Beyond the Car in Front – How Not to Get Stuck in a Career Cul-de-Sac

When following the car in front may seem the easiest, safest and most rational course of action, it will not necessarily take you in the right direction. Looking Beyond the Car in Front, will guide executives in taking a more assertive and strategic approach to career choices. This session provides the perfect “front-seat navigator” in steering your next career move.

Speaker – Grant Duncan

Grant is Managing Director & Sector Lead for Media, Entertainment and Digital EMEA at Korn Ferry UK.

With a career spanning both executive search and advertising, Grant brings significant experience from the world of consumer media and content where he has worked with some of the world’s biggest companies to build their senior teams. These are sectors that were disrupted early on by digital, so he has also developed expertise in advising organisations across all sectors on how to navigate the leadership challenges and opportunities of digital transformation.

Before joining Korn Ferry, Grant worked at Spencer Stuart where he led the UK Technology, Media and Telecommunications and EMEA Digital Transformation Practices. Prior to working in executive search, he spent 25 years in the advertising industry, latterly as CEO of Publicis Groupe’s UK operation.

Grant is a Patron of the Royal Television Society and Fellow of both the Marketing Society and the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising. He holds an MA from St Andrew’s University and is a graduate of the INSEAD Advanced Management Programme.

Grant is the author of career guide Looking Beyond the Car in Front.

Marketing Academy’s Virtual Campus Session on June 23rd.