Supercharging Boards
and Leaders for
High-Stakes Success
Supercharging Boards
and Leaders for
High-Stakes Success
Today’s board directors are experiencing expanded roles and responsibilities due to stakeholder activism, the rapid pace of digital transformation, and the evolving regulatory landscape.
Additionally, perceptions of board effectiveness from the C-suite suggest that alignment between boards and senior management can often be improved. A case in point: a survey of 600 C-suite executives conducted by The Conference Board and PwC in Spring 2023 found that only 29 percent of executives said their boards are doing an excellent or good job.
Due to increased post-pandemic chief executive turnover and retirements, boards also need to have up-to-date, forward-looking CEO succession plans in place.
Board Effectiveness Evaluation
Optimize director composition, diversity, engagement and practices to strengthen overall board performance and ensure preparedness to handle major crises.
Board-CEO Alignment
Clarify respective board and CEO expectations and priorities; address alignment gaps; enhance information flow to ensure consistent, winning partnership and performance.
CEO Succession
Develop comprehensive CEO succession plans and in-house top talent reviews; conduct CEO candidate assessments to support best-fit leader selection.
To be an effective CEO today requires the ability to lead in a macroenvironment that is highly fluid, frequently volatile, and marked by uncertainty. Chief executive success also involves leading an inclusive, hybrid workforce, communicating across media platforms, addressing stakeholder activism, spearheading technology innovation, and implementing environmental, social and governance (ESG) initiatives.
To meet these challenges CEOs – and all C-suite leaders – need to possess an enhanced repertoire of capabilities, ranging from personal flexibility and adaptability to conflict management and consensus-building. These personal abilities then need to be integrated thoroughly into strategic execution activities such as stakeholder engagement and attracting and retaining top quality talent.
CEO Transition and Onboarding
Accelerate the new chief executive’s effectiveness to lead the organization profitably and responsibly.
CEO Advisory Consultation
Provide confidential strategic counsel to address long-term and emergent management issues, opportunities and risks; neutralize executive crisis management burnout.
C-Suite Executive and Management Team Performance
Develop next-level individual and team competencies to implement strategic change in high-stakes, digitally enabled business environments.
Technical Professional-to-Leader Transformation
Enhance the leadership skills repertoire, mindset and strategic focus of technical professionals to assume and succeed in C-suite positions.
Contact us for a confidential consultation of your specific objectives.
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President, Brookhaven Science Associates;
Manager and Operator of Brookhaven National Laboratory
for the U.S. Department of Energy
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Chief Executive Officer, 2007-2014
The Jones Group
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Former CEO
Southwest Airlines
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Global Head of Credit Research & U.S. Corporate Strategy
JP Morgan