Download or read book The Right Leader written by Nat Stoddard and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-04-03 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A trailblazing approach to choosing executives who both match the needs and fit the cultures of the organizations they will lead Leadership failures damage or even destroy companies every day. To reduce the costs of leadership failure, the author has developed a revolutionary process for selecting executives based on his years of consulting for some of America's largest corporations. The Right Leader details this new approach and how it eliminates the leadership failures that plague so many companies around the world today. When executives don't address the right needs, or can't lead the organization because of a poor fit with the corporation's cultures, the company loses competitive advantage, talented people, and momentum. The Right Leader introduces the revolutionary Match-Fit Model and explains how it reduces the risks and costs of executive failure by changing the factors that are considered and by taking into account the cultural dynamics at play in any organization. Nat Stoddard (New York, NY) is Chairman of Crenshaw Associates, a New York-based consulting firm specializing in career and transition management for senior executives. Claire Wyckoff (New York, NY) is an accomplished writer and editor, who has held executive positions in both the corporate and nonprofit sectors.
Download or read book Executive Selection written by Valerie I. Sessa and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 2000-07-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Strong leadership is essential for survival in today's competitive business environment. Yet it has been estimated that from 25 to 75 percent of top executives hired today fail. Such failures can cripple the organization and adversely affect its stakeholders. So how can senior-level positions be filled with leaders who fit the bill? The Center for Creative Leadership has studied executive selection for years. Its researchers have interviewed hundreds of executives, analyzed the decision-making styles of the people who make selections, and studied the latest management and psychological literature on the subject. Executive Selection draws on this research, and on the extensive experience of the authors in working with top-level management, to offer a series of steps that decision makers can follow to make better hiring decisions. After detailing who should be on the selection team, the book shows how this group of people can develop a systematic way to look at the organization, its environment, the open position, and the candidate requirements. The team thereby develops an image of the ideal candidate that can be used throughout the selection process. Next, advice is given on the best way to develop a good candidate pool and how to gather and use the right information to determine who should be hired. Finally, Executive Selection makes recommendations that will help ensure the new executive's successful transition into the organization and his or her continued development. In all, these steps represent a comprehensive, easy-to-follow system that takes the mystery out of selecting for success. The book's strategies for pinpointing the right person for the job apply to the selection of CEOs, officers, and others in the executive suite. Executives, boards of directors, and HR professionals can use these strategies to improve their selection processes. Investors can use them to assess the executive selections being conducted within companies of interest. And researchers can use them to garner ideas for additional work in the field.
Download or read book Selecting International Executives written by Manuel London and published by Center for Creative Leadership. This book was released on 1999 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Organizations looking to establish and maintain a proactive global presence have executive selection requirements that go beyond traditional leadership skills. These requirements also include cross-cultural experience in negotiating, developing, and maintaining partnerships with other businesses worldwide. Because the globalization of organizations is relatively new, little is known about how to identify and select executives who have the skills to operate effectively in a global environment. This book, for practitioners and human resources professionals, summarizes the most current informationabout the skills needed to successfully lead a global organization, and defines a framework for identifying executives who possess those skills.
Download or read book Selecting Executives written by United States. Navy Department. Office of Industrial Relations and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Executive Selection written by David L. DeVries and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report, an expanded version of the working document that anchored the 1992 Center for Creative Leadership conference on executive selection, summarizes and evaluates the contributions of research and practice to the understanding of how to choose the most effective leaders for organizations. Following a brief look at the realities of organizational performance that have led to the growing interest in executive selection, an overview of executive selection is presented in the form of nine observations. Each observation is comprised of a literature review and recommendations to improve practice. The observations are summarized as follows: (1) There is much new research from the last 30 years to help increase the odds of picking successful executives; (2) corporate executives are not using personnel selection tools; (3) a holistic context-rich approach is most significant; (4) opportunities for managerial growth should be maximized throughout the careers of all candidates; (5) more accurate and detailed performance measures of how executives perform must be developed; (6) assessment models must be appropriate to the 21st century; (7) hiring external candidates poses risks to both the candidate and the organization; (8) organizations must promote diversity in leadership by including women and people of color; and (9) there is a need to get past ennui and miscommunication about executive selection. Appendices contain a list of the conference's principal speakers, definitions, and list of further questions. Contains 108 references. (LMI)
