“Incompetent leaders are the main reason for low levels of employee engagement, and the prevalent high levels of passive job-seeking and self-employment” The quote comes from Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, the author behind the book with the provocative but shred title “Why Do So Many Incompetent Men…

Do you work with a headhunter who finds state of the art candidates? Executive Search consists of more than just recruiting candidates from the competitor of the company. Pia Torreck and Jasmin Dahl from our IESF Denmark partner Ingvardsen II Partners explain in this article…

IESF, the International Executive Search Federation, is pleased to announce that the organization is now represented by a new partner in the United States. We welcome Find Great People to our international network. This expansion is in line with the expansion strategy of IESF to…

IESF is pleased to announce that the organization is now also represented in Norway, by RUUD Executive. This expansion is in line with the strategy of IESF to be strongly represented worldwide as a growing international organization and to serve their clients needs across country…

Business insights from our IESF partner in Israel An Israeli global company which produces high quality products for the automotive and aviation industries, active in many countries, requested advice from IESF. Due to the sensitivity of the process, the client has asked to keep their…

IESF showcase: Attract and develop your employees and create better results It has been more than a year with the pandemic. Working from home, keeping your distance, and sanitizing hands like never before. How do we stay motivated? Society shames people that do not comply…

The automotive industry is facing enormous changes and great challenges. IESF partners operate in several different industries worldwide and are always following the market trends. Our German partner Achim Moraw of Topos Personalsberatung is sharing his global insights regarding the 3 biggest disruptions in the…

Boels Rental, a Dutch family business founded in 1977, is one of the most renowned rental companies in Europe. IESF partners from the Netherlands and Belgium worked together in searching the best suitable candidate for the position of Managing Director Belgium and Luxembourg. Main focus…

Business insights from our IESF partners in China & The Netherlands Bons & Evers, a Dutch family business of over 70 years, has been transforming to a reputable market leader of hot forging and machining of brass, copper and aluminum alloys. Their main goal is…

Interview Tim Smith, IESF’ new Advisory Board member as of April 2021 Tim Smith, founder of the ASLON Group Executive Search in the US, has over more than 37 years of experience in executive search and has been a member of the International Executive Search…

IESF organized Masterclass Video Recruitment for its partners, April 22th   The hiring process is changing rapidly as our world shifts to remote work. While the focus on online hiring has accelerated in recent months, the ability to manage the entire hiring process virtually is…

Tim Smith appointed as first member The International Executive Search Federation – IESF – introduces an Advisory Board. Aim is that this body will not only enhance the international network reputation and credibility but will also provide the President and current members of the Leadership…

IESF has been included in the Global 40 by Hunt Scanlon, the list of global Executive Search Firms that now dominate the recruiting business worldwide. Founded in 2002, IESF is one of the most recognized executive search associations in the world. Currently, it is composed of 21 boutique firms highly specialized…

As Covid-19 rips through the economy, all of us are left thinking: what will this hold for jobs in the future? Will we ever be the same again? However, the reality prevails: change is the only constant amongst a world of uncertainty. Emmanuel White, Co-Founder…

IESF proudly presents an expert article published in PERSONALintern – an online newsletter for the HR Management in the DACH region – written by Stephan Löw, Managing Partner at Topos Personalberatung and exclusive IESF partner for Germany. In this article Stephan explains the HR term…

Every year in April IESF organizes a European Regional Meeting, which was initially planned to take place in Copenhagen this year. Due to the pandemic and the travel restrictions, IESF was forced to host an inspiring online meeting instead. The meeting brought together 20 countries…

Diversity – gender, ethnic and cultural – is a remarkable source of richness, bringing a positive dynamic to business management. However, too often the importance attributed to this quality is systematically underestimated by organizations, if compared to other qualities such as technical or social skills….

“Leaders who have stood out through the pandemic share three key behaviors on top of their excellent qualities: they embrace change; they thrive in uncertainty; and they adjust according to the environment.”  The world of work is changing rapidly, because of COVID-19 and the enduring…

IESF hosted an online Webinar with the topic ‘IESF tools & services’ on March 4, 2021. In this webinar we shared several tools and services that have been developed in different IESF countries, with the goal to share these valuable insights with each other so it can also add…

IESF was founded in 2002 by partners in Asia and Europe with a clear vision of growing a Global Group, unhindered by corporate restrictions and rigidity and clients’ growing needs. IESF partners are business leaders experienced in addressing the requirements of growing businesses around the…

Interview with Patrick Meirlaen, labor market specialist and CEO of The Future Alliance (partner of IESF) about the future of HR and the shift to Total Career Management in redefining the recruitment process post COVID-19. “Outplacement on the one hand and team crafting on the…

Undoubtedly companies will continue to feel the impact of COVID-19 well into 2021; this will affect their hiring strategy for the year. Looking back on 2020 and forward to 2021, there are several trends in the Executive Search Industry. Which specific trends does IESF identify…

In August 2020, our exclusive Partners IESF Peru (Virtus) and IESF Chile (HR Buró) carried out the Labor Market Study in their countries. They surveyed 36 companies from the mining, agribusiness and energy sectors about how they are facing the COVID-19 crisis in their industries….

