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Why should you recruit a CEO from another country?

Bringing in a new member of the c-level staff always involves some adjustment to the company culture, and this can be even more crucial when the person in question comes from a different country. Recruiting a foreign candidate is different in some ways from sourcing locally.

An article in Forbes from 2012, by contributor Roger Dooley, looks at some of the advantages a company could find if they undergo a global executive search. He specifically says that bilingual executives are better for American businesses across the board, for a number of reasons.

The most obvious benefit is that exposure to a different culture and language helps the executive expand your company's business. If it's easier to communicate with other executives from different cultures, new relationships could easily develop.

Dooley also asserts that taking the time to learn more than one language naturally makes a person more rational, a useful asset in an executive.

"If you are fortunate enough to speak two or more languages, take advantage of these findings by considering important decisions in a language other than your native tongue," he writes. "By forcing your thought process into a language foreign to you, you will take at least some of the emotion and bias out of the decision process."

As early as 2007, Slate reported that many big-name American businesses were hiring CEOs born outside of the states, from PepsiCo to AIG to Alcoa. These are large companies that put a focus on international presence, the source noted, so it makes sense that they would emphasize diversity when looking to fill an important vacancy.

Global executive search specialists help companies see beyond their immediate surroundings and look for talented individuals throughout the world.

Finding people is easy, but finding the RIGHT people is not. YES Partners helps companies FIND the right people – for all company functions, across many industries and globally.

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