Finding & Supporting Your CEO

A leadership transition is one of the most momentous steps your Board can take. It can also be one of the most rewarding. Finding and choosing the right candidate is only one consideration, given all of the complex organizational changes that can follow. We work alongside you to consider how prepared your organization is for change, select the best leader for the time, support your new CEO to accelerate their performance, and ensure they work well with your Board to lead your organization forward.

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A healthy Board-CEO relationship is rooted in alignment on purpose, direction, and performance. To succeed, your CEO needs to understand how they’re doing and what the Board expects. We work with your Board to clearly define success in the role, reach consensus around expectations of leadership performance, provide calibrated, constructive feedback to the CEO to help them improve, and engage in meaningful discussions about how the Board can support development and retention.

No Board can afford to be unprepared for the departure of a CEO. Leadership succession planning makes your organization more resilient, whether it’s a planned transition or a sudden exit. We support your Board to determine what will be needed in your next leader, prepare for emergency situations, understand the strengths and gaps of your leadership bench, assess readiness and risk, ​and gain clarity on succession timelines.

The culture among your organization’s senior leadership team can be a critical competitive advantage. It can also be a risk. We work with your Board and CEO to ensure the right leadership dynamics and culture to deliver your organization’s priorities. This includes improving your organization’s capacity in areas like diversity, equity, and inclusion and adaptability to change.