The level of change in organizations continues to accelerate and the scrutiny of the markets has never been greater. For the newly hired executive, the honeymoon period is fleeting. Organizations are impatient around their ability to make something happen quickly, and there is less accommodation for early mistakes. This puts intense pressure on a new executive to come into the organization and hit the ground running. Despite this, organizations do little to increase the odds of a new executive’s successful entry and integration. Consequently the success rate of new executives continues to be both disappointing and costly.

RHR International’s Toronto office undertook to research this topic. The research consisted of both an on-line survey and in-depth interviews with over 100 participants from Canada and the United States. In this presentation we will share our findings around the factors that contribute to successful integration both for the individual walking into a new role, and for the organization trying to integrate the new executive.
Guy M. Beaudin, MBA, Ph.D. is the Managing Director of the Toronto office of RHR International, a firm of Management Psychologists. RHR International has been active for over 55 year in the field of senior executive leadership development.