News and Knowledge

Over the past 60 years of experience and with more than 65 offices in over 40 countries, we’ve amassed a great deal of knowledge in the executive search business. Here, you’ll find a variety of original documents, publications, and resources that offer our expertise and knowledge across a wide range of subject matter and industry sectors.

Talent and Competitiveness In the United Arab Emirates

Much has been written about the Macro and Socioeconomic impact on the UAE and its economy since the global financial crisis – the oil price, the Arab Spring and on-going Middle East instability are all valid factors in this regard. What we have not seen until now is the resultant effect and impact on the often overlooked but most important assets of any business – its people and their productivity. Our research seeks to fill that omission.

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Boyden Executive Outlook Finds CEO's Growing Confidence Points to a Hiring Uptick

The latest edition of Boyden’s quarterly Executive Outlook examines the current state of global executive hiring. Based on economic stability in the U.S. and growth projections in key developing markets, the report finds that an expansion of management ranks is likely to bring about an overall uptick in talent acquisition.

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Association of Executive Search Consultants Announces Global Appointments and Boyden's James Hertlein As Chair

The Association of Executive Search Consultants (AESC) announced the appointment of officers to the AESC Global Board of Directors, which consists of five elected officers from each of the three AESC Regional Councils.

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Boyden Boosts Financial Services Team

Kate Quinn has been named Managing Director in Boyden’s Global Financial Services Practice. An accomplished executive recruiter and former partner at two other leading global executive search firms, Ms. Quinn has worked extensively with high-profile clients in investment banking, insurance, asset management and hedge funds.

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Women and Their Relationship to Power

In this study, Viviane de Beaufort of ESSEC, the foremost European business school, draws on academic research, conventional HR wisdom and interviews with female executives, board members and politicians to explore the complicated relationship between women and power: how they gain access to it, and how they exercise it.

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