LEADERSHIP, OR HOW TO BECOME POSITIVELY REDUNDANT
It’s almost happening! In a few days I’m flying off to India😊
Taking a break from work for one whole month might seem obvious for many people, but not for me. Ever since I founded M18 (which is 23 years ago) I haven’t been offline for a single day. Not even when I was 9 months pregnant and waiting in the delivery room at the hospital for the arrival of my lovely son.
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THE VIP PROJECT
Last Friday it was official: M18 turned 20! So it has been 20 years since we started doing something that we now call The VIP Project. You probably wonder what it is, it sounds quite posh. It’s actually rather the opposite! Anyone that is at a crossroad in their career can benefit. So what is […]
IN 2030 – HOW WE WILL LOOK BACK ON TODAY
Here’s an interesting subject I’ve been wanting to write about for a couple of months. For some reason I did not come round to doing so, but now that measures are easing and we are moving to a next phase I feel ready to put my thoughts on paper. When looking back on Covid-19 in […]
THE 4P’S OF RECRUITMENT … WHY THE RETAINER-BASED APPROACH WORKS
Lately we have been asking clients why they work with M18. We obtained various answers whereby there was certainly one that stuck out. It’s a reason that has a strong connection to the title of this article which is: ‘You guys don’t give up. If one route doesn’t work, you’ll take another one, you go […]
MORE THAN EVER TRENDING IN RECRUITMENT: GLOBALISATION
When I started my International MBA studies in the early 90’s (yes, indeed a very long time ago) the recruitment industry was at its earlier stages. The world wide web was still under the radar, Google did not exist and social networks were only available in SciFi movies. Still, this industry at the time already […]
FOR THE EARLY BIRDS…
Those of you that have read some of my previous blog articles may remember the one that ended as follows: ‘Most of our businesses are likely suffer from the current Corona crisis. Resilience means that you can be strong and have the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties. Nothing is stopping you from writing a new […]
SIDE-EFFECT OF COVID-19: SENIOR MANAGERS REINVENT THEIR FUTURE
As recruiter for leadership profiles we are used to being contacted by senior managers all the time. Before the Covid-19 crisis it often concerned people that were out of a job or fearing to be, and who were actively looking for new employment. Lately this has been changing. We are seeing a new phenomenon emerge: […]
THE EVOLUTION OF CAREERS: THE FUTURE
As mentioned in my previous blog career patterns are changing at an even quicker pace… Why??? It’s all about TECHNOLOGY! Tech is strongly impacting careers because: As a result of the above trends the search for stability and the traditional career ladder has made room for entrepreneurship, adventure, life-long learning, flexibility, adaptability and (ideally) an […]
THE EVOLUTION OF CAREERS: THE PAST
What happened when someone started a career in let’s say the 1950’s, 60’s and even early 80’s? There was very little variation back then, especially if you were a white male graduating from university. You would look for a lifetime employer, preferably of a major company where you could start with a traineeship and gradually […]
TO GET BACK ON YOUR FEET
What will happen once we get out of this Pandemic…. It is something which is lingering in all of our minds. Upon reasoning I have been able to put matters into perspective in two different ways: there are nature- and man-made crises. Let’s face it, what we are living today seems rather unique! We have […]
