CEO Survey 2012 - Warsaw
By Stanton Chase Warsaw
Stanton Chase International is one of the world‘s leading retained executive search companies with 73 offices in 46 countries, and more than 350 specialised consultants around the globe. In order to be able to provide its customers with an accurate assessment of the current mood in specific markets and countries, Stanton Chase regularly conducts extensive opinion surveys among top managers in various key countries. The aim of these surveys is the close monitoring and analysis of national and international trends and developments.Read More
Corporate Social Responsibility in Action Program
By Stanton Chase Dubai
Following its successful implementation in 2011 in Dubai, the “CSR in Action” program is implemented again this year, this time focusing on the Northern Emirates of the UAE. Taking place on the 25th of November till the 6th of December 2012, “CSR in Action” will engage 25 Emirati participants, consisting of 10 University students and 15 CSR professionals.Read More
CEO Census 2012 - Finland
By Stanton Chase Helsinki
Stanton Chase Helsinki carried out C-level executive surveys in order to examine the general economic trends and the executive job market. The survey was sent to over 700 executives and responses were received from over 100 C-level executives. The three most important findings of the survey are: cautious optimism, high level of willingness to move jobs, and unwllingness to relocate internationally. Read More
"The New Reality: The Talent War" 2012 Survey and Report - San Francisco
By Stanton Chase San Francisco
Stanton Chase San Francisco’s New Reality report is based on a survey of organizations conducted from October 2011 through February 2012. The report generated from the survey characterizes a North American workplace with shorter job tenures, a multigenerational workforce, and a scarcity of talent. The thesis of the New Reality is that the retirement of Baby Boomers will cause a talent shortage as younger generations are unprepared to fill the jobs left vacant. A consequence of this demographic shift is that employers will face one another in a “War for Talent.” Read More
CEO Survey 2012 - Prague
By Stanton Chase Prague
Stanton Chase Prague has conducted a new survey to know how the top managers in Czech Republic see the current situation on the market, both the economical situation and the atmosphere in the company. More than 1100 General Managers, CEOs and Managing Directors were approached. Read More
Why Hire Diversity? Because it's Profitable!
By Robin Adams, Consultant of Stanton Chase Hong Kong
As markets expand globally, being able to understand and reach out to the individual needs of stakeholders from all walks of life is paramount. In an increasingly competitive marketplace, businesses can’t afford to invest in programs that don’t increase their ability to meet the competition head on. Read more
Workplace Diversity: How to Tackle Resistance
By Robin Adams, Consultant of Stanton Chase Hong Kong
A crucial ingredient for the management of a successful diversity and inclusion (D&I) program is to understand and approach it from the perspective of “change management”. At Stanton Chase, we understand this dimension of diversity and help our clients apply the ideas of change management effectively within the context of our overall leadership development service. Read more
Manager Barometer 2012 - Vienna
By Stanton Chase Vienna
The annual Stanton Chase Vienna Manager Barometer provides clients with an overview of the mood among top executives and managers in a wide range of companies across Austria. For this year’s barometer, over 1,500 managers were surveyed about the key issues in the current economic climate. Read More
CEO Survey 2011 - Serbia
By Stanton Chase Belgrade
Stanton Chase Belgrade has conducted a new survey among local and foreign CEOs currently working in Serbia for 2011. This year's survey shifts away from looking at the problems CEOs have been facing and instead looks toward a solution. Read more
CEO Survey 2011 - Bulgaria
By Stanton Chase Sofia
As 2011 came to a close, Stanton Chase Bulgaria conducted its second survey among top managers of large local and international companies from all economic sectors across the country. This year's survey focused on how top executives define their career goals, what motivates and discourages them, and how they adapt to the never-ending need for growth during periods of economic slowdown. Read more
Enter Technology, Exit Bits and Bytes
By Tom Goorman, Managing Partner of Stanton Chase Brussels
Checking your recent forecast via your iPhone’s "app"... Saving your data in the cloud. Reducing your cost of ownership by using business software as a service, monitoring your customer ‘s behavior on social media…
More than ever technology has brought tangible advantages to every day business life. The return on technological investment has become more and more visible in the corporate strategy of companies around the globe. This causes CIO’s to move out of the technical comfort zone to a business strategic "twilight" zone. Goals changed, business language changed, innovations lead the way to competitiveness... but how to deal with it? Read more
Women in Leadership Survey: Profile & Mobility Trends of Women Senior Executives in Romania
By Stanton Chase Bucharest
Due to an arising interest on behalf of many of our multinational clients locally and globally concerning the gender diversity issue, Stanton Chase Romania has conducted for the second respective year the “Women in Leadership Survey”. This survey is focusing on female senior executives views in Romania today. Through this survey, we would also focus on compiling the profile and career aspirations of female senior executives in Romania. Read more
Few Specialists are Relevantly Qualified to Meet the Demands of the New Reality
