Special Situations
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Special Situations
We start from the situation a company is in, not the industry it operates in.
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Executive Search is at the heart of what we do, complemented by Leadership Assessment and Career and Leadership Development.
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Articles and publications on leadership in transformation, restructuring and private equity.
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Our partners have held senior roles in corporates, private equity and management consulting themselves.
Aviation geek, car guy, medtech guy: self-images show a close bond with an industry. Why they can become a trap in executive selection.
“I’m a medtech guy.” Three upsides and three downsides of leaders’ self-images Read More »
Three key interview mistakes that even experienced managing directors and board members make, and what clients and candidates should watch out for.
3 interview mistakes even seasoned professionals make Read More »
A PE-owned e-commerce company seeks a CEO, and an AI chatbot is to take over 90 % of customer support. What this means for executive selection.
What can software do? And what does it have to do with choosing a CEO? Read More »
Software with game-changer character is changing role profiles. The example of a PE-owned electronics group: AI in customer-facing functions and the new CEO.
Software is changing CEO role profiles, and not only those of CEOs Read More »
Various studies confirm what we keep seeing: only 20 to 25 % of decision-makers recognise in time that they need a CRO. That doesn’t surprise us. On many advisory boards, the topic comes up but is debated rather than decided. No clear decision, no strategic action. And it’s not an isolated case.Yet the CRO is
“The situation is serious. But a CRO? Let’s discuss it again first” Read More »
In the low-interest phase, leverage was enough. Today company value only grows through value creation: innovation, cost management and digitalisation.
Value creation instead of leverage Read More »
What is a CFO+? Usually a finance chief with restructuring experience. But operational or financial restructuring? And when is a CRO needed?
There is self-doubt in appointment processes too. A view from the sidelines on what good leadership has to do with self-doubt and honest reflection.
What leadership has to do with self-doubt Read More »
What do chief sales officers actually do in the current market? Insights from many conversations with CSOs from industrial goods and other sectors.
What are chief sales officers actually doing right now? Read More »
In private equity the view of CVs is changing: doctorates and degree certificates count for less. Skill or attitude, what decides today?
Skill or attitude: which matters more? Read More »
Mit dreifacher internationaler Vorstandserfahrung, unter anderem für die IKEA Group, Vorwerk International und die Peek & Cloppenburg Gruppe, blickt Melanie Kleemann auf eine umfassende Karriere entlang der gesamten Value Chain zurück. Ihr Herzstück und ihre Leidenschaft lagen dabei seit jeher in den Bereichen kommerzielles Wachstum sowie (digitale) Transformation.
Ihre internationale Führungskompetenz wurde maßgeblich durch globale Rollen und mehrjährige Auslandsaufenthalte in Schweden und der Schweiz geprägt.
Melanie ist Partner bei TALENTspy und verantwortet die Bereiche Commercial Excellence, Consumer&Retail, Private Equity. Mit feinem Gespür für Markt-Dynamiken und exklusivem Zugang zu Spitzenkräften unterstützt sie Corporate-Entscheider, Private-Equity-Investoren, Gesellschafter und Aufsichtsräte dabei, kritische Schlüsselpositionen diskret, treffsicher und mit nachhaltigem Wertzuwachs zu besetzen.
