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Oy, Am I Worried

As 2018 unfolds, top executives are worried about cybersecurity, disruptive technologies, and stiffer competition for talent, especially among some…

Anthony LoPinto

As 2018 unfolds, top executives are worried about cybersecurity, disruptive technologies, and stiffer competition for talent, especially among some of the biggest names in the public company arena according to interviews held by the Wall Street Journal, and they should be worried. Coinciding with cyber issues and challenges on the talent front, there has been a feverish pace of turnover in some of the biggest names in corporate America, including Equifax, GE, Ford, Macy’s and Mondelez, to name a only a few.

In each case there were challenges on many fronts, but disruptive technologies that undermined their business or breaches, such as was experienced at Equifax, ultimately took out the corner office. The related challenge is that many on the CEO’s leadership team are not equipped to deal with these emerging and catastrophic challenges, and the bench of talent who are cyber-savvy are few and far between.

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Anthony J. LoPinto

Anthony J. LoPinto

Tony LoPinto is the Global Sector Leader of Korn Ferry’s Real Estate Practice and founder of SelectLeaders. For the past 18 years LoPinto has been serving his clients with deep knowledge and perspective on talent needs and organizational challenges to public and private companies – knowledge gained from a 25-year career in real estate. Prior to his current position, he founded and served as chief executive officer of a boutique real estate executive search firm, where he oversaw offices in New York, Chicago, Washington, DC, San Francisco and Los Angeles. He has successfully led several high profile search engagements for chief executive officers, directors and a wide-range of executive level positions across all industries and sectors. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in European history from Loyola University in Chicago.

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