Corinne Klajda is the CEO of Accord Group, a leading executive search firm in Central Europe and a founding member of Alto Partners – an international alliance of retained executive search and leadership consulting firms with 61 offices in 36 countries. She is also the co-founder and non-executive chair of Nuvadis Interim & Nuvadis Talents.

Corinne has spent more than 25 years in the executive search business, starting her career in China and moving to Poland in the late ’90s. Since 1999, she has conducted 850+ senior-level executive search assignments for both multinationals and European businesses, placing senior candidates into CXO & leadership roles, as well as digital & business transformation positions.

Alongside her business journey, Corinne is making a difference with her #CorinneRunsForGood initiative, partnering with the Unaweza Foundation and running the world’s four largest deserts to raise funds for young Polish and Ukrainian Paralympians, empowering them to achieve their dreams.

In this episode of the #HeroStory, she reflects on her life journey, including what it was like to move to Poland in the late ’90s, the challenges of building a global organization, her values and mission, and finally, the price of success.

Corinne sheds light on leadership skills and values, addressing the following questions:

• What leadership skills are necessary to drive digital transformation?
• What major challenges are leaders facing nowadays in terms of managing people and building winning organizations?
• What human qualities are required to be a good leader?

I’ll be thrilled to hear your insights from this episode. Please feel free to send me a direct message on LinkedIn.