CEO/ED Evaluation

We recently assisted the Board of a major Canadian United Way organization to develop their CEO Performance Evaluation tool and process.  Fortunately, the task was linked to a comprehensive process that looked at monitoring and measuring organizational progress toward overall strategic goals.

The online resources identified through the Diigo link below remind us that:

• it is unwise to evaluate your CEO or Executive Director solely based on how the organization is doing – there are too many factors that are simply outside the control of your key staff member
• the financial bottom line may be the critical success factor in the private sector, but it is much more complex in non-profit organizations
• not everthing that can be measured is important and what is most important is often the most difficult to quanitify
• care must be taken to ensure objectivity, particularly when careers are involved – your assessment must be defensable.

Click on this Diigo link for recommended resources:   http://www.diigo.com/user/kbalmer/CEO?type=all