A GUIDE: Managing CEO Performance by Humanify HR Consulting

You might be a Board Member, HR Leader or Chief Executive Officer (CEO) yourself looking for a practical resource to help put in place a robust framework to manage CEO performance transparently, fairly and effectively. Regardless of the type of organisation you operate in, private, not-for-profit, or public sector, the CEO plays a pivotal role in shaping organisational performance outcomes.

Without an effective performance management framework in place to help guide, shape and measure the performance of the CEO, the output of the entire organisation will be negatively compromised. This is why we have developed this comprehensive guide, to provide you with essential strategies to assess, support, and enhance CEO effectiveness while fostering a culture of high performance.

By downloading this complementary guide, developed by our HR experts, you will gain practical insights into:

• Who is responsible for organisational performance?: Understand the roles and responsibilities of various stakeholders, including the CEO and the Board in driving organisational success.

• Benefits of managing and assessing CEO performance: Learn how effective CEO performance management can lead to improved organisational outcomes and underpin the success of a high-performance culture.

• What Boards need to consider in assessing CEO performance: Explore the key considerations for Boards when evaluating CEO performance, including how to create a fair, accountable and safe environment for performance related discussions to be held constructively.

• Key aspects of CEO performance: Identify the critical elements that contribute to a CEO's effectiveness.

• Establishing Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for the CEO: Learn how to set meaningful KPIs that connect the vision of the Board and the CEO and align with organisational goals.

• Components of a CEO performance review: Understand the essential components of a comprehensive CEO performance review process, noting that simplicity is key.

• Cultivating psychological safety in the CEO performance process: Understand the importance of creating a safe environment for open and honest feedback.

• How can Boards build trust with the CEO?: Learn strategies for fostering trust between the Board and the CEO, that is foundational to effective management of the CEO’s performance.

• Benefits of psychological safety to healthy Board dynamics: Understand how psychological safety can contribute to a positive and productive Board environment and set the organisation and CEO up for success.

Accountability for performance outcomes is foundational to good corporate governance, and as the most senior executive in the organisation, it is important that the CEO has adequate frameworks in place to help hold them to account, so they can drive the success of their organisations.

Boards, CEO’s themselves, and HR Leaders must take a proactive approach to CEO performance to ensure organisational success. Download the guide today and empower your leadership team with contemporary, proven strategies for effective CEO evaluation and governance.