Then learn from others!
Judith von Seldeneck, Founder and Chairman of Diversified Search, takes a candid look at what went wrong when a national staffing firm bought her company…
For years we looked at experience as the basis for predicting future success. What we have come to understand is, in today’s world, given the speed of change, given the complexity of leadership, it is actually the potential and the ability to adapt and learn, and engage with diverse constituents that are actually more important ingredients than specific sectoral experience. And so we are looking to identify individuals with these characteristics.
https://www.phillymag.com/business/2018/02/26/failure-business-leaders-philadelphia/
