Our Offering for Board & CEO Services
The Board and CEO matter. Their effectiveness defines organisational results and people’s success at work. The impact of the Board and CEO on results is significant and systemic, in both the short term and the long term.
The cost of failure is extraordinary, and the opportunities created by securing an effective Board and CEO are substantial. It is essential that the Board and CEO succeed in the specific context of the organisation and its needs.
Conventional executive search approaches are often not effective in predicting which CEOs will succeed or in helping to assemble high-performing Boards. Only 50–60% of CEO and executive leadership appointments succeed.
“Widely cited research indicates that nearly half of new CEOs don’t make it past 18 months - and the costs of replacing them are staggering.” AESC, Minimize Risk, 2021
MU provides a reliable alternative for Board and CEO acquisition and development. Our experts’ advice, based on MU Leader Selection Science®, leads to improved leadership performance and greater diversity. In each organisation’s unique context, we offer ethical, science-based, tested, and proven recruitment, selection, and development services for Boards and CEOs. These services are primarily tailored to SME Boards, including family businesses, private firms, and small and mid-sized corporations. Your organisation will outperform when an MU Expert partners with you to help appoint your Board and CEO and advise on their effectiveness and development.
We have a dedicated team of experts worldwide, diverse in age, gender, and nationality, focused on Board and CEO effectiveness. Our MU Experts combine industry and candidate market insight with knowledge of Board and CEO effectiveness, supported by science-based services developed by the MU Research Institute.
Our way of working, called MU Leader Selection Science®, provides systematic, fact-based, and precisely tailored advice in line with recognised quality assurance standards (ISO 10667). Our services are focused on the recruitment, selection, and development of Boards and CEOs.
Our Board and CEO experts’ advice leads to improved results and increased diversity in Boards and CEO appointments,as demonstrated in our validation studies regarding leader performance. Our validation work shows a success rate of more than 90%.
Our offering is developed and continuously upgraded by the MU Research Institute:
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I was very pleased with our good cooperation and MU’s strong skills in recruitment and strategic values in connection with selecting new candidates for Board work. On the basis of this work, it was also possible to find two new strong Board members who, together with the rest of the Board, have completed the work on our new strategy. It was exemplary good work and cooperation, which MU were a big part of, which has strengthened the Maltfabrikken.
- (former) Chair of the Foundation Maltfabrikken in Ebeltoft
I am delighted to express my satisfaction with MU's exceptional Board services they provided for us. In need of four dedicated board members and one Chairman of the Board for our hospital, MU's expertise in Board & CEO service and strategic insight proved invaluable. Their professionalism led to the selection of outstanding candidates who have significantly contributed to our hospital's success. The new board members and Chairman of the Board seamlessly integrated with our team, shaping and executing our hospital's new strategy flawlessly. MU's exemplary work and collaboration have undeniably strengthened our organisation, leaving a lasting positive impact. We wholeheartedly recommend MU to any organisation seeking top-tier advice.”
Mr. Thomas Straubhaar, Chairman of the Board of Spital Bülach AG