Why are we seeing stagnation in the percentage of women in senior roles?
Annabel Weeden, Partner at bpe search, investigates what’s behind the latest statistics, and counsels leadership to put balanced boards back on t...
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Why AI adoption is the biggest personal challenge for the mid-cap C-suite
Our Founding Partner, Paul Bendelow, believes mid-cap C-suites need to put AI capability firmly at the heart of senior leadership development and h...
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From Broad Brief to Best-Fit Hire
Sector: Real Estate – Student Living / Build-to-RentRole: Marketing DirectorVita Group is the UK property group behind Vita Student, Vita Living an...
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From Kitchen Table to Exit: What Founder-Led Businesses Really Need from Executives.
The classic founder story is well known: a brilliant idea, relentless drive, and a triumphant exit. However, the press releases usually leave out t...
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What a Good Exit Actually Requires: The Final Stretch of a Founder Journey
Julie Waddell signed the Moorish exit deal on her 50th birthday. At around ten o'clock at night, with a neighbour called round to witness signa...
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Why We Never Took the Money: Financing, Equity and the Clean Exit
External investment is the default assumption for scaling businesses. The language of fundraising rounds, dilution, angels, venture capital and ter...
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What Nobody Tells You Before You Join a Founder
The conversation about joining a founder-led business tends to focus on the upside. The equity. The pace. The chance to make a genuine impact rathe...
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The Non-Executive Who Changed Everything: A Smarter Way Into a Founder Business
There is a version of the first senior hire story that most founders tell. They needed someone. They ran a process. They made an offer. It worked, ...
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