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In an exclusive webinar with Mr. Sanjay Dutt, Senior Vice President - HR at EXL hosted by MU on Tuesday, 16th July at 11 AM CET, delve into Capability Building: Roadmap to success in a digital world. Sharing his diverse experiences, expertise, and perspectives, we explore the capabilities and opportunities which are shaping future-ready organisations. How might job skills evolve, what is the impact of digitalisation on future workforce, how to make build v/s buy decisions, and what does this all mean for tomorrow’s leader? To join the webinar and receive a personalised invite, please write to our TMT Lead, Rachit Sharma at rachit.sharma@mercuriurval.com

The MU team in Austria recently had the great honour of celebrating Midsommar (midsummer) at the Swedish Embassy in Vienna again, thanks to Annika Markovic, Sweden’s Ambassador to Austria and Slovakia. Midsommar is a yearly event where MU Austria invites clients and networks to join this special Swedish tradition and celebration. This year, the event was graced by the presence of our Chairman of the MU Group Board, Roger Hagafors, and our CEO, Richard Moore, who gave a keynote speech that engaged over 100 participants in a unique experience. During the event, we gifted all attendees with a MU-branded coin, symbolising the coin flip, which was met with great appreciation. Curious about the coin flip? It was an integral part of Richard Moore's keynote address, and you can find an article on the topic here: https://lnkd.in/d8Ah7bjq At MU, we take pride in our Swedish roots and value joint celebrations as ONE MU team, alongside clients and friends. Thank you to all MU colleagues who contributed to bringing this tradition to life: Doris Hofmeister, Jörg Seitz, Marion Gertner, Tobias Gabriel-Ziegler, Andreas Pesenhofer, Brigitta Berger, Agnes Mink, Mikkel Skole, Klaus Steinmann, Agota Schindler, Alexandra Stadler, Kata Beck-Bíró Phd, ACC Monika Weiss, Olivia Lumbe, Renata Zivny, Sylvia Stolzenberg, Thomas Böck and Bettina Nebral. You can find some photos from the embassy’s photographer here: https://lnkd.in/dgWpZJkm We wish all our clients, candidates and followers a great summer!

If you filled a room with 100 CEOs and asked — is leader succession a top 10 priority — a sea of hands would be raised. Ask how many believe their organisations address this topic effectively, the sea would instantly be reduced to a pond. Increasingly unpredictable macroeconomic, geopolitical, and sociological conditions inevitably make predicting the future in any business context extraordinarily difficult. However, the biggest contributing factors to this persistent failure to manage this universal business risk tend to be closer to home. They include — inadequate planning, lack of investment, investment in the wrong things, ineffective leader development processes, and above all else — the lack of a systematic, precisely tailored evaluation of the capabilities needed to deliver future success. Our research and experience at MU unequivocally indicate that the most common mistake made when planning leader succession is a failure to grasp a single fundamental truth: every leadership role is unique. Why can we make this assertion with such confidence? Because, for more than 50 years, MU has pioneered an unrivalled science-based approach to leader succession and selection. We can prove we get it right more than 90% of the time. Read more about MUs Leader Succession in this article by Matthew Owens, Partner & Director at MU, here: https://lnkd.in/dFzgVipE

Modern leadership for safety in aerospace - a view on diversity, speak-up culture and harnessing inclusion. A few weeks ago, Julia Reichel, Consultant at MU, had the pleasure of meeting Balkiz Sarihan from Airbus Urban Air Mobility. Balkiz has since received an award for modern leadership and today Julia is sharing their conversation about leadership in a modern aerospace environment like Airbus' UAM business in Munich. The focus was on the value of a diverse workforce and leadership team, how she manages innovation in a fast-paced environment and why she values the small elements of the culture she nourishes in her business. Read the full conversation here: https://lnkd.in/daY265wB

Is your leadership ready to embrace change? Does your leadership team have the capabilities to succeed, now and in the future? In the ever-evolving landscape of business, the only constant is change. At MU, we believe that change is an opportunity for growth, and our Leadership Audit is the compass to guide you through it. Jennifer Heigel and Kenneth Lean, Partners & Directors at MU, dive into our Leadership Audit and how we can help you grow through change. Read the article here: https://lnkd.in/dscp3HfW

