When it comes to selecting and assessing CEOs, other C-suite level executives or board members, the most important criteria for boards to consider are competencies, commitment and character. This article focuses on the most difficult of these criteria to assess – leadership character – and suggests the eleven key dimensions of character that directors should consider in their governance roles.
Corporate directors look – or should look – for three things in the C-suite level executives they hire, assess and occasionally have to fire: competencies, commitment and character (see Figure 1).
Courage
WHERE CHARACTER COMES FROM
Reprint from Ivey Business Journal
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Absolutely on target with the three Cs. The trump cards when choosing Board Members. We have a Governance design we call a Decision-Ready Board. The three Cs are its centerpiece. Well done
on May 28, 2014