Boardrooms across America keep hiring the familiar. The CEO who worked miracles at the last company, the leader with the spotless resume, the safe bet. Yet, the uncomfortable truth is that yesterday’s corporate savior often becomes tomorrow’s expensive mistake, according to a recent report from Shawn Cole, founder and president of Cowen Partners Executive Search. The post Why Boards Keep Selecting Yesterday’s Leaders for Tomorrow’s Problems appeared first on Hunt Scanlon Media.
