Insights

Trends & Perspectives from the Global Labour Market

Latest from Insights

Filter by sector
Corporate Governance

Retained vs Contingency Executive Search: The Fee Is Not the Real Cost

Finance sees a percentage. The board lives with the hire. How retained and contingency search are priced, and what each model actually buys.

AI

AI Governance for Mid-Market Companies: A Practical Playbook

Most AI governance frameworks assume a Chief AI Officer and a dedicated risk team. Mid-market companies have neither, and need a structure that fits what they actually have.

Manufacturing 

Reshoring Manufacturing Leadership: The Gap Nobody Budgeted For

Companies are approving new plants faster than they are finding the people to run them. The delay shows up eighteen months later, in the ramp-up.

Training 

How Is Reskilling Actually Funded and Scaled?

Most executive teams have agreed that reskilling matters. Far fewer have agreed who pays for it, and that is where the program quietly stalls.

Energy

The Renewable Energy Operations Director: Why Hybrid Backgrounds Win

Boards are still hiring plant directors for a role that now runs a distributed P&L. What actually predicts success in renewable operations leadership.

Corporate Governance

Board Director Search: Why Board Composition Is Now a Strategic Priority

Board refreshment has slowed even as activist pressure and internal scrutiny both hit record highs. Here is what a rigorous search actually requires.

Corporate Governance

You Know Why High Performers Leave. Here's How to Keep Them.

Diagnosing the problem is easy. Building the system that actually retains high performers is the hard part, and most companies never build it.

AI

Do You Need a Chief AI Officer? The Question Every CHRO Will Face This Year

By 2026, most boards will ask this question. Few will get the org design right.

Corporate Governance

Soft Skills Won't Get You Promoted. Executive Presence Will.

Boards don't evaluate "soft skills." They evaluate something more specific — and most organizations have no rigorous way to assess it.

The world of work, in your inbox.

Get new Insights articles every week — market intelligence, labour trends and on-the-ground perspectives from FMW Country Managers across 40+ markets.

Subscribe →