An article published in the Harvard Business Review reveals that the relative performance of internal versus external CEO candidates varies depending on whether a company is healthy or in crisis.
An article in the Harvard Business Review explains how new research indicates that positive market response does not always predict sustained success for a new leader, and in fact can sometimes augur for the opposite result.
With Point of View, we share our ideas and insights on some of the most critical leadership issues affecting our clients.
Why are some companies more open to a non-national leader than others?
How can companies improve their ability to make smart leadership decisions? A new book by Spencer Stuart consultants looks at the myths that surround leadership selection and offers a new model.
An examination of the circumstances that led to private equity CEO transitions in Europe over the past eight years, and the implications for the industry.
An analysis and summary of CEO transitions in S&P 500 companies during the third quarter of 2011.
Three steps for managing how you react to volatility — and becoming a more effective leader.
The best leaders aren’t found by looking for that one perfect person. Organizations get the leaders they need when they identify the demands of their situation, and create a process designed to locate the person who best fulfills those requirements.
Findings from a panel discussion of the importance of a succession strategy to the continuing prosperity of a company, and the social obstacles that companies in India need to overcome to develop an effective plan, especially in family-run businesses.
A detailed study of insider and outsider CEO transitions in the top listed companies in France, Germany, the Netherlands and the UK.
This article argues that studying leadership using models that acknowledge this complexity will enable us far more accurately understand the causes of professional success.
A study of CEO transitions in FTSE 150 companies over the five-year period between 2004-8. Our research shows that a blanket declaration that either insiders or outsiders as a group are the best way forward is no longer sufficient.
Most business leaders can take only so much pressure before their performance slides. Yet some CEOs deliver their greatest successes when times get toughest. How do they do it?
Identifying the three traits that every CEO needs to realize their potential and that of their people in today’s turbulent environment.
Heightened anxiety has long been shown to dramatically impair people’s ability to think. But in today’s business environment of unrelenting pressure, aspiring leaders must learn how to confront heightened urgency without allowing mental agitation to be disruptive. This article examines how leaders can develop this quality in both themselves and their people.
Each year, Spencer Stuart tracks CEO transitions among S&P 500 companies. These transitions can be part of a planned succession or can arise unexpectedly, the result of a company or personal crisis. In addition to cataloguing the reasons for CEO departures, based on company reporting, we also examine information about the successors, including their ages, whether or not they are internal candidates and whether they have been appointed chairman of the board in addition to CEO.
Two leaders from the professional services world share the lessons they’ve learned over the course of their executive careers in the Asia Pacific region.
Changes in Britain's boards of directors from 1960 to 2010.
A look at the developments that are likely to shape the leadership requirements for the CEO of the future.
What are the common challenges boards are encountering in their succession planning processes and the best practices for overcoming them?
CEOs of global corporations weigh in on their top concerns for the next year.
A special issue of Point of View focusing on today’s board and CEO agenda.
New leadership opportunities for senior finance executives in Central and Eastern Europe.
Today's challenging business climate has made the CEO role harder than ever and has propelled a shift in the most critical competencies for success in the role.
It’s easy for directors to lose sight of top corporate objectives in a downturn. Here's a reminder of where priorities really lie.
Insights and advice from CEOs who have made the transition
Our roundtables bring together leading figures of Indian business to discuss critical issues and trends that affect them and the future health of their organisations.
Lanxess CEO Axel Heitmann talks about his experience leading the Bayer spinoff.
The growing trend to fire CEOs quickly raises the question of when they should be let go.
Examining family businesses and the challenges that a non-family CEO faces.