FROM THE EDITORS

摘要

Fresh approaches to effective leadership are not always easy to find. The world today demands more than platitudes and promises from its leaders. Fortunately, in the pages ahead you will find new perspectives on a variety of aspects of leadership. Dave Ulrich and Ellie Filler point out that CEOs traditionally rise to their position via areas such as finance or operations. But as the recognition that people skills are so important gains currency, authors predict that companies will increasingly look to CHROs (chief human resources officers) as potential candidates for the top position. High-performing HR executives, they believe, master six particular domains, each of which is essential to succeed at the CEO level: strategic positioner, credible activist, capability builder, change champion, HR innovator and integrator, and technology (information) proponent. "The challenge for CHROs," they write, "is to ensure that they are able to acquire sufficient technical and financial skills, both in early education and in career steps along the way, if succession to CEO is a desired outcome."