What’s important in executive ranks?
June 3, 2008 by Miki Saxon
Post from Leadership Turn
A comment left by Umesh Ramakrishnan, Vice Chairman of CTPartners, on Wes Ball’s post today led me to a survey on CTPartners home page. CTPartners is a global search firm specializing in “C-Suite, top executive, and board searches, as well as private equity and venture capital services.”
The survey question is, “Which is the most important qualification for a CEO today?”
The choices are
- Operational background (deep knowledge of day-to-day business)
- Ability to motivate, inspire, retain talent in difficult economy
- Which is the most important qualification for a CEO today?
Anyone who reads either Leadership Turn or MAPping Company Success knows I voted for the second choice, but based on real world hiring news I certainly didn’t expect these results.
- Operational background (deep knowledge of day-to-day business)
8.77 % - Ability to motivate, inspire, retain talent in difficult economy 77.19 %
- Global experience 14.04 %
Wow! A far cry from when I started RampUp Solutions a decade ago.
What do you think? Is the attitude in the voting backed up by actions in the hiring arena?
Your comments—priceless