🎙️ EP61 - The Hidden CEO Hiring Trap: Why Only 1 in 4,000 Make It

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The Forge 🔥 of Unicorns - by Michele Brissoni

Michele Brissoni

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Welcome to The Forge 🔥 of Unicorns — the podcast where digital evolution meets elite performance. 🚀

I’m Michele Brissoni (Mike) — Tech Advisor, Fractional CTO, and Board-Level Strategist.

Over the past two decades, I’ve invented models and frameworks that have reshaped how organizations evolve in the software era:

BOKaRy 📈 — our latest innovation, a Behavioral-OKR governance framework bridging vision, behavior, and delivery to generate exceptional ROI for boards, CEOs, and investors.
SW Craftsmanship Dojo® 🥋 — born in the elite world of engineering excellence at Ferrari Formula 1 during the glorious Michael Schumacher era, evolved into a behavior-engineered continuous active learning system for elite software craftsmanship.
Unicorns’ Ecosystem 🦄 — a predictable, holistic model born to fight the de-facto standard of mediocracy in IT, which kills more organizations than anything else. By fusing behavioral science, neuroscience, and organizational psychology, it combats the hidden killers while igniting elite IT performance.

Born from decades of research and experimentation, these models guarantee zero disruption and measurable outcomes. They have already guided thousands of developers, C-level leaders, and Fortune 500 organizations in industries ranging from finance and healthcare to transport and telecom.

Each episode of The Forge of Unicorns delivers:

🎙️ Bold conversations with CEOs, investors, and technical leaders.
🧭 Actionable strategies to escape failed transformations and achieve real evolution.
🤖 AI mastery without the hype — practical frameworks to harness AI for measurable outcomes, not inflated promises.
🧠 Behavioral insights rooted in 20+ years of research and practice.
💡 Survival toolkits for boards, managers, developers, and agilists facing burnout, disengagement, and stalled revenues.

In today’s volatile digital landscape, transformation alone is not enough. To survive, thrive, and secure the future, organizations need systems engineered for resilience, clarity, and exponential performance. That’s what this podcast is about.

👉 Want more?

Subscribe to The Forge of Unicorns Newsletter 📰 for deep dives, case studies, and more: go.brix.consulting/ForgeOfUnicorns.

Stop merely following the herd of transformations by the book!

Start true evolution of your organization towards elite 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

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Welcome to The Forge 🔥 of Unicorns — the podcast where digital evolution meets elite performance. 🚀

I’m Michele Brissoni (Mike) — Tech Advisor, Fractional CTO, and Board-Level Strategist.

Over the past two decades, I’ve invented models and frameworks that have reshaped how organizations evolve in the software era:

BOKaRy 📈 — our latest innovation, a Behavioral-OKR governance framework bridging vision, behavior, and delivery to generate exceptional ROI for boards, CEOs, and investors.
SW Craftsmanship Dojo® 🥋 — born in the elite world of engineering excellence at Ferrari Formula 1 during the glorious Michael Schumacher era, evolved into a behavior-engineered continuous active learning system for elite software craftsmanship.
Unicorns’ Ecosystem 🦄 — a predictable, holistic model born to fight the de-facto standard of mediocracy in IT, which kills more organizations than anything else. By fusing behavioral science, neuroscience, and organizational psychology, it combats the hidden killers while igniting elite IT performance.

Each episode of The Forge of Unicorns delivers:

🎙️ Bold conversations with CEOs, investors, and technical leaders.
🧭 Actionable strategies to escape failed transformations and achieve real evolution.
🤖 AI mastery without the hype — practical frameworks to harness AI for measurable outcomes, not inflated promises.
🧠 Behavioral insights rooted in 20+ years of research and practice.
💡 Survival toolkits for boards, managers, developers, and agilists facing burnout, disengagement, and stalled revenues.

👉 Want more?

Subscribe to The Forge of Unicorns Newsletter 📰 for deep dives, case studies, and more: go.brix.consulting/ForgeOfUnicorns.

Stop merely following the herd of transformations by the book!

