When They Don't Make the Cut. "We start with feedback," says Ree Stanley, national VP for human resources. "Everyone receives a development plan. We try to help people develop areas that need strengthening, so they'll be stronger candidates when they go through the process again. And we want people to reapply. If they've been referred to the national level -- but they didn't make the cut -- they're still considered candidates for leadership at the regional level."
When They Make the Cut -- and Run. The ACS faces another big challenge: how to keep those 19 people who did make the final cut, but who might leave for a top job at another organization. "They understand that this isn't a class where you graduate after a few months and are crowned CEO," says Grace Waldrop, the Society's learning officer. "We're trying to hold on to them by challenging them, in the hope that when a divisional CEO position does open up, we'll have a deep pool of qualified candidates. We would have more of a risk of losing them if we weren't giving them visibility at the national level as well as opportunities to learn and grow."
Contact Ree Stanley by email (rstanley@cancer.org).
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