Selecting the Panel Members In contrast to the private sector, not-for-profit organisations have a predilection for interviewing candidates through panels, which may consist of several (or sometimes even more!) stakeholders. This is especially true where federated organisations are selecting Chief Executive Officers, although the preference is for the Board to...

Author: Jeremy Wurm, Brooker Consulting In previous articles, we firstly addressed the question of whether or not to use an external human resources consultancy, and then offered some advice to organisations attempting to decide which service provider to select. This article follows on to put forward some hints on how...

Author: Jeremy Wurm, Brooker Consulting A previous article in this publication discussed the rationale for enlisting the services of a recruitment consultancy, comparing and contrasting the process to “doing it yourself”. Let’s now assume that your organisation has taken the decision to put a senior executive assignment in the hands...

Author: Jeremy Wurm Studies indicate that the cost of employing the wrong executive amounts to at least three times the remuneration package of the failed appointee. This puts pressure on any organisation to inject rigour into their hiring processes. It is especially true of CEO recruitment, where the responsibility of...