How can we use the WSABI® system to improve executive on-boarding?

“40 PER CENT OF EXECUTIVES HIRED AT THE SENIOR LEVEL ARE PUSHED OUT, FAIL OR QUIT WITHIN 18 MONTHS.” So said Kevin Kelly, CEO of international executive search firm, Heidrick & Struggles, when reporting their internal study of the outcome of 20,000 completed search assignments (“Rise of a Headhunter” Financial Times, March 30, 2009).

He largely attributed this to the lack of effective on-boarding processes. We believe there were other recruitment process issues as well, but the fact remains that if the style of the appointee is incompatible with the culture of the organisation, the relationship is doomed to fail.

Before the choice of who to appoint is made, the relative cultural fit of all shortlisted candidates must be ascertained; this is where WSABI^® profiling, particularly when administered by a WSABI^® Master Practitioner, outperforms all alternatives.

These findings are used to inform and adapt the leading executive on-boarding programme (Integration with Impact^TM) delivered exclusively by Accretis Ltd – see advanced-talent-solutions.co.uk for further details.