Kaplan Partners: What to Look for in Your Next CEO

What to Look For in Your Next CEO: Part 1

Selecting a chief executive to lead your institution is a board’s single most important responsibility. Everything flows from this decision, including the company's strategy, reputation, the ability to attract critical talent, investor and employee confidence and the credibility of the board itself. Selecting an underprepared or inadequate leader—no matter how well liked or how long employed—can quickly send a company in the wrong direction.

The list of optimal skills required in a CEO today could easily include dozens of items. Kaplan Partners highlights ten technical skills that they see as “must haves.”

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What to Look For in Your Next CEO: Part 2

Selecting your company's next chief executive officer remains the board’s single most important responsibility. The risk of selecting an underprepared or inadequate leader is high, and can impact the company’s strategic direction, reputation and ultimately, its viability. Part 1 highlights these issues, with part 2 exploring the many critical industry skills needed in a leader today. In addition, there are intangible competencies and leadership qualities which are equally vital for the success of the CEO and the institution. Here, Kaplan Partners emphasize ten leadership competencies and attributes which have proven vital for CEOs.

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