Each year Board Directors from across Switzerland gather to discuss the most important topics. This year Board Effectiveness was in the spotlight and MU Board and CEO Practice team ran workshops on how to evaluate and improve Board performance. What to do – and not do – to secure an Effective and Inclusive Board for your organisation: What is best practice in testing and developing Board effectiveness? What is Best practice in test and improving Board inclusion? What are the ‘no ‘go’s’ when it comes to testing and developing Boad effectiveness? To answer these key questions, participating Board Chairs and Non-Executive Directors added their insights to data collected from the MU BoardScan™. The result of the day was a comprehensive summary of Board Effectiveness best practice. Christian Schaffenberger, Mieke Weijenberg and Richard Moore form MU’s Board and CEO Practice tell us more about what was discussed – concluding on the top 3 answer to the most important questions Board Chairs and Non-Executive Directors raised. Read the article here: https://lnkd.in/d67Ej2J5

The hydrogen industry has the potential to create millions of new jobs globally and play a crucial role in achieving carbon neutrality goals. Industrial projects in hydrogen and renewable energy are rapidly increasing in the global energy transition, requiring new skills worldwide. In this blog, Sanna Kröger (Fredrikson), Principal Consultant at MU, and Axel Held, Senior Consultant at MU, examine the key leadership skills needed to drive success in the growing hydrogen sector, based on insights from industry experts. Read it here: https://lnkd.in/dqb-_7Jq

Sometimes, the work you do to bring people into a leadership positions can actually help change the entire culture of an organisation. In a management audit a few years back, we played a key role in initiating a cultural transformation within a massive production company boasting 15,000 employees. Traditionally, they adhered to narrow selection criteria, favoring individuals with identical cultural, educational, political, and regional backgrounds. However, at MU we believe that the only basis for an employment decision should be a factful match between an individual’s competencies — what they bring to work — and the requirements of the role, context and organisation results needed. Working with inclusive recruitment creates diverse teams, and diversity is required to have a high-performing workplace. Read more about the in-depth leadership audit we performed and the outcome here: https://lnkd.in/dSaNmyrK

The MU Consumer Practice & Retail Practice invites to our Communication Platform on 1st July 2024 at 9.00 a.m. CET via Teams. Together with keynote speaker Adriano Iemma, CEO of A.I. Business & Leadership, we will go into the topic of the power of 3D and AI packaging to boost sales. Adriano is a leading expert in interim management, consulting, and headhunting. With extensive experience in supply chain management and corporate strategy, he has held executive roles at Müller Holding and Lidl Stiftung, achieving significant cost savings and operational efficiencies. As a co-founder of Germany's first frozen food supermarket and recognised industry leader, he embodies visionary leadership and strategic thinking. Adriano holds a degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering and is fluent in German, Italian, English, and Portuguese. His leadership style is characterized by decisiveness, empathy, and strategic acumen. Read more about the webinar and register here: https://lnkd.in/d9FbQbry

Effective leadership teams have the potential to achieve incredible results, but exceptional teamwork is not common. Research indicates that only 1 in 5 teams can be classified as high-performing, and a mere 10% of efforts to develop effective teams actually translate into tangible business impact. In today's challenging landscape, leadership teams are up against more significant hurdles than ever. The combination of amplified change, increased complexity, and a decline in trust towards corporate leaders has placed unprecedented demands on Leadership Teams (Hawkins, 2021). These teams are now more diverse, and geographically dispersed, and must navigate more complex systems. This is to say that being effective as a leadership team has become increasingly challenging. Leaders have the responsibility to drive effectiveness of their team(s). They are responsible for coaching and cultivating a collaborative environment within the Leadership Team. Repeated surveys of Leadership Teams indicate this is a very difficult and challenging task — especially as conditions change rapidly and Leadership Teams must evolve their mindset and perspective. As a leader, what can you do? Read this article to find out how you can crack the code on building effective leadership teams: https://lnkd.in/dVfSJu6p