What is a Success Profile? A Success Profile translates business strategy into specific talent requirements. It provides critical information about the competencies, experiences, personal attributes and knowledge ideal for a specific role (ex. CIO, VP Engineering) or level (EVP, SVP, VP, Director). In support of succession, recruitment, and development efforts, the Success Profile provides a framework to help compare those who would be the best fit for a role or where to place development investment. Within your Talent Review process, it will provide a way to view possible senior leader candidates and enhance your conversation about your people.
Process: To create the Success Profile, interviews are conducted with senior executives to gain their perspective on a pivotal role today and in the future. Inputs from these interviews are synthesized and placed into a single Success Profile.
Interview Protocol Excerpt:
| Key Objectives and Responsibilities: What are the key responsibilities of the target role? What is needed for this target role based on strategy? How might it evolve? |
| Competencies: What people can do. Given the general description above, please identify the mission-critical competencies required of those in his target role/level. |
| Experience: Past performance is a good predictor of future capability. What experiences shape successful leaders in this role. |
| Personal Attributes: Personal attributes address leadership style, traits, and motivations. What leadership style is most successful in your organization? |
| Knowledge: What knowledge or information will these leaders need to know or have access to be successful? |
