Choosing a New Board Leader: Eight Questions
Our experience indicates that many boards may not have enough clarity on their roles and responsibilities. What’s needed is a deliberate process for selecting new leaders to help them achieve their goals. Using the eight questions we developed will help ensure boards are applying the same rigor and analysis in selecting the right board leader as they would for a new chief executive.
Content: Article | Authors: Dennis Carey, Joseph E. Griesedieck, Michael Useem, Ram Charan | Source: Knowledge@Wharton | Subject: Corporate Governance
Dominic Barton, Dennis Carey, and Ram Charan
The role of the board is often underplayed in discussions around talent. That’s because so many boards focus on strategy and compliance first, and limit talent discussions to the question of CEO succession and executive compensation. But CEOs running a talent-first organization must help the board see that talent is the value creator and therefore belongs at the top of its agenda. The talent-driven CEO … [ Read more ]
Content: Quotation | Authors: Dennis Carey, Dominic Barton, Ram Charan | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subjects: Corporate Governance, Human Resources
The Human Side of M & A: Leveraging the Most Important Factor in Deal Making
While the last few years have witnessed something of a merger mania, close examination reveals that many of these unions fell short of their promise. In The Human Side of M&A: How CEOs Leverage the Most Important Asset in Deal Making, Spencer Stuart consultants Dennis Carey and Dayton Ogden explore that often-neglected consideration of merger making-the human aspect. The authors have devoted their careers to … [ Read more ]
Content: Book | Authors: Dayton Ogden, Dennis Carey