April 5, 2007 | Read Time: 1 minute
NEW BOOKS
Competencies for Chief Executive Officers of Private Foundations, aims to clarify what the job requirements for a foundation’s chief executive should be. Often, the report finds, the high expectations for a CEO “are more akin to an anthology of hope than to a definition of role.” To that end, the publication provides a checklist of what, ideally, chief executives should know and what they should be able to do. Subsections include “competencies for financial management” and “competencies for board relations.” The publication suggests how the list can help recruiters define their ideal candidate, allow foundation CEO’s to assess themselves, or help boards draft job descriptions.
Publisher: Council on Foundations, 1828 L Street, N.W., Suite 300, Washington, D.C. 20036; (202) 466-6512; fax (202) 785-3926; http://www.cof.org; 23 pages; available free for download on the organization’s Web site.
