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Now hiring: Hong Kong’s next-gen CEOs need to make crucial changes to maintain the city’s competitive edge
By Catherine Zhu Career Coaching & Guidance
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My job is to help find and develop leaders, so it’s not unusual to be asked to look for a new CEO. This week, however, I was called in by the chairman of a listed company with a search request that was groundbreaking.
The company has been struggling to keep up with the pace of technological change in its industry – and risked being overtaken by disrupters and losing touch with its customers. So the board resolved to do something radical: hire a new, young CEO whose ability to innovate would matter more than industry experience or familiarity with the Hong Kong market.
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