The route from HRD to NED

15 minute watch

Tea Colaianni, non executive director at a number of private and public organisations, chair of Women in Hospitality and former group HR director at leisure company Merlin, shares her journey from HR director to non executive director

Tea Colaianni

In this video Tea Colaianni discusses:

  • Moving from an operational to commercial focus in HR
  • How to start making the transition from executive to non executive
  • Finding gaps in your experience
  • Making sure you establish strong relationships with a variety of executive search firms
  • The importance of networking across sectors
  • Removing the assumptions people have about you
Tea Colaianni is on ThePeopleSpace's Leadership board and a member of its PeopleSpaceLeaders network. Published 8 May 2018
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