Why Executive Hiring Decisions Go Wrong

Executive hiring is one of the highest-stakes decisions organisations make — yet many of the approaches used to assess senior leaders haven’t meaningfully evolved.

Despite strong track records and positive interviews, organisations still see executive hires fail to land, struggle to build credibility, or create unintended friction within the system.

This session explores why that happens.

Drawing on evidence from occupational psychology and leadership research, it will look at what actually predicts success at executive level — and where current assessment and selection approaches fall short.

In particular, we will explore:

• why interviews and track record are often poor predictors of in-role success