You Need a Leader--Now What? PDF

Solving the Leadership Jigsaw Puzzle

You have a key leadership job to fill. You want the very best person.
What exactly does this really mean?

How often have you seen someone with great credentials and terrific buzz take an important job, but before long people are wondering what exactly were we thinking?

Getting the best person is less about finding an individual superstar and more about deeply understanding what your organization needs, the kind of person who will fit into your culture and bring the right experience and skills to get the job done.

Based on decades of experience at Spencer Stuart, the gold standard in executive search, Jim Citrin and Julie Daum cut through conventional wisdom and rules of thumb, whether the job that needs filling is that of CEO or a key leader in marketing, technology, finance, or human resources.

• Landmark original research from the United States, the UK, Germany, France, and the Netherlands provides evidence for how an organization can diagnose its needs and decide on who is the right leader for a specific situation at a particular point in time, and whether an outsider or insider would best fit the bill.

• Eye-opening case studies, including how the New York Public Library worked its way through the maze of pressures-rapidly changing technologies, diverse, demanding constituencies, changing demographics and economic forces-to find the president who could best carry on its mission in the twenty-first century

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