Korn Ferry interviews
Korn Ferry interviewsUnited States and Canada · CEO search and succession
How the interview runs
- Success profileThe board agrees what a successful CEO looks like.
- AssessmentsSeveral assessments of each candidate's strengths and gaps.
- Internal and externalInternal candidates face the same proof as external ones.
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Judgment
“Boards need confidence in a candidate's capacity to meet future strategic demands, not only their track record within the current environment.”
Korn FerryExecutive search firm
Future demands, not track record
Practise revising a keep-or-sell recommendation when the facts change.
ExampleHow candidates are assessed
“Multiple comprehensive assessments provide the complete picture of each candidate, including their strengths and their potential gaps.”
Korn FerryExecutive search firm
“Internal candidates require equally compelling proof points, including objective assessment, enterprise-wide leadership experience, and demonstrated capacity to lead the organization's future agenda.”
Korn FerryExecutive search firm
Working with the board
“This profile gives the board a shared understanding and alignment about what good looks like and a common, unbiased framework that can be used to assess all candidates, external and internal, once the CEO search is underway.”
Korn FerryExecutive search firm
Leading others
“The best CEOs are Enterprise Leaders who can maintain business performance today and transform the organization for tomorrow – simultaneously.”
Korn FerryExecutive search firm
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