Dobromir Minkov, Principal Consultant of Stanton Chase Bulgaria
Dobromir Minkov, Principal Consultant with Stanton Chase Bulgaria, views the energy sector as a key component in the development of the Bulgarian economy. However, he believes there may be a lack of capable specialists, adequately trained to fit in the new reality, especially in the area of project management. Find out how what Stanton Chase Bulgaria is doing to address the situation and identify human capital needs within this sector. Read more
Women at Work
Priya Chetty-Rajagopal, Principal Consultant of Stanton Chase Bangalore
It makes a lot of business sense to retain the women workforce and grow them into senior management positions - but without a gender agenda, that is not going to happen. Priya Chetty-Rajagopal provides her expert opinion on this matter to Dataquest India. Read more
2010 CEO Census – Top Managers in Bulgaria Identify Local Trends in Business Management in Challenging Times
By Stanton Chase Bulgaria
In 2010, Stanton Chase Bulgaria conducted its first CEO survey among top managers of local and international companies in the country from all economic sectors. We were interested to sum up and outline trends in three major directions we considered important for C-level executives – their priorities during 2010 and prognosis for 2011; their motivational factors and opportunities for professional development; the influence of changed circumstances on decision-making and business expansion. 150 business leaders took part in the survey and nearly half are more positive than negative for the economic situation in the country next year. Read more
2010 CEO Census – Profile and Mobility Trends of C-level Executives in Romania
By Stanton Chase Bucharest
Following a severe financial and market downturn that affected the global economy and also Romania in the end of 2008 and especially during 2009, Stanton Chase Romania conducted this CEO Census survey in order to compile the profile and career aspirations of C-level executives, and especially CEOs, in Romania today. We analyzed the executive trends in this challenging market, that used to have very impressive growth rates and that is expected to turn back to growth during 2011. Read more
2010 CEO Census – Profile and Mobility Trends of Senior Executives in the Middle East
On the break of the new era, characterized by many as "the new normal", while having "survived" through the turmoil of the 2009 deep recession, the Senior Executives in the Middle East begin to develop the balances and requirements that will allow them to further advance their career within this volatile environment. Read more
Romanian Women in Management: Challenges to a Successful Career 2010
By Stanton Chase Bucharest
Why is it that a great majority of management positions in companies all around the world are held by men? Is it harder for a woman to fulfill her career goals? In search of answers to these and some other questions, and with the aim of summarizing what women in management positions in Romania wish to say about their own career challenges, 150 women managers responded to our questions regarding what they think and how they feel. Read more
The New Reality Update: Refocusing Your Talent Strategy in 2010
Survey Findings – White Paper – Stanton Chase and Birkman International
In 2007, we issued a white paper about the New Reality, which characterized the contemporary North American workplace as one with shorter job tenures, changing generational values, a surplus of vacant positions and scarce talent. The thesis of the New Reality was that a large number of Baby Boomers' reaching retirement age in 2010 would cause a talent shortage. Of course, the bigger story for business leaders in 2010 is the impact of the recession and the anticipated recovery, not the New Reality and the War for Talent. Read more
Greek CEO Career Trends Survey 2009
Third Annual CEO Census – Stanton Chase Athens
Within the frames of our initial engagement of forecasting, knowing and being able to present the macro characteristics and tendencies of the market, we are proud to present the thorough analysis of 260 answers given by high-ranking / senior executives, in the dues of 2009, as ‘kissing goodbye’ to a very difficult year and ‘welcoming’ an unexpectedly new professional era. Read more
CEO Survey 2009 - Serbia - Leading in Challenging Times
By Stanton Chase Belgrade
Stanton Chase Belgrade conducted a survey among local and foreign CEOs currently working in Serbia to explore their views about a wide range of issues, especially dealing with different situations CEOs were faced with during the economic downturn. Read the report
Survey: Sustainability Leadership in Global Corporations
Stanton Chase International invites you to share your expertise and insight by participating in a short sustainability survey. The goal of our research is to determine the preferred skill sets and core competencies of today’s Chief Sustainability Officers “CSOs” and compare these findings to the skill sets that CEOs anticipate these positions will require five years from now. We will combine the results of this survey and follow-up interviews of CEOs and Chief Sustainability Officers into a White Paper for global distribution. Read more
Top 10 Steps to a Successful Interview
By Paul K. Herrerias, Managing Director of Stanton Chase San Francisco
In these economic times, every job candidate is asking how they can successfully rise above the resume pile to win that interview. Here are our top ten tips on how to successfully land and compete in an interview. Read more
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The Greek CFO Leadership Shift
Stanton Chase Athens and CFO Agenda conducted a survey to compile a current profile of Greek CFOs, and gain a better understanding of the views and career aspirations of Greek business leaders.
