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Is digital leadership a skillset or a mindset?

The digital transformation is a topic that’s been with us for a long time and it’s quite clear by now that there is no way around it. But companies keep on struggling with it especially when it comes to the fact that it’s a constant transformation that never stops. A transformation that effects all aspects of a company and makes for a whole new working environment and relationships between colleagues and to customers. The constant and ongoing transformation calls for leadership that is agile and able to adapt and keep up with all the changes. Sounds nerve-wrecking, doesn’t it? <

Updated 3 years ago

“What are your salary expectations?” – and the answer

A thriving industry is generally good news. Especially if it is as thriving as the Life Sciences are right now. Taking some of the general developments during the pandemic into account, we’re facing a vast number of positions, an exceptional growth that wants to be fulfilled. And the good news (and kind of bad news at the same time): salaries are on the rise as well!The sky is the limit – isn’t it?With the ever-growing demand for talent and an overall growing industry, it’s also good times for executive search consultants like myself. The

Updated 3 years ago

It’s going well for Biotech – how to keep up with the growth

Looking back at recent developments in Biotech – through a global pandemic – investments and innovation increased significantly, companies saw continued growth, share prices skyrocketed, and overall business has been great. Some have expressed that these developments even rendered Life Sciences one of the most stable growth areas worldwide. In a recent whitepaper that I contributed to together with colleagues for IIC Partners (read here<

Updated 4 years ago

2022 Trends in Life Sciences Recruiting – where do we go from here?

No kidding, the last two years were surely the ultimate test of the Life Science industry’s resilience. And everybody in it. And that doesn’t only refer to the challenges that a global pandemic poses with lockdowns and economic decline (not to forget: looming inflation) resulting in a fundamental shift to remote operations but also to the almost uninterrupted growth in the industry and the employment base needed to manage the growth. While most other industries faced massive losses and uncertain times, Life Science companies have continued to thrive and hire people, a significant percentage

Updated 4 years ago

Imagine your company had no bosses

There is only one way a successful company can function: a boss at the top, employees at the bottom – hierarchy defines success! Is that so? Well, think again. Have you heard of “holacracy”? A model of self-management that defies hierarchy! Instead, there are teams of individuals, who collectively define and assign roles to accomplish work. There is no boss, there are only circles of individuals with roles. Leadership is therefore distributed among the roles, rather than individuals, and as the goals and the environment change, responsibilities and roles change too. Shatt

Updated 4 years ago

What the year 2022 will bring – positive edition

It’s easy to get absorbed into a universe of worry and sorrow still/again/at last. But under the surface of a whole bunch of troubles and challenges that the COVID-19 pandemic has brought us, lie some positive and promising developments, that – in a way – came with. Developments that can be indicators for a better world or at least a positive outlook on Recruiting in 2022. We’re looking at new approaches and technologies that boost cooperation in increasingly diverse areas, at innovation that reshapes work all across the fields and at decentralized work and remote access to broa

Updated 4 years ago

Resilience and work quality are close pals

“I hate my job!” – a phrase that makes every HR manager shiver. And with the “great resignation” seeding the fear these days, it’s a phrase to surely pay attention to. Though competition urges businesses to push their extremely valuable employees to their limits, it may eventually lead to burnout in the long run. It’s fairly arguable that a burnout can be cured by a paycheck. Attention needs to be paid to what’s really wrong in the big picture. Well, let’s see what can be done.What is resilience?Resilience stands for the capacity to emoti

Updated 4 years ago

Fishing in international waters? Collaboration in executive search

Talent is spread all over the world and talented executives are like goldfish in the ocean: one needs a huge net, a reliable boat, and an accurate map, to catch it. But what if you end up in unknown waters and neither a boat, nor a map, seem to provide you their adequate services… Ask locals! International collaboration is often an approach that may bring about more talent to your company. In other words, it is a great way for you to borrow a local map (and maybe even a boat with a brave crew) to catch the coveted executive goldfish in the endless ocean of global economy. Why not collaborat

Updated 4 years ago

Do we even still have steady job profiles?

Have you ever noticed how in Life Sciences it’s really hard to define specific job profiles? I notice it again and again when dealing with clients who need to find out who they are looking for. But also, in my own business I come across the real difficult task to define, who my client really is. I don’t have to explain why an up-and-coming startup from the biotech scene with less than 50 employees has very different needs from a big player in the pharmaceutical industry. Rightfully so!Job profiles and skill sets are very much in motion in Life Sciences: industries merge, n

Updated 4 years ago

What made you leave your last job?

Part of my job as an executive search consultant is a good eye or 6th sense for who is (and who is not) ready to move on from their current job. Some of the observations I make there are also relevant to identify what you need to do to keep your most valuable employees on board. Because in the end, what makes them leave and come to you, might also make them leave you.The usual suspectsIt might not come as a surprise: a lot of the reasons are obvious and remain stable over time. People leave their jobs because they a) hate their boss and/or their col

Updated 4 years ago

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