LONDON, June 27, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Boyden (https://www.boyden.com/), a
premier global talent and leadership advisory firm, named Richard Waddell
(https://www.boyden.com/richard-waddell/) as Managing Partner for the UK
Leadership Consulting practice. Richard will be based in London and oversee the
firm's growing consulting business, working extremely closely with colleagues
across Executive Search and Interim Management.
Nick Robeson (https://www.boyden.com/nick-robeson/), who leads Boyden's
operations in the UK and Ireland, commented, "It has been an exciting challenge
to find someone of Richard's calibre to help us continue to develop our
Leadership Consulting offering. It is such an enjoyable and intense area of work
and Richard brings more than two decades of invaluable experience to the
business. Improving individual leadership capability, team effectiveness and
developing a clear ownership strategy among high-performing executive teams is a
highly rewarding challenge and one that Richard and his team relish."
Waddell holds more than 20 years of leadership consulting and team leadership
from his professional experience and time as an officer in the British Army. In
his role as Managing Partner of Leadership Consulting, Richard will:

  * Oversee the strategic development of consulting within the United Kingdom,
    working closely with global colleagues.
  * Assist clients with growing their leadership capability via individual or
    team-based interventions.
  * Enable organisations to develop and design effective leadership frameworks
    to build High Performing Teams.

* Embed a succession mindset to ensure organisations develop teams effectively from within.
Before joining Boyden, Waddell held senior leadership roles specialising in
leadership development, effective talent acquisition, coaching and assessment.
He most recently served as Managing Director at Hanover, a boutique leadership
solutions business, where he built a highly effective team working across
multiple sectors internationally.
Richard Waddell added, "Boyden's approach and reputation are first-class with
their reputation in the UK going from strength to strength in recent years. I'm
thrilled to be joining such an experienced and impactful team who place such a
strong emphasis on building deep connections with clients to improve their
leaders, teams and organisations. This level of trust enables us to help solve
their most challenging leadership and talent issues."
About Boyden
Boyden is a premier leadership and talent advisory firm with over 70 offices in
45 countries. Our global reach enables us to serve clients' needs anywhere they
conduct business. For over 75 years, we have connected great companies with
great leaders through executive search, interim management and leadership
consulting solutions.
For further information, visit www.boyden.com (http://www.boyden.com).
About Boyden United Kingdom
With offices in London and Aberdeen, Boyden is an established leader in
executive search, interim management and leadership consulting in the United
Kingdom. Both clients and candidates know us for providing a personalised and
authentic approach, working collaboratively to ensure collective success. We are
passionate about our networks thriving and proud of playing a positive role in
our client and candidate journeys.
For further information, visit Boyden.com/united-kingdom
(https://www.boyden.com/united-kingdom/).
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