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SURVEY: EXPERIENCE MORE IMPORTANT IN CORNER OFFICE THAN OVAL OFFICE, 63% OF SENIOR EXECUTIVES SAY
Should Criteria Be Different for Selecting the US President or a CEO?
Should Criteria Be Different for Selecting the US President or a CEO?
New York, April 21, 2008 — Results from a survey of 305 global senior executives reveal that experience is a more important criterion in selecting a CEO than in selecting the next President of the United States. The survey was conducted March 7 - April 18, 2008, by BlueSteps, the career management service of the Association of Executive Search Consultants (AESC).
Full results from the survey reveal:
"Which of the following do you believe should be the most important criterion in selecting the U.S. President in this year's election?"
Experience - 31%
Charisma - 6%
Philosophy/platform - 63%
"Given the current business environment, which of the following criterion should be most important in selecting a CEO?"
Experience - 56%>
Philosophy/platform - 39%
Charisma - 5%
"Experience is key for every leader, whether leading a multinational company or a country," noted AESC president Peter Felix. "Yet when selecting a nation's president executives recognize that, given the vast influence of a Head of State, philosophy and platform are of overwhelming importance."
Added Felix, "Many successful high-profile CEOs like Lawrence Bossidy maintain that the ability to execute is the key to a company's success, and experience is key to building execution skills. Experience, combined with a winning philosophy, of course, equates to the talent that every organization should be searching for."
Survey respondents were from the following regions: America, 69%; Europe, Middle East, Africa, 23%; Asia Pacific, 8%.
About BlueSteps
BlueSteps is an global database of senior executives. An exclusive service of the Association of Executive Search Consultants (AESC), BlueSteps enables executives to remain accessible to AESC members firms. AESC members use the database as a resource in candidate and source identification processes. For more information about BlueSteps, visit www.bluesteps.com.
About The Association of Executive Search Consultants
The Association of Executive Search Consultants is the worldwide professional association for the retained executive search industry. The AESC's mission is to promote the highest professional standards in retained executive search consulting, broaden public understanding of the search process, and serve as an advocate for the interests of its member firms. For more information, or to view the AESC Code of Ethics and Professional Practice Guidelines, go to www.aesc.org.