The Next Leadership Team

Illustrated with real-life examples from interviews with CEOs, C-Suite members, and headhunters throughout, The Next Leadership Team explains how senior leaders can improve the performance of their leadership teams by identifying clear team approaches, associated team member profiles, and by leading that team.

Highly Commended in the 2024 Business Book Awards (International Business Book category)

CEOs and organizational leaders are only as strong as the teams they build. And yet it is surprising how little practical advice there is for senior leaders on how to create, build, and optimize their teams. Step up The Next Leadership Team.

Illustrated with real-life examples from interviews with CEOs, C-Suite members, and headhunters throughout, The Next Leadership Team explains how senior leaders can improve the performance of their leadership teams by identifying clear team approaches, associated team member profiles, and by leading that team. These ideas are brought to life with case studies and interviews with well-known corporations such as ABB, Allianz, Amazon, AXA, Best Buy, Capita, Danone, Deutsche Telekom, Ferrari, Freudenberg, Haier, Hilti, HSBC, Holcim, Huawei, Logitech, Microsoft, Nestlé, Netflix, Nokia, Nordea, Schneider Electric, Tata, Wipro, and Zurich Insurance.

This book is an invaluable resource for CEOs and senior executives who need to build and develop leadership teams to drive success in the organizations they lead. It is also relevant to headhunters who are involved in the appointments of members of senior leadership teams.

Autorentext

Thomas Keil is a professor at the University of Zurich, Switzerland, where he teaches strategy and international management, and partner at The Next Advisors.

Marianna Zangrillo is a corporate leader, business angel, investor, author, and partner at The Next Advisors.

Inhalt

Part I: Approaches to leadership teams and situational Cvnstraints 1. Approaches to leadership teams 2. Mapping the leadership team approach with situational constraints Part II: Selecting members to the leadership team 3. How to select leadership team members 4. Selecting team members for different leadership team approaches and situational constraints Part III: Building the team 5. How to initially build the leadership team 6. How leadership approach and situational constraints shape leadership team building Part IV: Optimizing performance 7. Optimizing leadership team performance over time 8. Optimizing performance for different leadership team approaches and in different situations 9. Designing the future of leadership teams