Assignment Prompt & Instructions
**Wk3 Project: CEO Selection**
_Remember:_ Use the same organization you identified in the **Week 1** portion of the project.
**Company Name: AMAZON**
**Week #**
**Course Project—Succession Plan**
**3**
**Current CEO profile, Competency model identification, Strategic sourcing and recruitment of CEO talent**
– Provide a detailed analysis and observation of the organization's current CEO, his or her strengths, weaknesses, leadership and communication styles, and personal characteristics that make this leader dynamic and successful.
– Describe and evaluate the attributes of the current leader including both desirable and undesirable traits for the successor.
– Discuss the methods and tactics to identify, recruit, screen, and assess candidates (both internally and externally) for the CEO position.
Throughout this assignment, the critical importance of finding the right successor for the company’s CEO is paramount. The right candidate needs exemplary leadership, vision, and strategic planning abilities along with many of the other personal and professional qualities that have been discussed in this course thus far.
To begin finding the right successor, conduct a detailed analysis of the given organization’s current CEO, including the strengths, weaknesses, leadership and communication styles, and personal characteristics that make this leader dynamic and successful.
– What are the attributes of the current leader that you want his or her successor to possess? Why are such attributes necessary for a successor?
– What are the characteristics or traits of the current leader that you do not want his or her successor to possess? Why are such attributes not desirable?
– What other traits might need to be considered?
– Is there a job description available for your CEO? What are the specific knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary for the position?
**Based on your research and answers to the above questions, you should be able to:**
– Create a matrix or job audit form describing the ideal candidate to succeed the current CEO.
– What are the essential personal and professional qualities to identify in candidates (i.e., what must you find out about candidates)?
– What are the important but perhaps less essential qualities (i.e., what would be good to know but should be secondary issues compared to the essential qualities?)
– Describe in detail the methods and tactics you would use to identify, source, recruit, and screen candidates, both internally and externally, for the CEO position.
– Include strategies for identifying the candidates with the personal and professional qualities that you desire in the next leader for the company.
**Submission Details:**
– Support your responses with examples.
– Submit your paper as a 5- to 6-page Microsoft Word document, using APA style.
– Each Covered Heading must contain 3+ credible cited sources and a conclusion summarizing talking points.
– **Due by 5/12/25 at 7:30pm CST**
**Requirements:**
1. **Make certain to include in text citations from your course text in addition to your outside leadership resources within your main post. This adds credibility to your argument.**
**[Textbooks]:**
Hughes, R. L., Beatty, K. C., & Dinwoodie, D. L. (2014). [_Becoming a Strategic Leader: Your Role in Your Organization's Enduring Success_](https://myclasses.southuniversity.edu/d2l/common/dialogs/quickLink/quickLink.d2l?ou=126239&type=lti&rcode=southu-50879&srcou=9764) _(2nd ed.)._ San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. 978-1-118-56723-4
**and**
Kouzes, J. M., & Posner, B. Z. (2017). [_The Leadership Challenge_](https://myclasses.southuniversity.edu/d2l/common/dialogs/quickLink/quickLink.d2l?ou=126239&type=lti&rcode=southu-51928&srcou=9764) _, (6th ed.)_. San Francisco, CA: Wiley. 9781119278962
2. _No plagiarism will be tolerated. Must be in 7th Edition APA format with cited sources within the last 5 years._
**3.** **No AI support, score must be 0% and less than < 10% score on Turnitin**
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