Start true evolution of your organization towards elite 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

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🎙️ EP61 - The Hidden CEO Hiring Trap: Why Only 1 in 4,000 Make It

The Forge 🔥 of Unicorns - by Michele Brissoni

1 hour 2 minutes 34 seconds

5 months ago

🎙️ EP61 - The Hidden CEO Hiring Trap: Why Only 1 in 4,000 Make It

Are you prepared for the real risks of CEO succession, or any other CXO hiring? In this episode of Forge of Unicorns, investor and behavioral screening expert Ron Ondechek reveals the hidden traps that boardrooms, PE/VC firms, and founders face every time a new CEO is chosen. Every time a new leader joins your organization. The risks connected with casual HR hiring by pedigree and resume.

🔑 What you’ll learn:

Why over 4,000 CEO candidates fail each year—and what makes the “1” stand out
The behavioral engineering secrets behind real-world leadership transitions
The emotional trauma and cultural risks every succession and new hire triggers (but most leaders ignore)
How the Unicorns’ Ecosystem and Stanford-inspired frameworks are rewriting culture and due diligence for elite organizations
Why “hiring for resume” is building a graveyard of mediocrity in the digital age
Why the majority of your leadership notch your organization down, rather than up

Power Quote:

“We look for people who can earn respect on the field. Not just executives with the right pedigree.”

Timestamps & Deep Dives:

0:00 – Intro: The trillion-dollar problem of CEO succession

4:54 – What is CEO succession?

11:53 – The 4,000-to-1 filter: inside Ron’s CEO selection process

18:20 – Emotional trauma, founder psychology, and hidden risks

25:57 – How the right leader powers cultural putting their skin in the game

30:35 – The risks of onboarding people with a canonical HR department

35:28 – The power of social interactions

41:20 – Culture in the software industry is fluctuating too rapidly

50:44 – Software industry oxymoron. Ron’s warning: how to avoid the next hiring disaster

58:33 – Final thoughts

Don’t miss:

🎥 XP 2024 conference and related 🧪 Experience Report on the SW Craftsmanship Dojo®
🎥 IAD 2024 conference: building a culture of SW Craftsmanship
🎥 IT Revolution ETLS 2024: in the heart of the SW Craftsmanship Dojo®

For more insights, subscribe to my other digital resources:

📰 Forge of Unicorns Newsletter on LinkedIn
🥋 SW Craftsmanship Dojo
🦄 Unicorns Ecosystem 🌱

Subscribe for more brutally honest conversations on digital leadership, culture, and what it really takes to build a unicorn in today’s world.

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The Forge 🔥 of Unicorns - by Michele Brissoni

Welcome to The Forge 🔥 of Unicorns — the podcast where digital evolution meets elite performance. 🚀

I’m Michele Brissoni (Mike) — Tech Advisor, Fractional CTO, and Board-Level Strategist.

Over the past two decades, I’ve invented models and frameworks that have reshaped how organizations evolve in the software era:

BOKaRy 📈 — our latest innovation, a Behavioral-OKR governance framework bridging vision, behavior, and delivery to generate exceptional ROI for boards, CEOs, and investors.
SW Craftsmanship Dojo® 🥋 — born in the elite world of engineering excellence at Ferrari Formula 1 during the glorious Michael Schumacher era, evolved into a behavior-engineered continuous active learning system for elite software craftsmanship.
Unicorns’ Ecosystem 🦄 — a predictable, holistic model born to fight the de-facto standard of mediocracy in IT, which kills more organizations than anything else. By fusing behavioral science, neuroscience, and organizational psychology, it combats the hidden killers while igniting elite IT performance.

Each episode of The Forge of Unicorns delivers:

🎙️ Bold conversations with CEOs, investors, and technical leaders.
🧭 Actionable strategies to escape failed transformations and achieve real evolution.
🤖 AI mastery without the hype — practical frameworks to harness AI for measurable outcomes, not inflated promises.
🧠 Behavioral insights rooted in 20+ years of research and practice.
💡 Survival toolkits for boards, managers, developers, and agilists facing burnout, disengagement, and stalled revenues.

👉 Want more?

Subscribe to The Forge of Unicorns Newsletter 📰 for deep dives, case studies, and more: go.brix.consulting/ForgeOfUnicorns.

Stop merely following the herd of transformations by the book!

Start true evolution of your organization towards elite 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

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