Avoid Pitfalls in Long-Term Leadership Succession Planning

Developing a long-term vision for leadership succession requires tight strategic planning, proactive talent development, and the promotion of a learning and growth culture. By developing a strategy, you gain a clear vision of where you want to go and what your mission and goals are. Your plan of action will, therefore, be much stronger. [...]

By |2025-01-21T13:01:46+01:00January 21st, 2025|Comments Off on Avoid Pitfalls in Long-Term Leadership Succession Planning

11 Steps to the Ideal Board Team

Leadership is the art of balancing reason and intuition. This applies not only to leading an organization but also to managing a board team. You inspire, formulate a vision, set strategic goals, and motivate the team to achieve those goals. In addition, you must also be able to build a bridge between the board [...]

By |2025-01-15T09:36:58+01:00January 15th, 2025|Comments Off on 11 Steps to the Ideal Board Team

High Touch in Denmark: Two Faces, One Mission

We would like to introduce our Associated Partners in Denmark, Els Kluck and Jill Repp. These two driven professionals have earned their stripes in executive search and are key members of the team working on "The Heart of High Touch." Els Kluck: I'm Happy to Help You Find the Right Candidate There is always a [...]

By |2025-01-08T09:37:08+01:00January 8th, 2025|Comments Off on High Touch in Denmark: Two Faces, One Mission

My ultimate challenge: connecting clients with top candidates

Hi, how are you? I would like to introduce myself. Perhaps redundantly, but I hope we can be of help to each other. My name is David Shelton, and I am an Associate Partner at High Touch in the United Kingdom, where I have been working for several months now. Prior to this role, [...]

By |2024-12-18T12:13:27+01:00December 12th, 2024|Comments Off on My ultimate challenge: connecting clients with top candidates

Twelve Lessons from Elon Musk’s Book About Leadership

I’ve read the book with great pleasure. Although he’s eccentric and sometimes considered a bully, Elon Musk’s biography offers a wealth of leadership lessons, drawn from his work in transforming multiple industries with companies like Tesla, SpaceX, Neuralink, and The Boring Company. Musk’s leadership style is distinctive, controversial, but undeniably effective in achieving audacious goals. [...]

By |2024-12-11T12:18:58+01:00December 11th, 2024|Comments Off on Twelve Lessons from Elon Musk’s Book About Leadership

What to Expect from Your Chief Communications Officer

During my holiday in Italy, while enjoying a delicious Primitivo, I got into an animated conversation with Søren, a young Chief Communications Officer (CCO) from Denmark. He shared that he had recently started working for a large international food company and was thrilled about his new role. “You know, Wilko, I was very impressed [...]

By |2024-12-11T11:00:58+01:00December 11th, 2024|Comments Off on What to Expect from Your Chief Communications Officer

We conduct executive research just as easily in Amsterdam as we do in Bangkok 

In the past (never thought I would ever say it—yes, in the past), finding suitable candidates was a slow, paper-driven process. You would receive a profile for a candidate and usually place an advertisement. Then, the waiting for applications would begin. If you had international clients—those seeking candidates worldwide—you could spend significant time just [...]

By |2024-12-03T10:43:36+01:00November 28th, 2024|Comments Off on We conduct executive research just as easily in Amsterdam as we do in Bangkok 

Specialization for Successful Connections

Recently, I spoke to my good friend Robert again during a simple yet tasty lunch in the middle of the country. At the time, Robert did not choose the food sector but instead opted for a position in construction. And he is now doing so with considerable success. Calmly and deliberately, he is building [...]

By |2024-12-03T10:45:11+01:00November 27th, 2024|Comments Off on Specialization for Successful Connections

As a Boutique Firm, High Touch Offers Opportunities Worldwide 

High Touch has successfully combined the advantages of a small-scale boutique firm with the reach and resources of an international network. This enables us to provide our clients with specialized, high-quality services on a global scale. With an ultra-flat organizational structure, we limit our executive search services to the agri, food, and FMCG sectors—industries [...]

By |2024-12-03T10:46:26+01:00November 22nd, 2024|Comments Off on As a Boutique Firm, High Touch Offers Opportunities Worldwide 

High Touch from person to person

High Touch offers executive search services from field-to-fork for companies in the agrifood sector seeking senior management, board-level candidates, and specialists. To achieve this, we have one clear mission: to find the ideal candidate who will make a company better, more humane, and led by driven leaders who inspire their employees. We do this with [...]

By |2025-01-15T11:49:04+01:00November 13th, 2024|Comments Off on High Touch from person to person
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