The Exchange
Ascentador partners deliberately spend time listening, reading, talking and writing on a range of topics impacting careers, talent and the workplace. We welcome guest authors to participate in this exchange of ideas with us and with our followers.
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Dr. Leyla Boumghar-Bourtchai (PharmD, PhD)
Dr. Leyla Boumghar-Bourtchai (PharmD, PhD) is a highly respected, visible innovation executive curre...
Judith Berei
Judith is a dynamic executive with a marketing and business leadership career that spans nearly four...
Dominic Scriven, OBE
Dominic's investing career spans four decades across London, Hong Kong and Vietnam. After spending t...
Albert Baladi
In this edition, Albert Baladi, an experienced chief executive and well-known internationalist, shar...
Old Dogs Can (and Must) Learn New Tricks
As I sit down to write about this topic, my colleagues are busily warning me that I am about to be b...
My Friend my boss
In his book Small Business Do's and Don'ts, author Sam Safar writes, “One of the fastest ways to rui...
Your Career Belongs To You
The question, ‘Is it ever too late to switch careers?’ appears reasonable enough. The idea of switch...
Two Steps Forward, One Step Back
In the earliest days of my career, I had the great privilege of working for a truly remarkable recru...
Drawing the line
There was a time when the line separating personal life from professional life was much clearer....
When the Bottom Falls Out, Look Up
Though it is now more than 25 years ago, I remember distinctly what I felt on waking up that first m...
It’s time to talk about Mindfulness
These days, it seems that everywhere I turn, I run into someone talking about “Mindfulness”. A...
Working from ‘Anywhere’
When I was growing up, my Dad would wake up early every morning for work and come back home just whe...
The Employer Brand
When we are hired for a new position, we are expected to have the skills and expertise necessary to...
Overcoming ‘Overqualified’
Although the interview took place several years ago, and though I have participated in many hundreds...
Marketing to an Algorithm
Computers are already writing stories for major newspapers, helping doctors to search for cures for...
Fit for Purpose
More and more, the world is showing an increased interest in health and fitness, so much so that it...
The Danger of the Bad Apple
Each of us has, over the years, found ourselves as part of a team. In most corpora...
Books and their Covers
More than 20 years ago, I was retained by a large, conservative, family-owned Consumer Products manu...