Daniel Meiland Chairman, Egon Zehnder International Managing Human Capital Egon Zehnder International

Background - What did we cover? Published Material Participating Companies Academics Rick Boyatzis Weatherhead School of Management Cary Cherniss Rutgers Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology Hayagreeva Rao Kellogg School of Management / Northwestern University Chris Bartlett Harvard Business School Published Material Ram Charan – Leadership Pipeline Hewitt – Leading the Way Noel Tichy – Leadership Engine Conference Board – Survey on Talent Mgmt Towers Perrin – Look Closer

We Found 6 Themes 1. Lead, with discipline, by the line Processes Leadership Alignment 2. Integrate with the business leadership agenda 3. Agree a simple model and make it transparent 4. Assess and develop executives rigorously 5. Manage the risk proactively 6. Measure comprehensively

…and 5 Things to Avoid 1.Reinventing the wheel rather than borrowing from best practice 2.Accepting false belief that it takes 5 to 10 years to successfully address this issue 3.Allowing lack of discipline in the design and execution of Talent Management tools and processes 4.Putting too much focus on written reports rather than on the key issue of the right people going into the right jobs for the right reasons 5.Permitting a lack of clear measures

Managing Human Capital Egon Zehnder International