanna Adams CEO of England Netball.
The first report in a new quarterly series provides an analysis of board and executive appointments within the FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 in 2018. The results clearly reflect the progress of the campaign for greater gender diversity amongst non-executive directors but they also highlight the very serious gap at the executive director level.
Competition for talent continues to be a very hot topic in business today on both local and global level. And not least because of the extraordinary competitive edge afforded to those organisations - across the world - who invest in spotting and retaining talent. At Savannah Group, every day we see the rewards that high-growth organisations reap from positioning themselves to attract and retain highly-talented and agile workforces.
Leadership development is a $200 billion industry. From coaching existing leaders, to teaching new MBAs, to books and courses, businesses and individuals are spending a huge amount of money in the pursuit of producing or becoming a better leader. But is it working? We invited a dozen Group HRDs to discuss this at a breakfast briefing co-hosted with the Harvard Business Review and chaired by Ron Ashkenas, an Emeritus Partner of US-based Schaffer Consulting.
Savannah Group recently hosted its inaugural Media, Sports and Entertainment dinner for a selection of prominent senior executives, hosted by Tony Simpson. The focus of the dinner was a discussion around how an ever more digital future will impact businesses of all shapes and sizes within the Media, Sport and Entertainment industry.
The General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) is coming into force in the EU from May 2018. GDPR is about protecting the privacy of an individual’s personal data. It’s been introduced to bring different rules across EU countries into a single set and to make sure companies respect and take care of the personal data that they hold on their customers and prospects. Andy Warren, CISO at Invenias, explains the five key things that senior leaders need to be aware of.
Role Non-Executive Director Industry Sector Industrial Goods and Services Client Location Southampton Candidate Location San Francisco Business Size 200-1000 employees
Role VP HR LatAm Industry Sector Food & Beverage Client Location Southampton Candidate Location Sao Paulo Business Size 10,001 – 50,000 employees
