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Why Management hires often fail and what to do about it?

Rapid Impact Coaching: Coaching for Immediate Impact and Induction As research by the Harvard Business Review in 2016 shows 40-60% of management hires fail within 18 months and with a growing investor focus on good governance around senior appointments, there is an increased focus on the NED’s, CEO’s and business leaders involved in making such […]

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Sedna Executive Search – Why start a new boutique Executive Search Firm?

Last spring, when I sat down on the terrace of a hotel in Madrid with my new (then future) business partner we were talking over our experiences with headhunting in the retail and consumer sector. My partner as experienced international manager and now an advisor for several private equity companies and boards and me as

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5 mistakes C-suite jobseekers make

Reaching senior-level positions within a company means that, surely, you should have the interview process down? No. It’s a common misconception that high-ranking C-suite executives are interviewing Gods, that they know what to say in order to astound and impress any hardline recruiter. In fact, C-suite executives may struggle with the recruitment process. If we factor out the Millennial

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