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Boutique executive search firm, Howgate Sable , has launched a new base in Dubai as part of its global expansion. The 35-year-old firm has appointed Andrew Bailey as Regional Managing Director of the Middle East business. Andrew will work closely with the UK-based team along with fellow new hire Navin Govind , who has been appointed Manager and will also be based in Dubai. Howgate Sable Middle East will operate throughout the Gulf states with the ability to also support on search mandates into northern Africa. The company’s expansion into Dubai follows an increased presence in the region over recent years, supporting various businesses with securing executive talent in the Middle East. Andrew Bailey, RMD of Howgate Sable Middle East, said: “Howgate Sable delivers exceptional work and has crafted an enviable reputation in the executive search world. The launch of the Middle East arm is an exciting milestone for this heritage business and I am delighted to be leading the development of ...

The largest privately-owned search firm in the Middle East,   Cooper Fitch , has partnered with French company Lincoln in a transaction which will see the Paris-headquartered talent and career leadership firm become the majority shareholder in the company. Cooper Fitch will continue to operate in the region under its current brand as part of the acquisition while also gaining additional flexibility and resources to accelerate the company’s growth regionally and, by joining forces, Cooper Fitch and Lincoln are expanding their operations around the world. Trefor Murphy , Founder and CEO of Cooper Fitch, said: “Since the inception of Cooper Fitch in 2016, we have taken tremendous steps in building one of the leading recruitment and HR advisory firms in the region and best-in-class brands. We have developed a team of like-minded individuals and, as a result, have made significant progress toward our strategic and financial objectives in recent years. The agreement with Lincoln will see...

Heidrick & Struggles, one of the world's leading headhunting firm,  is setting up an Israeli branch, its second in the Middle East after Dubai. The company's activity in Israel will be run by Maya Pretsfelder, who previously served as an Associate at the firm's Global Technology and Services Practice in New York. The company has entered the Israeli market in order to take advantage of the current momentum in the local tech sector. According to sources in the industry, the firm's activity in Israel is the result of approaches and pressure from big venture capital funds that have recently entered the Israeli market and are reporting difficulties in recruiting C-suite executives for fast-growing startup companies. In this new market Heidrick & Struggles, would help local tech companies identify candidates for senior roles, and not just from the local market but internationally. It will seek candidates from abroad, as well as offer senior Israeli executives, who alr...

You have spent countless hours and money to get a great candidate for your executive leadership team.  The next important task for you as per the hiring process to get this candidate on-board. However great the candidate is, if you put them into a completely new situation with no transition, it’s hard to put those talents to work.  An effective Executive on-boarding program makes the transition for new executives smoother, more efficient, and more positive, and allows new executives to transition quickly and effectively into their new roles. In fact a great on-boarding experience can play a critical role in ensuring a rewarding and long-term partnership between the executives and the employers. Here it is important to mention that ensuring a great on-boarding experience is a multi-faceted process and depends on a wide range of organizational factors. It is the awareness of this fact that leads the hiring organizations to seek the services of companies offering professional exe...

In any manager’s career, the transition to leader can be tricky. How do you lift yourself up from the operational to the strategic? What are the secrets to providing visionary leadership? How can you inspire and lead change in your organisation? Effective leaders play an important role in building strong teams and ensuring the consistent growth and success of an organization. However, finding the right executive leaders from external talent pools can often prove to be a time consuming process. This has led the business organizations to look at alternate methods for finding the most effective candidates through different routes. One such route is to look internally and developing leadership talent within the organization itself. In fact, an increasing number of business organizations are becoming aware of the various benefits of using this method. The below discussed five guidelines can help organizations to turn their competent managers in to great effective leaders. Clarifying The Dif...

As a recruiter or hiring manager, when it comes to leadership hiring, one tends to focus on on specific education and professional skills among prospective candidates. However, they often tend to overlook the significance of choosing candidates with the right set of soft skills. As a recruiter or hiring manager, onboarding the right candidate for the right job or the right company takes focus and dedication. There’s a rare balance that needs to be maintained. What if your candidate has all the right hard skills but none of the inclusive, diversifying traits that would ensure they’re a perfect fit?  According to 2020 Workplace Learning Report by Linkedin , shelf life of technical skills is relatively short, soft skills are always necessary, regardless of an employee’s functional role or how the technology landscape evolve Given below are the brief details of the five key soft skills that the   top executive search firms   look for in prospective candidates. Soft Skill #1 ...