Dennis Carey Corporate Strategies

Dennis Carey co-authored an article for the Wharton Leadership Digest, in which he presented the numerous benefits of new CEOs meeting those who have previously worked in that position and are more experienced.

He explained that “On top of the general problem of harnessing the energies of a company comes the simple fact that a CEO may be very unfamiliar with some core responsibilities.  Most new CEOs have never chaired a board meeting.  Some may never even have attended one. Most have never had to forge a working relationship with a board-selected ‘lead director.’ Outside the boardroom, issues such as advertising, human resources, the press, Wall Street analysts, mergers, and board member recruitment, which consumer large amounts of a CEO’s time and attention, are activities that most senior executives below the top job may have dealt with on only a very limited basis.”