Senior Executive Assessment – A Key to Responsible Corporate Governance

Series Editor′s Preface.
<p>Preface.</p>
<p>Acknowledgments.</p>
<p>1. The Case for Senior Executive Assessment.</p>
<p>Why CEOs and Boards Tend Not to Know a Lot about Senior Executive Assessment.</p>
<p>Why CEOs and Boards Are Wary of Senior Executive Assessment.</p>
<p>What Is Senior Executive Assessment?</p>
<p>The Benefits of Senior Executive Assessment.</p>
<p>New Expectations about Corporate Governance.</p>
<p>Summary.</p>
<p>2. Purposes.</p>
<p>A Part of Talent Management.</p>
<p>Near–Term Purposes.</p>
<p>Longer–Term Purposes.</p>
<p>Business Situations Related to Assessment.</p>
<p>The Development of Senior Executives.</p>
<p>Summary.</p>
<p>3. What to Assess.</p>
<p>Competencies.</p>
<p>Failure Factors.</p>
<p>Experience/Previous Results versus Behavioral Style.</p>
<p>Pulling It All Together.</p>
<p>Dual Capability.</p>
<p>Learning Agility.</p>
<p>Executive Intelligence.</p>
<p>Emotional Intelligence.</p>
<p>Relationships as Opposed to Interpersonal Skills.</p>
<p>A Cautionary Note: The Role of Charisma.</p>
<p>Toxic Leaders.</p>
<p>Types of Experience/Previous Results.</p>
<p>Fit.</p>
<p>Summary: Determining What to Assess.</p>
<p>Summary.</p>
<p>4. How to Assess.</p>
<p>The Feel of Senior Executive Assessment.</p>
<p>Methods.</p>
<p>Summary.</p>
<p>5. Additional Practical Decisions.</p>
<p>Development Revisited.</p>
<p>Coaching.</p>
<p>Other Practical Issues.</p>
<p>The Future of Senior Executive Assessment.</p>
<p>Summary.</p>
<p>Notes.</p>
<p>References.</p>
<p>Name Index.</p>
<p>Subject Index.</p>