The International Executive Search Federation (IESF) held its first virtual Annual Global Meeting (AGM) on the 20th of October, 2020. The meeting brought together 21 countries with more than 30 participants, involving dynamic discussions about the recruiting sector impacts due to the pandemic outbreak. One…

By Pia Torreck, Katrine Rømert and Caroline Otto – Ingvardsen ll Partners, Denmark “An inadequate CEO can ruin a company in the course of a few months.” This quote originates from one of our customers – a well-known Equity Fund. Both Equity Funds as well…

Many expect a significant pause in business, followed by a sharp rebound later this year.  Hunt Scanlon’s latest 2020 Executive Recruiting State of Industry Report reveals how the nation’s top executive recruiters are resetting expectations in the midst of an unprecedented global pandemic crisis. Hunt…

Last week, IESF held 2 webinars ¨Back to business – how the pandemic is changing industries today and in the future¨ with over 50 participants worldwide. During this interactive webinar, participants shared their experience of how their business and industries of their countries are facing…

IESF has been included in the Global 40 by Hunt Scanlon, the list of global talent providers that now dominate the recruiting business worldwide. Founded in 2002, IESF is one of the most recognized executive search associations in the world. Currently, it is composed of 23 boutiques highly specialised in the executive…

  By Gloria Sotomayor, Managing Partner at North Hunters, Mexico. In July 2019, Mexico’s Senate approved work from home as labour benefit with the purpose of better performance, productivity and workers quality of life. (Article 311, Federal Labor Law 2020 ) During my career as…

  By Adelina Rosca, General manager at Rosman Talent Solutions, Romania. Already in the eighth week of isolation and we can say we have learned, in an extremely short time, to live differently than we could ever imagine before the COVID-19 pandemic. We are still…

  By Pia Torreck, Partner at Ingvardsen ll Partners. A handshake has many meanings; “Welcome”, “I’ve seen you”, “thank you for a good deal”, “goodbye”, “see you” etc. At a time when we need to keep our distance and reduce infection, we need to develop…

By Pia Torreck, Partner at Ingvardsen ll Partners; Katrine Rømert, Research Assistant at Ingvardsen II Partners and Philip Santilhano, Research Associate at Ingvardsen II Partners. Value-based management, Positive Leadership, Situational Leadership or Total Quality Management. There is an overload of concepts that provide input on…

By Emmanuel White, Co-Founder at WeLinkTalent, Exclusive partner IESF Singapore.  When recruiting for a position in the organisation, hiring managers often find themselves facing a huge pile of CVs, a majority of which is usually irrelevant, that demands their time and, well, patience, to sort…

By an exclusive IESF Israel partner, Eti Katabi, Partner at Kishurim HR. Ironically, many C-levels don’t even consider working with executive coaches. Sometimes, it seems as if executive coaching is dedicated to serving an audience who doesn’t recognize its value. There are a few reasons behind…

The International Executive Search Federation (IESF) held its Annual Global Meeting (AGM) in Montreal, Canada from the 16th – 19th of September 2019, hosted by Mandrake, exclusive IESF Canada partner. The meeting brought together professionals from more than 20 countries, involving dynamic discussions and presentations…

Insight into the managerial recruitment processes by the Executive Search Consultant with 28-year long experience.

By Seher Demirci, the Managing Partner at Benson & Partners

Since the end of 2018, value sales within the luxury consumer goods industry has been significantly increasing in the Middle East Market.

IESF has been included in the Global 30 by Hunt Scanlon, the list of global talent providers that now dominate the recruiting business worldwide.

Founded in 2002, IESF is one of the most recognized executive

By Pia Torreck, Partner at Ingvardsen ll Partners, and Jacob Vikkelsøe, Research Assistant at Ingvardsen II Partners

Hit the ground running – off to a Good Start

The former CEO is out the door and

Article by Pia Torreck Partner at Ingvardsen ll Partners and Philip Santilhano, Stud.Psych, Copenhagen University

Do personality tests work?
The answer to this question depends on how the test is implemented and which tests are

The IESF Regional Meeting 2019 took place on March 28 and 29 and was hosted by Alessandra Conte from Alexander & Duke in Milan, Italy. There were 20 attendees from 10 countries such as

Article by Nasly Drago, Associate Partner at Key Executives

In the last 50 years, the leadership have passed for different approaches management, since the authoritarian until the actual “Conscious Leadership”, focus on the “we”, rather

An article by Andréa de Paula Santos, Partner at Ascend Executive Search – Brazil. 

We live in a time where internet gives us unlimited access to knowledge and information, virtual communication allows the contact with

An article by HR BURÓ – IESF Chile. 

“Getting the right people on the bus in the right seats”. This quote of Jim Collins, management guru and American writer, was the most liked in HR

An article by Víctor Carulla, Managing Partner at HEADWAY Executive Search

The Harvard Business Review magazine has recently published the ranking of the world’s top-performing CEOs, where Pablo Isla, of the Spanish fast-retailing giant Inditex