Download or read book A Guide for Executive Selection written by United States Civil Service Commission. Test Development and Occupational Research Section and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Executive Selection written by Valerie I. Sessa and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a study that examined the apparent failures of many top-level executive selections. For the study, information was gathered from 494 top executives. The research's purpose was to determine how executives are defined as successful or unsuccessful, how executive selection takes place in modern organizations, and what determines whether companies look inside or outside for a successor. These questions were addressed through an organizing framework that outlined the domains related to executive selections. These domains were developed by combining what is known about selection at lower levels in the organization with the differences and special needs of selection within the top ranks of the organization. The results indicate that performance measures--how one does the job--do not differentiate between successful and unsuccessful executives. In addition, selection processes are related to the eventual success or failure of executives according to the explicitness of organizational needs, position requirements, and who is selected to be in the candidate pool. The study also found that internal selection processes differ from external selection processes in terms of organizational needs, position requirement, and other factors. Selection processes vary in length of process and number of candidates considered. Two appendices present the study protocols and limitations. (Contains 40 figures and 40 references.) (RJM)
Download or read book Choosing Executives written by Jennifer J. Deal and published by Center for Creative Leadership. This book was released on 1999 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Failure rate for senior executives is high; consider the frequent stories in the press about yet another CEO who has been fired or has resigned prematurely. Hypothesizing that the selection process is inadequate, CCL researchers used the Peak Selection Simulation to ask 621 decision-makers specific questions about how they use interviews, HR information, and search firm reports to select top-level candidates. This report, containing thirty figures and tables and a comprehensive reference list, documents this research and provides useful insights that can lead to better selection outcomes.
Download or read book CEO Excellence written by Carolyn Dewar and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-03-15 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Based on extensive interviews with today's . . . corporate leaders, this look at how the best CEOs do their jobs focuses on the mindsets and actions that foster an environment of excellence"--
Download or read book The Right CEO written by Frederick W. Wackerle and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 2001-10-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The CEO selection and succession process is notoriously dysfunctional. Often, the wrong person is selected or the right person is put into a situation that blocks them from doing a good job. This is the first book on the topic to address the interrelationships between the five key groups in the CEO selection process--boards, HR executives, recruiters, CEOs, and CEO candidates. The authors also identify the fatal flaws in the current CEO selection systems and offer recommendations for creating a process that will guarantee the best leadership outcome possible. The book is filled with helpful insider examples and anecdotes to illustrate how this often ineffectual process can be righted.
Download or read book The Complete Guide for Recruiting and Hiring Executives written by Thomas Jacobson and published by Dog Ear Publishing. This book was released on 2008-05 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Complete Guide for 'How to Attract Superstars' Recruiting & Hiring Executives Public Boards make many important decisions, but none more important than hiring a chief executive officer. Hiring a new executive officer is the most important decision a board will ever make. That decision should not be left to chance, it takes a great amount of preparation and work to recruit, hire, and select a new executive officer. THE COMPLETE GUIDE FOR RECRUITING AND HIRING EXEUTIVES "How to Attract Superstars"is a step-by-step guide on how to identify, attract and hire your next executive officer. Thomas Jacobson, CEO of McPherson & Jacobson L.L.C. has prepared a practical guide on how to identify, recruit, and hire not just your next executive officer, but one who is a superstar.In this book he has outlined how to: Identify the qualities your board wants in your new executive officer Assess the expectations of your stakeholders Develop appropriate promotional material to attract top candidates Advertise the vacancy to reach the best applicants Actively recruit quality candidates Develop the application procedures Screen candidates and conducting background checks Develop interview procedures & appropriate interview questions Establish interview and visitation schedules Establish annual performance objectives for the new executive officer Conduct a six-month and one-year evaluation of the new executive officer McPherson & Jacobson L.L.C., Executive Recruitment and Development, was founded in 1991 and is recognized as one of the top executive recruitment firms in the nation. Since its inception McPherson & Jacobson L.L.C.has assisted hundreds of public boards hire top level executives. They have developed a time tested and proven protocol that is outlined in this book. If any public board follows the steps outlined in this book they will be able to conduct a successful search of an executive officer.
Download or read book The Search Book written by Donn Vickers and published by . This book was released on 2006-09 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Search Book: A Guide to Executive Selection guides board members through the challenges and opportunities of an executive search process. Designed to lead readers through each step, it offers organizational tools, resources, and firsthand knowledge. This book focuses on the practical and illuminates how the finer details of an executive transition lead to valuable perspectives on the mission and future of an organization faced with the selection of new leadership.
Download or read book How to Select Executive Personnel written by Edith Sands and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book CEO Selection written by George P. Hollenbeck and published by Center for Creative Leadership. This book was released on 1994 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although CEO selection may be the most important decision an organization makes, there is little practical literature available on the subject. In this report, the author, a management psychologist and a former human resources executive, reviews selected books and articles on CEO selection and presents his personal views on the topic.
