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The CEO as integrator: The chief executive’s role is central to reaping the fruits of executive team diversity

By
Philiep Dedrijvere

Top management teams composed of executives with diverse professional backgrounds should excel at making balanced and highquality strategic decisions. New research on the performance of firms operating in highly dynamic markets, however, qualifies this commonly held view: the CEO plays an essentialrole in realizing the potential benefits of a functionally diverse team.

Author Profile: 

Senior Client Partner
Consumer
Brussel

Philiep Dedrijvere is a Senior Client Partner with Korn/Ferry International, based in Brussels and Amsterdam. He is a member of the Global Consumer Market, specializing in the Consumer Products, Retail, and Media Sectors. He also is a member of the Marketing Center of Expertise.

 

Mr. Dedrijvere has successfully partnered with global, pan-European, and regional clients active in the area of consumer goods, retail/fashion, media, and business-to-business, in the recruitment of executives at the general management, C-suite level, and board level.

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