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2020 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

4. Do You Have the Right Profiles in Your C-Suite for an Effective Transformation?

Author : Jean-Philippe Deschamps

Published in: New Leadership in Strategy and Communication

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

This concurrence of several change factors can be summed up by the acronym VUCA (for Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous). The speed at which globalization and digitalization are proceeding in most industries is adding an urgency dimension to these necessary mutations. Board directors are not just witnessing the acceleration of everything in the company they govern. They are in the midst of it, given their mission to support the company and its management throughout this ongoing metamorphosis. As a consequence, directors are bound to ask whether the CEO and the C-suite are on top of it as a team. Do they have the right leadership profile and the required multi-faceted and complementary competencies, individually as well as collectively?

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Footnotes
1
Tomasko (2006).
 
2
Deschamps and Nelson (2014).
 
3
Abell (1993, 2010).
 
Literature
go back to reference Abell, F. D. (1993, 2010) Managing with dual strategies. New York: The Free Press. Abell, F. D. (1993, 2010) Managing with dual strategies. New York: The Free Press.
go back to reference Deschamps, J. P., & Nelson, B. (2014). Innovation governance: How top management organizes and mobilizes for innovation (pp. 332–340). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Deschamps, J. P., & Nelson, B. (2014). Innovation governance: How top management organizes and mobilizes for innovation (pp. 332–340). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
go back to reference Tomasko, R. M. (2006). Bigger isn’t always better: The new mindset for real business growth. New York: Amacom. Tomasko, R. M. (2006). Bigger isn’t always better: The new mindset for real business growth. New York: Amacom.
Metadata
Title
Do You Have the Right Profiles in Your C-Suite for an Effective Transformation?
Author
Jean-Philippe Deschamps
Copyright Year
2020
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-19681-3_4