CEO and Top Team Effectiveness Pitch Deck
CEO and Top Team Effectiveness Pitch Deck
CEO and Top Team Effectiveness Pitch Deck
Korn/Ferry International
April, 2012
• New CEOs have a small window of opportunity to get their top team aligned and pulling
New CEO or Top in the same direction
Team Turnover • Newly formed teams often struggle to find their identity, resulting in poor performance
and in-fighting
• The new teams that emerge following a restructuring frequently struggle to integrate and
M&A / to become a cohesive unit
Restructuring • Most mergers fail to achieve synergy promises because the top team fails to get
alignment and deliver on the combined company’s strategy
• New business strategies may require skills and abilities that the existing team does not
currently posses
New Business • Realignment of the top team is often needed to ensure that the organization is structured
Strategy for success in a new strategic context
• To aggressively drive growth requires team member accountability
Poor • Poor team dynamics, misaligned priorities and “bad actors” at the top can all lead to poor
Performance organizational performance
Personal
Strategic Leadership Organizational
• Clarify the business agenda and facilitate as the team defines strategy and
goals together
Strategic • Ensure buy-in and alignment
Leadership • Help top team understand and map the organization’s capabilities and
individual competencies needed to win with the strategy
• Ensure team conditions, skills, and processes are in place for the senior
team to achieve high performance
Organizational • Test the team composition. Ensure they have the right leaders with the right
skills and competencies to support the team’s success
Leadership
• Help create role clarity and role alignment for top team members
• Implement a succession plan for sustainable top team results
Asia Pacific
Expert Contact
South America
Expert Contact
Alexandre Fialho, Sr. Partner – Sao Paulo, Brazil Phone: +55 11 2114 2208
President – Latin America Leadership and Talent Consulting Practice E-mail: alexandre.fialho@kornferry.com