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Podcast: Sourcing Tomorrow's Materials Leaders

Written by Kendall Justiniano | 09 April

Material Growth Podcast Ep 22 -

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We had a great conversation last month with Ron Malachuk on the Executive Roundtable. I wanted top speak with him because the global materials industry is undergoing significant upheaval and change. Slowing global demand and rapidly changing geopolitical dynamics are impacting the industry worldwide. Corporate priorities are shifting as once reliable sources of growth vanish. As a result companies are faced with new realities that require new leadership.

We discussed the seismic global shifts occurring today in Materials and the impact on current demand for Executive roles. We also look at what characteristics the next generation of executive leaders will need, and what makes executive search unique from other forms of recruiting.

Ron Malachuk is a Partner at JM Search and a member of the Firm’s Chemicals and Process Industry Practice. Over his career as an executive search and talent consultant, Ron has conducted C-Suite (CEO, CFO & COO), and Senior Advisor searches and leadership projects across multiple sectors, including agribusiness, chemicals, engineering and construction, materials, packaging and plastics. His clients include global industrial conglomerates, the Fortune 500, middle market manufacturing organizations, and portfolio companies of leveraged buyout and venture capital firms. ​

Who should listen?

  • Executives who want to understand how tomorrow’s materials leaders will differ.
  • Executives staffing leadership teams for the new realities of the materials industry.

Topics covered included:

  • Why the current downturn in chemicals and materials is fundamentally different from previous cycles
  • What the current climate requires of new leadership
  • The one leadership trait that consistently separates top-decile executives from everyone else
  • What private equity firms are really looking for in leadership today
  • What Makes Executive Search unique from other job searches

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Show Notes

Until next week,

Kendall -


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