Diversity Spotlight – Equity Factor Funds Portfolio Manager
Posted on Jan 12, 2021 by Thomas Hudson
Our Search Spotlights highlight our work on critical search assignments from our clients. Here’s how a Factor Funds team met more diversity candidates and hired a female fund manager.
Update: what does work look like after the pandemic?
Posted on Jan 11, 2021 by Thomas Hudson
Last May, we commented on a Quartz article, What does work look like after the pandemic? Our guidance was that company leaders should prepare for an increasingly virtual workplace. The pandemic would force manager sentiment to catch-up with candidates’ desires for remote work and flexible arrangements. The pandemic is not over, but we’ve finally hung the 2021 calendar on […]
(WSJ) Investors Pile Into ETFs Devoted to Socially Responsible ESG
Posted on Jan 04, 2021 by Sean Locke
For those who questioned if ESG has staying power, 2020 responded with a resounding “yes.” According to FactSet, flows into US ESG-related ETFs…
To emerge stronger from the COVID-19 crisis, companies should start reskilling their workforces now (McKinsey & Co.)
Posted on Jun 04, 2020 by Sean Locke
To emerge stronger from the COVID-19 crisis, companies should start reskilling their workforces now Companies and their employees must respond to the rapidly changing conditions that the COVID-19 crisis has thrust upon the workplace. Firms must help their people adapt and evolve to those changes. By addressing these issues now companies will be stronger and […]
(NY Times) Job Interviews Are Broken. There’s a Way to Fix Them.
Posted on May 01, 2020 by Sean Locke
Job Interviews Are Broken. There’s a Way to Fix Them. Adam Grant makes the argument that “Credentials are overrated, and motivation is underrated…” Too often firms focus on past experience, betting on the wrong people (and missing out on the right ones). How can we avoid those mistakes? The article suggests that by identifying the […]