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Alex Partners Executive Search
Welcome to The Tech Space, where we share podcasts, blogs, case studies and more, offering expert opinions and valuable insights across a range of topics in the ever-evolving international landscape of Technology, and Impact.
Chaos, Carbon, Inclusion: The New Playbook for Tech Leaders
In 2025, tech leaders are facing more variables than ever: regulatory disruption, economic unpredictability, and rising ESG scrutiny among them. At first glance, these challenges look like constraints. But for leaders willing to adapt, they offer strategic openings.
AI Has Entered the Org Chart: What It Means for Leadership and Sales Design
As artificial intelligence shifts from experiment to enterprise-wide imperative, it’s redrawing the organisational map. New leadership roles are emerging. Sales structures are being retooled. And companies, from Silicon Valley giants to European scale-ups, are rethinking how decisions get made and executed.
A Conversation With Huw Slater
Huw Slater joins Giles Daniels in this episode of our Tech Space podcast. Huw, the Co-founder and COO of Oliva, a UK-based mental health platform, shares his insights on the difference between managing for results and managing for performance.
From Flexibility to Purpose: What Today’s Candidates Really Want from Employers
In a highly competitive talent landscape, organisations need to understand what candidates truly value in employers. This blog looks at what today’s candidates really want and why.
Driving Success: How Meeting Employee Needs Fuels Business Growth
Balancing the varied needs of employees with the necessity to grow a business can be challenging. This blog explores why it is important to balance employee needs with business growth, and shares insights on how to achieve this.
The Secrets of Successful Succession Planning
In business the focus is often on scaling quickly and efficiently. One critical aspect that should not be overlooked is succession planning. This blog explores why succession planning is crucial, how to develop a successful plan and understand the potential pitfalls.
The Power of Talent Pooling and Talent Benchmarking
In this fourth blog of the series based on our eBook “Talent Acquisition Strategies for European Growth Organisations”, we consider how talent pooling and talent benchmarking can deliver value and are important considerations at every stage of a business’s journey for distinct, yet interconnected, reasons.
Unlocking Success: The Value of a Great Hiring Process
In this third blog of the series based on our eBook “Talent Acquisition Strategies for European Growth Organisations” we share practical insights and strategies to help you optimise your talent acquisition strategy for business growth. In this blog, we consider the value of a great hiring process and the competitive advantage to be gained by approaching hiring as a strategic initiative.
Unlocking Potential: Hiring for Business Growth
In this second blog of the series based on our eBook “Talent Acquisition Strategies for European Growth Organisations” we share practical insights and strategies to help you master the art of talent acquisition across different phases of the business. This blog considers the dynamics of hiring for business growth; exploring the nuanced challenges of building teams beyond the C-suite.
Post Investment: The Critical Relationships in Building a Successful Business
Welcome to the first blog in our series based on our eBook “Talent Acquisition Strategies for European Growth Organisations”. In it we share insights and strategies to develop your leadership team holistically from the outset and optimise your talent acquisition for business growth. In this blog we focus on the relationships that are critical to building a successful business in a post-Investment phase.