hire & retain right

How a Board can select and retain

a great CEO

A Board’s #1 task …

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Recruiting

Retention

Know your corporate culturePg 2

Know your corporate culture

Know your corporate culture

Know your corporate culture

Correlate to corporate culture

Ask open-ended questions

Listen for values that match …

Listen for leadership styles.

Honor the PartnershipPg 3

Clarify/Evolve the Roles

Recognition and Compensation

Pg 4

Percent

of Time &

Degree of

Focus

100%

Growth in staff led

From first-time supervisor to CEO

Operational

& Technical Work

Conceptual

Work

Growth in staff led

From first-time supervisor to CEO

Percent

of Time &

Degree of

Focus

100%

Operational

& Technical Work

Conceptual

Work

Conflict

Operational

& Technical Work

Conceptual

Work

Harmony & Effectiveness

Pg 5

Big

Strategic

Ideas

Tactical

Details

Strategic

Plan

Tactical

Plan

Members

Board

CEO

Staff

Bylaws

Bd. Governance

Policies

Operating

Policies

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Objective and subjective standards

Tactical plans

Authority level/control

Documentation

Frequency: annual formal; less

formal quarterly