23 Apr, 2024 Be Agile When it Comes to Compensation Packages! By David Beeston I've partnered on recruitment campaigns with tech startups and scaleups for the last 10 years, across multiple verticals including cyber...
03 Apr, 2024 Promotions at an early-stage startup — am I asking for too much? (probably) By David Hunt Another interesting article from the team at Sifted. I find this a little amusing, if you want a ladder to climb, join a corporate, or...
27 Mar, 2024 Increasing diversity at board level By David Hunt This article is almost a year old, but nothing much has seemed to change. With overwhelming evidence showing a diverse team, or board,...
25 Mar, 2024 C&I Energy Storage Emerging from the Shadows By David Beeston This article caught my eye. It features Energy Storage for the Commercial and Industrial (C&I) segment and it's expected growth to 124...
04 Mar, 2024 What makes a great COO By David Beeston One of the most in-demand roles amongst Energy Storage and Grid startups and scaleups is the Chief Operating Officer (COO). Many of these...
04 Mar, 2024 Are MBA's worth it? By Stephen Robinson I came across an interesting article via Sifted which discusses why some investors will only back founders with MBAs and it got me...
27 Feb, 2024 My Key Takeaways from Energy Storage Summit 2024 By David Beeston I write this a week on from the Energy Storage Summit in London. A 2-day conference where 1,500 prominent figures and leaders in the...
19 Feb, 2024 The Importance of The Search Kick Off By David Beeston One of the most important stages of our recruitment process is the project kick off meeting. This is our chance for us to really get...
15 Feb, 2024 Europe Vs US: Who Leads the EV Charging Race? By Stephen Robinson In a recent article from Apricum, a strategy consulting and investment banking boutique focused on the energy transition, a look at the...
13 Feb, 2024 My brain hurts reading this stuff!: EY should be wary of joining the cat-and-mouse game of employee monitoring By David Hunt Playing all these games is such a waste of time and energy for both employer and employee. God know what the financial costs of the tools...
12 Feb, 2024 European Gigafactory Moves! By David Beeston A few months ago I discussed FREYR's decision to shift their Gigafactory focus away from Europe and instead to the US (here) and...
09 Feb, 2024 If you wanna be the best, hire the best! By David Beeston Many of my clients come to me for guidance on what package they should be offering for an upcoming leadership hire. I give them my...
08 Feb, 2024 HR leaders’ top tips for improving employee retention (what about if you have no HR Leader!) By David Hunt I've been in Executive Search for over 25 years. I've worked through a number of recessions, including the GFC, I've seen mass hirings...
31 Jan, 2024 Want to hire the best? Candidate experience is critical By David Beeston As a start-up / scale-up leader in cleantech, growing your team will be one of your biggest priorities. You need A players that will...
31 Jan, 2024 BP faces activist investor pressure to ditch clean energy pledges By David Hunt Whilst it is important to celebrate all of the very significant funding and investment into the cleantech /Climatech sector, from solar...
30 Jan, 2024 The growing popularity of fleet electrification By Stephen Robinson Fleet electrification is growing in popularity across the UK (and globally for that matter) with fleet managers up and down the country...