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Salary Benchmarks in the Gulf Cooperative Council
Stanton Chase shares an overview of salary benchmarks for the six countries in the Gulf Cooperative Council (GCC). Data used in this white paper were sourced from surveys published annually by a leading publication, Gulf Business.
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CEO Survey 2008 - Serbia
By Stanton Chase Belgrade
Stanton Chase Belgrade conducted a survey among local and Expat CEOs currently working in Serbia to explore their views about a wide range of issues, and to find out whether philosophical discrepancies exist between both groups. Read more
Understanding Profile and Mobility Trends of CEOs in the GCC Region
On the break of a new era, currently characterized by the deep economic recession and the constant efforts to establish a new international modus vivendi, the CEO market in the GCC region is witnessing unexpected changes that alter its image and seem to establish a long-delayed balance. The 2009 Stanton Chase CEO Census white paper looks at the profile and mobility trends of CEOs in the Middle East. Panos Manolopoulos, Managing Partner of Stanton Chase Dubai, commented on the CEO market in the GCC region based on the census findings in an interview with Inside Business News.
Read the 2009 Stanton Chase CEO Census - Middle East white paper
Read the Khaleej Times article, January 18, 2009
Watch the Inside Business News interview as posted on YouTube, February 2, 2009
CIO Search: Canadian Pacific Railway
By Emerson Hughes, Managing Director of Stanton Chase Montreal
With the impending retirement of the incumbent CIO, the Stanton Chase Montreal office was mandated by Canadian Pacific Railway to conduct an executive search assignment for a new CIO. Read More
Get It Right and Keep It Right: Retention Starts With Recruiting
By Emerson Hughes, Managing Director of Stanton Chase Montreal
As published in Search-Consult, Issue 34, 2008
Hiring the right employees and retaining key employees are fundamental HR practices. Search firms that truly partner with their clients participate fully in both practices. We have partnered with clients on both fronts for years, long before retention became a hot topic. Now retention is a preoccupation as the war for talent heats up. Read more
Greek CEO Career Trends Survey 2008
Second Annual CEO Census – Stanton Chase Athens
What positioning strategies are Greek CEOs more likely to adopt in a challenging business environment facing steep recession, rising oil prices and fears for economic collapse of the western financial market? Are there any main trends in the Greek CEO market today? Stanton Chase Athens sets out to answer these and many other questions in its second annual survey of Greek CEOs. Read more
Stanton Chase Best Practices for Global Search Success
As published in The Grape Vine, July 2008 issue
Managing Director Nicholas Wylde, of Stanton Chase London, explains why Stanton Chase International is consistently ranked as one of the top ten executive search firms in the world. Read more
Business Implications of the New Reality 2008
Survey Findings – White Paper – Stanton Chase and Birkman International
By the year 2010 there will be 11.5 million more jobs than workers. It’s called the “new reality” and it’s happening now as the baby boomers retire, leaving in their wake a drastically smaller employee pool to fill their jobs. In addition to being in short supply, these individuals lack the boomers’ skills and experience and bring different work ethics, expectations, loyalty and attitudes to the workplace. Read more
Leadership Challenges Faced by Corporates in Emerging Economies
by R. Suresh
CEO, Stanton Chase International, India office
In highly developed economies such as US, Europe, Japan and the likes, corporate performance, performances of individual business units are systematically assessed. CEOs and the direct reportees to CEO are accordingly rated, groomed & deployed. Invariably the succession is planned resulting in either timely initiation of lateral hiring process or internal grooming process for identifying the next CEO. Read more
Recruiter's Diary, Business Today
by R. Suresh
CEO, Stanton Chase International, India office
Changing jobs at the senior level can, at times, be a long-drawn and messy affair in India Inc. Delicate employee-corporate courtships on which corporate fortunes hinge so much in India are facilitated in the main by head-hunting and employee search firms. Read more
Planning for Future Personnel Needs
by Stanton Chase Staff
In business, we rarely have the luxury of time. If something needs to get done, it usually has to get done by yesterday. Nowhere is this truer than when it comes to hiring. Key senior positions take the longest to fill, not only because it takes time to find quality, but because companies themselves often don’t know exactly who they are looking for and why. The more information you have and the earlier you obtain it, the more quickly you can find the right person for your firm. Read more