Download or read book Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders written by Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic and published by Harvard Business Press. This book was released on 2019-02-19 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Look around your office. Turn on the TV. Incompetent leadership is everywhere, and there's no denying that most of these leaders are men. In this timely and provocative book, Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic asks two powerful questions: Why is it so easy for incompetent men to become leaders? And why is it so hard for competent people--especially competent women--to advance? Marshaling decades of rigorous research, Chamorro-Premuzic points out that although men make up a majority of leaders, they underperform when compared with female leaders. In fact, most organizations equate leadership potential with a handful of destructive personality traits, like overconfidence and narcissism. In other words, these traits may help someone get selected for a leadership role, but they backfire once the person has the job. When competent women--and men who don't fit the stereotype--are unfairly overlooked, we all suffer the consequences. The result is a deeply flawed system that rewards arrogance rather than humility, and loudness rather than wisdom. There is a better way. With clarity and verve, Chamorro-Premuzic shows us what it really takes to lead and how new systems and processes can help us put the right people in charge.
Download or read book Choosing Leaders and Choosing to Lead written by Douglas Board and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Choosing Leaders and Choosing to Lead, Douglas Board argues that we often choose badly when selecting for positions in or near the board room in organisations large and small, public and private. He explains why today's good HR practice, such as the use of competency frameworks, has transformed front-line and middle management selection, but fails at higher organisational altitudes. The author reviews and critically appraises contemporary practice in senior selection and offers insights from sociological and social psychological perspectives. He describes a world after competencies, in which science, politics and intuition are necessarily intertwined - and in which we can choose leaders better. New insights are illuminated with real-life examples. The book concludes with practical advice for those selecting and competing for CEO and other senior roles and will interest anyone involved in regulating, or researching selection, or who is concerned with the diversity and effectiveness of leadership cadres.
Download or read book Finding the Best and the Brightest written by Peg Thoms and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2005-07-30 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finding the Best and Brightest proposes an approach to choosing leaders based on a set of criteria designed to align individual qualities with organizational or institutional goals. Peg Thoms challenges the popular trend in theory and practice toward transformational or visionary leadership, arguing instead that leadership must be developed in context; many organizations, for example, don't need visionaries as much as they need operational leaders, who get things done by focusing on present-day tasks, such as designing superior products and delivering exceptional customer service. This book provides guidance for how to recruit, select, and retain the right people for leadership positions at any level of the organization. Drawing from research conducted in the private, public, and non-profit sectors, Thoms features powerful examples of effective and ineffective leadership in a variety of situations, and sheds light on the complex relationships between leaders and those who follow them. We all choose our leaders. We hire them to run our companies. We vote them into office. We appoint them to committees. We decide to work for, serve, and follow them. In fact, all leadership is relative; by taking direction or orders, going to bat or war, marching behind, listening, and agreeing, we are choosing to allow another individual to lead us. Whether the stage is a corporation, a country, a club, a school, or any other organization, effective leaders matter. Yet despite such high-profile examples of leadership disasters—from the California recall of Gray Davis to the fall of such business titans as Ken Lay and Sam Waksal—we continue to choose, hire, and elect poor leaders. Finding the Best and Brightest explores this phenomenon in business, politics, and other sectors of society, and proposes an antidote—an approach to choosing leaders based on a set of criteria designed to align individual qualities with organizational or institutional goals. Peg Thoms challenges the popular trend toward transformational leadership, which focuses on identifying universal characteristics, arguing instead that leadership must be developed in context. Many organizations, for example, need operational leaders who can focus on present-day tasks, such as designing superior products and delivering exceptional customer service, and not inspirational or visionary leaders, whose otherwise admirable qualities might be ill-suited to the challenges at hand. Outlining six typical leadership search scenarios—from school principal to hospital CEO—Thoms shows readers how to identify the traits and behaviors that are most essential for the position and how to structure interviews and other search techniques to elicit the most informative responses and home in on the best candidates. She also reminds us that many organizations fail not because they can't find good leaders but because they can't keep them, and offers strategies to promote leadership development. Whether you are an executive giving the nod to a new department head, a concerned citizen casting your vote for a municipal councilman, a club member choosing a new president, or an aspiring leader deciding which offer will provide the greatest growth opportunities, Finding the Best and the Brightest offers fresh insights on the dynamic relationship between leaders and those who follow them.
