Leadership Analytics: Predictors of CEO Success

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Far too many companies still base critical decisions about their next CEO on track record, gut-feel, and, yes, familiarity. We want to do more—and we believe we can do more. 

In the Leadership Analytics Lab we seek to answer:

The link between CEO psychology and organizational performance

We envision a future where we wield data the same way other industries do. A future where data analytics changes the rules of the game. A future where we centralize, anonymize, and analyze fields of psychometric data about CEOs and company performance to help organizations make even more refined decisions when selecting the right candidate for the top job.  

We don’t know exactly where this journey to self-disruption will take us. Why? Because for decades, swathes of academics, consultants, and data scientists have tried (and failed) to prove a clear link between psychology and business success.

Yet we know that the organizations we work with are desperate to understand the secret sauce of what makes a great CEO. So, we are determined to embark on the journey.

The visionaries of the Leadership Analytics Lab

We’ll partner with clients, communities, academia, and non-profits to drive our mission forward and ultimately think differently about the future of leadership.

THE ACADEMIC Steven Kaplan University of Chicago Booth School of Business

THE DATA SCIENTIST Morten Sorensen The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth

THE CEO Constantine Alexandrakis Russell Reynolds Associates

THE SOCIAL SCIENTIST Tom Handcock Russell Reynolds Associates

THE LEADERSHIP VETERAN Dean Stamoulis Russell Reynolds Associates

THE CMO Amy Scissons Russell Reynolds Associates

About Leadership Labs

As the world spins faster than ever before, how do we know which trends are here to stay and which are fads? How do we know which skills to invest in and which ones to leave in the past?

We want answers. But we don’t believe in guesswork or crystal balls.

That’s why we created Leadership Labs.

In this dedicated innovation hub, we explore the new frontiers of leadership through advanced analytics, cutting-edge research, and real-word thinking from leading businesses and visionaries.

And we want you to join us on this journey.

Keep up to date with our latest breakthroughs here as we seek to challenge conventional wisdom and enter unchartered territories—for the good of leadership, business, and the planet.