Dennis Carey Corporate Strategies » executive recruiter Dennis Carey http://www.denniscarey.org Sun, 21 Aug 2011 08:52:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 The Problem of the Audit Committee: Dennis Carey http://www.denniscarey.org/the-problem-of-the-audit-committee-dennis-carey/ http://www.denniscarey.org/the-problem-of-the-audit-committee-dennis-carey/#comments Fri, 10 Sep 2010 09:35:47 +0000 admin http://www.denniscarey.org/?p=118 In this article for the Harvard Business Review, authors H. David Sherman, Dennis Carey and Robert Brust discuss the idea of joining the audit committee for a company.  In general, when business leaders are approached about board service, they are willing to join the board of directors but not the audit committee.

As they explain the problem, in part, “But the increasingly negative perception of audit committee work, propagated by front-page dissections of various accounting scandals, has made it difficult for businesses to attract the strongest candidates to serve in this corporate capacity. Research suggests that the percentage of new hires to U.S. corporate boards who are experienced CEOs has dropped from 53% in 2000 to under 20% today.”

]]> http://www.denniscarey.org/the-problem-of-the-audit-committee-dennis-carey/feed/ 0 Dennis Carey & Korn/Ferry International http://www.denniscarey.org/dennis-carey-kornferry-international/ http://www.denniscarey.org/dennis-carey-kornferry-international/#comments Tue, 10 Aug 2010 08:59:55 +0000 admin http://www.denniscarey.org/?p=113 Dennis Carey is the Vice Chairman for Board & CEO Services for Korn/Ferry International.  Korn/Ferry was started by Lester Korn and Richard Ferry in 1969.  Over a 40 year period, the company has established itself as a world leader in executive recruiting and talent management.

Korn/Ferry International works tirelessly to be at the forefront of innovation. They have over 90 offices in 40 countries throughout North America, Latin America, Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and Africa.  They also possess a passion for talent and a goal of keeping pace with the evolving talent needs of their clients.

]]> http://www.denniscarey.org/dennis-carey-kornferry-international/feed/ 0 Dennis Carey Offers 5 Key Business Practices http://www.denniscarey.org/dennis-carey-offers-5-key-business-practices/ http://www.denniscarey.org/dennis-carey-offers-5-key-business-practices/#comments Mon, 10 May 2010 07:03:59 +0000 admin http://www.denniscarey.org/?p=50 As an executive recruiter with Korn/Ferry, Dennis Carey has had years of experience helping companies to recruit new CEOs. He offers important advice to businesses, CEOs and executives about creating smooth CEO succession. Here, we offers 5 of his ten most important business practices.

Dennis Carey Key Practices

Certainly, in order to make CEO succession smooth, the company needs to have a strong and involved board. Top management should continually be exposed to the board and there should be ongoing communication between the two.

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The next generation of CEO prospects needs to get a great deal of experience with outside boards, with the media and with the financial community. The executive or operating committee needs to be actively involved so that they are exposed to an overview of the company including its strategy and issues.
Finally, he recommends that the company does succession planning on an on-going and real-time basis.

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