According to Peter Felix, AESC & BlueSteps President, "While CEOs are focused on the key issues of attracting and retaining talent to their organizations, they are themselves concerned about their own career progression and the next opportunity. This is an inevitable reflection of the modern business world and a fast changing, competitive landscape. For the CEO in many organizations the only way to achieve greater responsibility, career potential and wealth creation is probably to find opportunities outside of the organization – a fact that many Boards of Directors will overlook when reviewing their current CEO or considering succession issues. CEO’s, just like everyone else, are human beings chasing their career dreams.”
Most executives think the recruiter-candidate relationship works like a job board: you submit, they review, you hear back. It almost never works that way at
A conversation with executive search consultant José Ruiz of Alder Koten on how board expectations have shifted, why most outreach fails, and what actually gets