{"id":813,"date":"2021-12-02T19:24:45","date_gmt":"2021-12-02T19:24:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mackinnoncommunications.ca\/?p=813"},"modified":"2021-12-02T19:25:57","modified_gmt":"2021-12-02T19:25:57","slug":"what-will-your-team-expect-from-you-your-new-role-as-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mackinnoncommunications.ca\/what-will-your-team-expect-from-you-your-new-role-as-ceo\/","title":{"rendered":"What Will Your Team Expect From You:  Your New Role As CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>&#8220;Companies are increasingly seeking socially adept leaders\u2014not charismatic smooth-talkers, but executives who listen empathetically, welcome input, and rally the workforce around a common goal&#8230;&#8221;<\/p><cite>Jay Fitzgerald of Working Knowledge<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">What Traits Are Companies Looking For When Considering New CEO&#8217;s?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>actively listen to others<\/li><li>empathize genuinely with others\u2019 experiences<\/li><li>persuade people to work toward a common goal<\/li><li>and communicate clearly<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mackinnoncommunications.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/listening-technique-1024x643.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-815\" width=\"829\" height=\"520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mackinnoncommunications.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/listening-technique-1024x643.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mackinnoncommunications.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/listening-technique-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mackinnoncommunications.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/listening-technique-768x482.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mackinnoncommunications.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/listening-technique-1536x965.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mackinnoncommunications.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/listening-technique.jpg 1990w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 829px) 100vw, 829px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"> <p><em>&#8220;Top executives who demonstrate this kind of interpersonal prowess are more likely to be in high demand, particularly at large, multinational, and information-intensive organizations, the research suggests. Those companies see social skills in the C-suite as more important than more traditional operational and administrative abilities, such as monitoring the allocation of financial resources.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\">Jay Fitzgerald of Working Knowledge<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p> <p><em>&#8220;Sadun and Fuller, along with co-authors Stephen Hansen of the Imperial College Business School in London, and Tejas Ramdas of Cornell University, analyzed 4,622 searches for top executives conducted by 3,794 executive-search firms between 2000 and 2017. About 43 percent of the searches were for CEOs, 36 percent were for CFOs, and the rest were for other top management positions.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\">Jay Fitzgerald of Working Knowledge<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Research Suggests: Managers at all Levels Need Social Skills<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><span style=\"color:#69071c\" class=\"has-inline-color\">To further read the findings of Professor of Management Practice, Jospeh B Fuller and Charles Edward Wilson Professor of Business Administration, Raffaella Sadun, click on their links below<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hbs.edu\/faculty\/Pages\/profile.aspx?facId=123284\">Joseph B Fuller<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hbs.edu\/faculty\/Pages\/profile.aspx?facId=541712\">Raffaella Sadun<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>&#8220;While corporations still require top executive candidates to possess \u201cconcrete\u201d skills, such as financial expertise, administrative and operational experience, and technical knowledge, the demand for these skills has remained static or has declined in recent years. In contrast, demand for social skills has jumped significantly, the study results show.&#8221;<\/p><cite>Jay Fitzgerald of Working Knowledge<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/mackinnoncommunications.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/listening-to-leader-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-817\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mackinnoncommunications.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/listening-to-leader-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mackinnoncommunications.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/listening-to-leader-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mackinnoncommunications.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/listening-to-leader-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mackinnoncommunications.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/listening-to-leader-1.jpg 1254w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><span style=\"color:#740c3d\" class=\"has-inline-color\">MacKinnon Communications offers practical experience and expertise to deliver top-shelf custom-built skills training in these crucial areas for your organization\u2019s success.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/mackinnoncommunications.ca\/contact-us\/\">Contact Us<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Companies are increasingly seeking socially adept leaders\u2014not charismatic smooth-talkers, but executives who listen empathetically, welcome input, and rally the workforce around a common goal&#8230;&#8221; Jay Fitzgerald of Working Knowledge What Traits Are Companies Looking For When Considering New CEO&#8217;s? actively listen to others empathize genuinely with others\u2019 experiences persuade people to work toward a common&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mackinnoncommunications.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mackinnoncommunications.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mackinnoncommunications.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mackinnoncommunications.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mackinnoncommunications.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=813"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/mackinnoncommunications.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":833,"href":"https:\/\/mackinnoncommunications.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813\/revisions\/833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mackinnoncommunications.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mackinnoncommunications.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mackinnoncommunications.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}