Leabhair go leor: CEO Candidate Selection and Strategic Plan Report

This report summarizes the CEO candidate selection process for Leabhair go leor, an independent bookstore in Galway City. The report evaluates three shortlisted candidates based on key criteria such as management experience, communication skills, loyalty, and adaptability. The assessment includes a detailed comparison of each candidate's qualifications, experience, and performance in interviews, leading to a recommendation for the best fit. The report also incorporates a SWOT analysis, outlines the company's vision and mission, and proposes strategic plans for the new CEO's initial three-year term, including plans for expansion and green initiatives. The analysis also includes a detailed evaluation of the candidate's responses to questions regarding green initiatives and provides an outline of plans for the new CEO's initial three-year term, including plans for expansion and green initiatives.

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Executive Summary
 The presentation is related to the finalization of the candidate out of
the three selected candidates, who will be further interviewed by the
board of directors and the final hiring will take place.
 I have been appointed to give my reviews and markings based on the
criteria that has been marked and how much the candidates have
scored on the criteria

• Further this presentation will consist of the vision and
mission for the company as requested by Mr Patrick
and a SWOT analysis as he wishes to open up a
second operation in Belfast
• Apart from that the challenges that the new CEO
might face in his/her new job and also the outline
planning for the period of their three working years
will be prepared and demonstrated in this
presentation.
Executive Summary

Key criteria
 The CEO of the company is supposed to be someone who has a huge
experience in terms of managing and handling the team since he/she
is not only going to manage a single team. However, he or she should
have the capability to manage teams of team.
 Communications skill should be very strong to clearly communicate
his ideas among the team members
 Education is not a bar since the owner of this company was a simple
English graduate. However real life experiences of handling pressure
is a must . A degree of graduation or post graduation or diploma is
fair enough
 Should be traditional as well as should posses will to calculate the
risks

Key criteria
 Loyalty. Since the owner and the board of directors aren’t going to be
present and therefore they need someone who can look up to the
business like their own.
 Good relation building capability as this company has expanded with
their services and relation building capabilities.
 Adaptable and open to new challenges and changes.
 Foresightedness is one of the essential criteria that is required for
being more adaptable
 Humble personality

Quality which is not acceptable
 The quality of not remaining calm under the tough situation are not at
all acceptable
 Managing team and holding the position of CEO is not a joke and this
company is somewhere deep down hold the special place for their
principles of loyalty. Apart from that they want a reliable partner upon
whom they can trust and put their baby which is their business into
the hands of the said person and therefore. Dishonesty will not take
the person anywhere and they don’t make a good CEO.

Candidates
 Three candidates has been shortlisted out of twenty people for the
hiring purposes. The three of them being Martin lana, Clare Buchanan
and Marian Hennessey.
 David has scored a marking of 66 out of 100 as follows :-
 Managing he has scored 7 points he has a experience of 5 years of
team handling
 Communication skills he has scored 8 with his precision
 Education he has scored 7. He is an MSC in international business
with b.com as the primary degree scoring second class result
 Traditional he has scored the highest with 9 due to his mindset and
previous practices

Candidates
 Loyalty he has scored 8 . He has been with this company for a long
period with solely handling the responsibilities and he is a member of
marketing institute of ireland
 Relation building he has scored 6
 Adaptable and open to new challenges and changes he scored 6
 Foresightedness he scored 8 for this previous activities and after
interviewing and asking him certain questions
 He has a humble personality therefore he scored 7 in it.

Candidates
 Clare Buchanan has scored a marking of 69 out of 100 as follows :-
 Managing she has scored 8 points he has a experience of 8 years of
team handling
 Communication skills she has scored 9 with his precision
 Education she has scored 7. She is an Masters degree in library
sciences
 Traditional she has scored 6 due to her mindset for more modern
activities

Candidates
 Loyalty she has scored 8 . He has been with this company for a long
period with solely handling the responsibilities.
 Relation building she has scored 7
 Adaptable and open to new challenges and changes he scored 8 and
she is also fluent is French and can also talk in Germany language.
 Foresightedness she scored 9 for this previous activities and after
interviewing and asking him certain questions
 She has a humble personality therefore he scored 7 in it.

Candidates
 Marian has scored a marking of 65 out of 100 as follows :-
 Managing she has scored 6 points she has a experience of 6 years of
team handling
 Communication skills she has scored 8 with his precision
 Education she has scored 6. He is an BSc(Hons) and a MBA with
queen’s university
 Traditional she has scored 7 due to her mindset and previous
practices

Candidates
 Loyalty she has scored 6. His experience is not very much though he
seemed to be smart and knowledgeable
 Relation building he has scored 9 as one of her senior colleagues has
also come up and described her to be friendly as well as ruthless
when necessary.
 Adaptable and open to new challenges and changes he scored 8
 Foresightednesss he scored 7 for this previous activities and after
interviewing and asking him certain questions
 She has a humble personality therefore she scored 8 in it.