CRITICAL COMPETENCIES FOR SUCCESS

• Results-Oriented: The new Chief Talent Officer, must be performance-driven and able to provide measurable results. The successful candidate will be resourceful, action-oriented, as well as a flexible and decisive leader who establishes clarity amid distractions to produce results in a timely fashion. He/she will provide clear direction and establish achievable goals and will actively lead cross-functional teams to ensure their success.

• Communication: This individual should possess very strong communication, listening, and persuasion skills, in order to truly partner with the COO and operating Partners of the business. He/She must be comfortable, dynamic, and an effective presenter in front of both external and internal audiences including employees, senior management, and customers and public forums. This is a highly collaborative management team. This individual should have a broad perspective on the impact of Innovation, Operations, Sales, Finance, Information Technology, and Executive Management. A willingness to engage in a broad range of topics and discussions across all constituents.

• Perspective: This individual will provide a worldly perspective of macro and industry influences to assist in guiding the company in new directions. He/she will provide perspective coming in from outside the organization to aid in the collective leadership team’s understanding and acceptance of trends, insights, changing business perspective and management strategies. This keen perspective should be presented with patience and guidance rather than authoritative.

• Strategic Agility: This individual must be intellectually sharp and clearly capable of thinking on his/her feet while demonstrating outstanding business judgment. The Chief Talent Officer will possess the analytical skills to improve overall productivity and elevate the company’s human resources efforts as a point of differentiation in the marketplace. This person must not only embrace change, but be entrepreneurial in nature, creating and altering this road map along the way.

• Leadership Acumen and Team Orientation: The Chief Talent Officer will be charged with elevating the overall revenue, profitability, and talent of the business through various efforts. Through the development of improved processes and training and development, this individual will work to foster a culture of accountability and results. Working with our client requires a hands-on, team-oriented executive who has broad-based credibility and is capable of consistently motivating people to act.