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Boards & Governance

Board Monitor US 2026 | Future-focused boards: Linking renewal, alignment, and performance

Fortune 500 boards have recently placed a larger focus operational expertise and prior board experience. Some boards are finding effective ways to balance short- and long-term considerations—and overseeing stronger performance than others.
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Chief Executive Officer

Route to the Top Europe 2026 | Companies are seeking experienced CEOs—but that isn’t enough

As geopolitical and economic volatility accelerate and technological disruption intensifies, European boards that align CEO development with a broad range of strategic scenarios will be better positioned to navigate disruption, implement fundamental changes, and sustain performance.
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Frontier Tech

Finding the human core of competitive advantage in the AI era: Avoiding the Pygmalion trap

As effective leadership becomes the most reliable source of value in the AI era, and as AI becomes ever more capable, leaders must understand why leadership itself remains a uniquely human capability.
Les T. Csorba
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Tom Monahan
Chief Executive Officer

Route to the Top US 2026 | Closing the CEO capability gap

Fortune 500 companies are increasingly appointing new CEOs who have prior experience in the role. However, a new survey finds that more than a third of US companies still don’t have a CEO with the capabilities the company needs to succeed in the near term. Some companies are planning their CEO successions more comprehensively and seeing greater success.
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Interim Talent
2026 High-End Independent Talent Report
The leadership, skills, and flexible capacity companies need to deliver in moments of change.
Performance culture focus

Three ways Middle Eastern organizations relied on culture to navigate during crisis

In moments of extreme uncertainty, culture becomes operational infrastructure. Here’s how organizations across the Middle East relied on it to protect people and sustain performance.

Succession Planning

CEO succession planning: How CEOs and boards can manage internal candidates effectively

Internal CEO appointments remain the most common route to the top, yet too many organizations continue to mismanage one crucial aspect of this highly sensitive process: the internal candidates themselves.

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Route to the Top United Arab Emirates 2026: Creating a deep bench, not a single successor, positions organizations best for the future

Organizations in the UAE have made significant progress in strategic alignment, but sustained success will require succession planning to become a continuous capability rather than a one-time governance exercise.
Performance Culture

Performance culture focus: Three ways Middle Eastern organizations relied on culture to navigate during crisis

In moments of extreme uncertainty, culture becomes operational infrastructure. Here’s how organizations across the Middle East relied on it to protect people and sustain performance.
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Leadership perspectives: A conversation with Shin Shuda, Global CEO and Senior Managing Partner of Uvance Wayfinders, Fujitsu

Heidrick & Struggles’ Richard Guest speaks with Shin Shuda, Global CEO and Senior Managing Partner of Fujitsu’s Uvance Wayfinders, about leading global teams through AI-driven change and building credibility during large-scale transformation.
CEO Succession Planning

Route to the Top Saudi Arabia 2026: Great boards build options, not successors

Many organizations in Saudi Arabia recognize their strategies will evolve over the coming years, but relatively few are shifting their leadership capabilities to reflect those anticipated changes. Organizations that cultivate multiple future leadership options while aligning succession, strategy, and leadership could gain a lasting advantage in performance and resilience.

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