Richard Stanger is the CEO of StangerCarlson. He is a business strategist, executive coach and advisor to senior leaders. His passion is working with leaders of professional services firms in developing and implementing their business strategies. Richard has more than 25 years of hands-on leadership experience at recognized accounting and advisory firms.

Revisiting the Weighting of Results and Competencies in Performance Measurement

Some of the more interesting conversations I’d had with clients in recent years have concerned how much weight quantifiable results and demonstrated competencies should respectively be given in measuring leaders’ performance. The prevalent practices in this area for companies of all sizes and industries range from results/competencies weightings of 100%/0% to 50%/50%. Not surprisingly, the…

Use Both Behavioral Assessments and Behavioral Interviews to Hire Great Leaders

I’ve written several blogs on the importance of developing behavioral profiles of high performing incumbent leaders. The focus of these pieces has been the value of using behavioral assessments to identify future leaders and then training these succession candidates through simulation workshops reinforced by targeted coaching. What about using these profiles to help hire better…