Can You See Beyond Your CEO
November 01, 2011
By Leslie Carter, Vice-President, Marketing, Knightsbridge Human Capital Solutions and Matt Fullbrook Manager, Clarkson Centre for Board Effectiveness, Rotman School of Management
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As a director, you know that human capital is your organization’s greatest asset: the key to providing competitive advantage and driving performance. And yet, do you know who your next CEO will be, and whether there is someone within your organization who might fill that role?
A new study authored by Knightsbridge Human Capital Solutions and the Clarkson Centre for Board Effectiveness (CCBE), in partnership with the Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD) – many Canadian boards are operating without basic information about their human capital assets, often because they cannot see beyond the current CEO. This is a blind spot that can create many problems, including an impairment of succession planning and even the loss of top talent
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