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CHO appointment at a consumer company: building trust and mechanisms after day one

The company wanted a CHO to build management mechanisms and free the founder to focus on the business. We kept supporting alignment after the appointment, because hiring is not the end of the judgement.

  • Sector: consumer, overseas expansion
  • Role: CHO
  • Focus: integration

Background and role

Growing quickly across brands and overseas markets, the founder was absorbed in day-to-day operations and wanted a CHO to build HR and organisational mechanisms.

The initial difficulty

  • The founder's style shaped the organisation strongly, so the new executive had to build trust without simply copying the old model
  • Mechanisms were not yet formed, so the CHO had to build under uncertainty
  • Ways of working with the business team would only emerge after joining

Our judgement and work

Even in the search stage we looked at business background, communication style and organisational readiness; after joining we kept supporting feedback and collaboration between the executive, the founder and the business team.

Progress

Our records show recruitment, talent, meeting and performance mechanisms taking shape. Integration after joining is part of the service; the appointment is not the end of the judgement.

Information boundaries

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