The Search Book: A Guide to Executive Selection - Softcover

Vickers, Donn; Hilsheimer, Cindy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0970603967 ISBN 13: 9780970603968

Publisher: Academy for Leadership & Goverance, 2006

Synopsis

The Search Book: A Guide to Executive Selection guides board members through the challenges and opportunities of an executive search process. Designed to lead readers through each step, it offers organizational tools, resources, and firsthand knowledge. This book focuses on the practical and illuminates how the finer details of an executive transition lead to valuable perspectives on the mission and future of an organization faced with the selection of new leadership.

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About the Author

Donn F. Vickers has had a kinetic career living in five cities and working in five different professions. In Honolulu and Chicago he taught music in private schools and performed in jazz groups and symphony orchestras. In Rochester he was a Presbyterian clergyman especially involved in the civil rights movement. In Syracuse he did research and development in higher education at the Syracuse University Research Corporation. In Columbus he was the founding director of The Thurber House literary center and The Jefferson Center for Learning and Arts. Presently, he is the Executive Director of The Academy for Leadership and Governance and adjunct professor in Cultural Policy and Arts Administration at The Ohio State University.
 
Cindy Hilsheimer is principal and founder of SC Search Consultants LLC, an executive search firm serving public, private, and nonprofit organizations nationwide. She initiated her professional career in public accounting with KPMG followed by service in a variety of financial roles with closely held businesses. She has served in numerous nonprofit leadership positions, and, currently, she serves as trustee for the Columbus Metropolitan Library and its Foundation, the James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute Foundation, the Columbus Academy, and the New Albany Foundation. Her firm has facilitated and conducted a lot of executive searches for nonprofit boards.
 

Edition details

• Publisher: Academy for Leadership & Goverance
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0970603967
• ISBN 13: 9780970603968
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 80