The CEO Scorecard: How Directors Select a CEO When They Have Real Skin in the Game

The latest report in the Stanford Closer Looks Series examines CEO succession planning.

Shareholders and stakeholders place considerable emphasis on the importance of reliable CEO succession planning. Nevertheless, it is far from clear that CEO succession planning is any better today than a decade or two ago. Questions around why boards commonly fail at succession planning and how succession planning could be improved if boards used an outcomes-based CEO scorecard are among the topics covered. Read the report here.