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Welcome once again for the third episode of __Hypatia Onboards: The Mini-Series__ where I practice pitching my new firm’s capabilities and share insights from our terrific team at Leathwaite! My co-author and faculty member for this episode is Jaemi Taylor, a Director in our Human Resources Practice. Jaemi co-leads the HR Practice in the Americas, focusing on strategic senior-level placements in human capital for both both public and private Fortune 500 clients as well as private equity-backed companies. Her 20+ year career has honed her expertise as a trusted and accomplished talent advisor. Jaemi's article (👇) focuses on the increasing gaps in private capital portfolio company leadership and how progressive private capital organizations are willing to think outside of the existing talent box: - Lengthened investment horizons and more complex deals are shrinking the pool for "been-there-done-that" experience; - Private capital's ability to gauge a leader's potential must improve, a huge challenge given volatility; - Experiential use cases such as transformation and turnarounds can indicate potential, and longer horizons allow more time for talent development internally and benchmarking externally; - increasing diversity is overdue as diverse hires can tap into more wells of potential; - Human capital leaders are becoming sophisticated partners to both investment teams and portfolio companies; - This new breed of leader can challenge norms and widen the aperture of diversity within the talent pool for private capital. Read more and learn more (like I am!) below as I continue onboarding at Leathwaite! #Leadership #HumanCapital #PrivateEquity #FinancialServices

📣 Inspirational d&i Leaders 2024 Announced! We asked 446 international diversity and inclusion professionals 'Which diversity and inclusion leader inspires you the most?'.   We are pleased to highlight these inspirational individuals nominated by their peers and encourage you to connect and follow them on social media so they can inspire you too!   ★ To view the list, click here - https://lnkd.in/gs4_YWCu   Who inspires you? We encourage you to share the diversity, equity and inclusion leader who inspires you in the comments below.   #DILeaders #Diversity #Inclusion #Inspirational

Welcome back to __Hypatia Onboards: The Mini-Series__ where I practice pitching my new firm’s capabilities and share insights from our fantastic team at Leathwaite! Next up on the faculty front are Kaila (Malone) Rakin and Helen Parker, two stellar Consultants in our CFO practice. Helen has been with us for seven years and has worked in both our London and New York offices and specializes in both financial services and private equity portfolio companies. Kaila joined us eight years ago and has a specialization in CFOs as well as other executive roles in financial services and corporate roles in private equity. Kaila and Helen’s article (👇) highlights the latest in Financial Officer leadership as we enter the second half of 2024: - default elevation of the CFO role is having impact on other financial officers; - CFO profiles have decidedly changed (only one of the 20 new Fortune 100 CFOs in 2023 has a CPA), creating larger technical and leadership gaps in the accounting and tax functions; - As a consequence, the roles of the Chief Accounting Officer and Chief Tax Officer are on the ascendancy with higher expectations for their own transformative impact; - These pressures are driving a looming succession crisis in senior tax leadership across the sector; - Technology debt is felt acutely in finance organizations, and those orgs who automated early and often (for example big tech companies) are winning the talent wars; - Diversity amongst financial officers has shown incremental improvement and yet the risks of “glass cliffs” remain real. Read more and learn more (like I am!) below as I continue onboarding at Leathwaite! #Leadership #Innovation #Transformation #FinancialServices

Earlier this month we co-hosted a discussion with Gatehouse Advisory Partners bringing together banking risk and compliance leaders to explore the evolving threats geopolitics poses. The pressure on the Executive Committee to inform and lead against these threats is only increasing. Here’s what we discussed #geopolitics #riskleaders #complianceleaders Sara Swisher-Anderson Lisa Zonino Nick Greenstock Jack Lambert Gatehouse Leathwaite

Really enjoyed co-hosting the latest Leathwaite Chief Talent Officers roundtable this morning with Sage's Jorge Aisa Dreyfus at the Shard. We explored how to create high performing teams - it's a journey that requires consistency, clarity, commitment and collaboration. We then challenged the concept of 'a new breed of leadership’ highlighting the importance of psychological capital when selecting leaders - resilience, EQ, curiosity, learning ability and integrity that will create the right environment for success. Until recently, great leadership has been about building and skippering the fastest boat for plain sailing, and when rough water hits, battening down the hatches. That no longer works as a strategy. What we need from leaders now is expert white-water rafters! Building a sustainably high performing business requires this from our leaders. And for many, that is a big shift developmentally. Thanks to all who attended and contributed Jorge Aisa Dreyfus David Clarke Rachel Laws Tom Shaw Jon Balshaw Natalie Thwaite Emily Morgan Nicola Robinson Chris Howarth Anna Tomkins Caroline Vanovermeire Neil Andrew Jagrity Singh Anna Lees Chris Smith Mary Driscoll #Leadership #highperformance #chieftalentofficer #executivesearch