AUDIO CONFERENCE ON SELECTING THE CEO

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Learn what you need to do in selecting the CEO, from determining precisely what you are looking for and why, to identifying and assessing candidates, to placement and orientation in "Selecting the CEO: Your Million Dollar Responsibility".  This one hour audio conference is a Ken Haycock and Associates program for The Education Institute: The learning programs of the APLA-BCLA-LAA-NSLA-OLA-SLA Partnership and it will be hosted at the Nova Scotia Provincial Library on April 27th.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Those entrusted with the selection of directors, CEOs and other senior staff will find this program of value. This includes trustees, managers and directors of human resources.

THE BENEFITS
Selecting a CEO truly is a million dollar responsibility when you consider salary and benefits over an average period time in the position. Boards and senior staff spend hundreds of hours on other million dollar decisions such as assessing new vendors and automation programs but spend comparatively little time on CEO selection. Like most functions, selection of CEOs has been studied and monitored. Participants will learn what is effective and what is not.

KEY TOPICS
- Preparation: clarify roles and relationships; determine whether to engage a consultant; develop the profile (key questions to ask); review existing position and job descriptions;
- Recruitment: advertising; actively recruiting quality talent (no, they do not come to you, in spite of what you might think);
- Selection: making the first cut; making the second cut; preliminary in-depth interviews; reference checking on-list and off-list legal issues; connections between selection practices and performance on the job;
- Decision: candidate profiles; on-site interviews in context; other on-site activities; making the recommendation; making the decision;
- Next Steps: orientation and training; assessment and evaluation.

PRESENTER:
Ken Haycock holds graduate degrees in Business Administration, Education, Leadership and Library and Information Studies. At the University of British Columbia, Dr. Haycock was director of the School of Library, Archival and Information Studies, teaching and conducting research in management and leadership. The author of more than a hundred articles and books, he has received the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal for contributions to Canadian society. He is a past president of the Canadian Library Association and an elected member of the Executive Board of the American Library Association. Ken has also been a public library trustee with the Guelph and West Vancouver Library Boards, an elected school board trustee, and chair of the West Vancouver School Board. He was an elected councillor in West Vancouver. Dr. Haycock's consulting practice focuses on executive search, strategic planning and management reviews. He has conducted a number of landmark sessions on repositioning public library boards in community development.

SESSION DETAILS:
Time: Wednesday, April 27, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m
Place: Conference Room, Nova Scotia Provincial Library, 3770 Kempt Road, Halifax
This session is free.
Parking is available in front of the building.
Please respond to Carol Morris at [log in to unmask] or by phone at 424-2477 if you would like to attend this session.

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