Brakston

Brakston is a division of Alder Koten that focuses on high potential professionals and managers on a development path for executive positions.

12/01/2025

Introduce yourself, don’t sell yourself. Let them know that you’re in the market, briefly explain your area of expertise, and offer to help with any information or insight that can help them close their open positions.

If you want to approach an executive recruiter with success and stay top-of-mind, then give them what they need (hint: It’s not always your resume).

11/28/2025

People who have international experience or identify with more than one nationality are better problem solvers and display more creativity.

Executives who have been successful in international assignments have usually excelled in understanding the environment, leading visionary change and results, as well as mastering complex business problems.

11/27/2025

Understanding which elements of your achievements can be attributed to your specific experience, individual talent, competences and traits, and which are a product of the organization, the culture, the teams and the specific challenges that you face, it’s critical in order to predict future success.

The ultimate purpose is to not just focus on the finish line but also understand the best method to get there and not hope or expect but drive to achieve our career goals in the desired time.

11/26/2025

A different context makes a difference in our perceptions of leadership. Adaptability is the key to remain as an effective leader.

Uncertain times call for leaders with a subtle mix of characteristics. They must provide comfort and stability, show empathy, exude optimism, proceed transparently and sincerely – all while making difficult decisions, taking courageous action, and decisively guiding their teams.

11/25/2025

Shared leadership could be what your organization needs to survive in a complex and ever-changing business world.

Due to the increasingly complex business world, many growing organizations introduce shared leadership. The philosophy of shared leadership lies in optimizing human capital to provide the best possible solution to various issues surrounding the organization. To be successful, shared leadership requi...

11/24/2025

“There is a lot of talk about digital transformation and the way these new technologies are impacting the products and the way that business is done, but the biggest impact comes in how cultures and the management styles are being shaped.”

The business landscape is shifting. Change is constant and the pace is faster. The skills gap is wider and customer focus is narrower. We’ve been disrupted, and we’ve been the disruptors. Now what?

11/21/2025

Growth really drives our personal ambitions, and culture is something that we can take into consideration as a positive but it also has the potential of being part of the cost. At what cost are we willing to accept a job?

AESC’s Leaders on Leaders podcast explores top trends impacting global leadership. Karen Greenbaum, President, and CEO of the Association of Executive Search Consultants, speaks with leaders from the world’s top executive search and leadership advisory firms.

11/20/2025

Our value to companies is to find the best talent for them, and what our candidates read is important. Here there are some of the books that have given positive results in the interview process.

Our value to companies is to find the best talent for them, and what our candidates read is important. In this short post, I give some of the books that have given positive results in the interview process.

11/19/2025

Having four generations working at the same time is unprecedented. Image, your great-grandparents, work with your grandparents, your parents, and you. How a leader should approach this new multigenerational workforce?

Global life expectancy has improved, allowing healthy individuals to live well to 85, 90, or even more than 100 years old. This translates to having four generations at the workplace all at the same time.

11/18/2025

Nonviolent communication emphasizes communication skills that truly foster compassion between the communicators by consciously relating themselves to others and be mindful in the opportunity to work together favorably.

"Nonviolent communication" is a concept introduced by Marshall B. Rosenberg, Ph.D. in his book Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life. It's often referred to as compassionate communication. Put it simply, it's a communication style that empowers individuals to be positive and support each othe...

11/17/2025

According to McKinsey’s report titled “Skill Shifts: Automation and the Future of the Workforce”, In 2030, jobs with higher cognitive skills are likely to increase by 9 percent, social and emotional skills 26 percent, and technological skills 60 percent.

In the recent years, AI (artificial intelligence) has been disrupting the human civilization with new technologies. Automation and robotics have started to enter the mainstream. While their existence helps in heightening our quality of life, many people begin to worry about whether their jobs will b...

11/14/2025

Leading a social enterprise requires a strong understanding and application of the best practices in ethics and integrity based on past experiences, empathy toward stakeholders, and passion.

The term "leadership" may mean many things. However, the main idea is that it's about setting the direction for a group of people to follow. In today's impact investing era, social enterprises require leadership of a different style.

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