Knowledge & Thought Leadership

A gaming industry veteran who has held executive jobs at Zynga and Electronic Arts, Jeff Karp, Executive Vice President, Mobile and Social Games at GSN Digital offers a view from the nexus of mobile, social and online gaming, and shares some of the leadership lessons he’s picked up as an executive in Silicon Valley’s ultra-competitive talent market.

Overview of the Middle East's corporate coming of age.

The latest in Boyden’s Practice Perspectives series explores one of the most pressing issues facing Chief Executive Officers today: talent management. Today’s CEOs need senior talent management executives who can serve as strategic partners, capable of recruiting, developing and retaining talent in a shifting global economy.

We have been undertaking our Annual Survey of the market for many years now, gathering and analysing data on the preceding year’s key metrics and trends. This year, we were pleased to receive a record response from both our clients and Interim Managers.

In this report we look at Russia – a complex market undergoing rapid transformation in its corporate landscape and among its executive population. The country’s economic, political and social history is reach, interwoven with various cultural influences. For those who invest time in understand the nuances of its commercial environment, doing business in Russia is a unique and compelling experience.

New research highlights the common conclusion reached by the majority of studies on executive coaching: that coaching for individuals in executive jobs delivers an ROI between 500% and 600%. A landmark 2001 study, cited in the research, surveyed 100 executives from Fortune 1000 companies for a variety of metrics that determine ROI. The executives reported higher bottom line results as well as improvements in their companies’ customer service and development of potential successors.