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This concurrence of several change factors can be summed up by the acronym VUCA (for Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous). The speed at which globalization and digitalization are proceeding in most industries is adding an urgency dimension to these necessary mutations. Board directors are not just witnessing the acceleration of everything in the company they govern. They are in the midst of it, given their mission to support the company and its management throughout this ongoing metamorphosis. As a consequence, directors are bound to ask whether the CEO and the C-suite are on top of it as a team. Do they have the right leadership profile and the required multi-faceted and complementary competencies, individually as well as collectively?
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Deschamps, JP. (2020). Do You Have the Right Profiles in Your C-Suite for an Effective Transformation?. In: Pfeffermann, N. (eds) New Leadership in Strategy and Communication. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-19681-3_4
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