Executive Summary
The causes behind executives failing early in their tenure with a company stem from two sources: the company and the executive. That is to say that either the job was not right for the person hired or the candidate hired was not the right person for the executive position. In many cases, the causes of failure come from both sources. Fortunately, organizations can guard against executive failures by adopting a thorough and thoughtful methodology for both the selection and on boarding of new executives. This paper describes some of the pitfalls that such a methodology obviates.
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