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Building a Profile for Role and Company Success
The CEO staff of a large engineering company was filling a key executive role. The chosen executive would need to work effectively with executives across the company. As a result, many leaders were involved in the role definition and selection process. As part of this process many constituencies come to the table with very different perspectives on what this executive role and person should do and be in the future to drive the success of the organization. Resolving these divergent opinions became a challenge for the team and slowed the decision-making process. A more efficient and empirical process for defining the role was needed.
As a solution, the ExecuSmart Success Profile was introduced into the selection process. Each key constituent completed the online tool independently. In completing the Success Profile, they followed a patent pending process to select among 74 research-based leadership competencies to identify the key and critical competencies required of the position. These independent assessments were combined and correlated to define the real competencies required of the role.
In this case use of the Success Profile enabled three key things. First, it depoliticized and catalyzed the process by providing a rational process for all the constituents to have input equally. This quickly led these divergent constituents to agree on the competencies required of the executive role. Second, it gave the groups a common language to describe the needed attributes of the executive in the role. Third, it allowed the constituent groups to develop a research based leadership competency model that provided a clear profile from which to assess each candidate. This resulted in agreement over the selected candidate and contributed to the chosen person’s success over the succeeding two years.
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