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Charting A New Chapter: How to Establish and Maintain a Portfolio Career (2020)

As many people take stock of their careers and consider their next chapter, Wild Search is delighted to publish its latest report on Portfolio Careers. Drawing on our extensive experience of advising on non executive and trustees appointments over more than a decade, the report is aimed at those who are either considering their first non executive role, or those who are seeking to combine a number of such roles following their executive career.

Portfolio Planning: Insights from the Inside (2018)

Insights from the Inside is the third and final report on portfolio careers produced by Wild Search. Drawing on two earlier editions and with the addition of new subjects, the report provides a series of practical perspectives from those who have successfully taken this course in their own careers

Chapters include: How to Begin?; Skills Required; Commercial and Charitable? And How to Influence and draw on 30 interviews with experienced men and women whose careers have encompassed chair and board roles within FTSE and private companies, charities and professional and trade bodies.

Lessons from Leaders: Preparing, Planning & Managing a Portfolio Career (2015)

This sequel to Time and Chance has been written to encourage and reassure those currently in full-time executive careers, as they approach the opportunity to build a more plural career and to ensure the next chapter is both successful and stimulating.

Drawing on interviews with 14 portfolio based professionals whose combined experience covers a range of FTSE100 companies, private businesses and major charities, this publication details first-hand experiences of portfolio careers. It was featured in the Sunday Times and cited in Sir Gerry Grimstone’s 2016 report on the public appointments system.