Dennis C Carey: How accurate is the much beloved 360?
Accurate appraisal of talent is a critical ingredient of business success. One popular measurement tool is the 360 evaluation where managers, peers and direct reports offer their confidential opinion of a leader's competencies, strengths and weaknesses. The 360 has become gold standard in employee evaluation.
But how honest is a 360?
Dennis C Carey Bio
Dennis C. Carey is a respected name in the corporate world especially when it comes to helping the largest companies search for high-caliber top management employees. Recruitment of CEOs and corporate directors is Dennis Carey's specialty and numerous Fortune 500 companies can attest to Carey's credibility in this specific field.
Dennis has conducted searches for the current CEOs of Tyco International, MCI, American Standard, and 3M, among others. Aside from that, Dennis was also responsible for conducting board director searches for companies such as C.B.S., Air Products, Rohm and Haas, Allied Signal, AMEX, V.F. Corporation, and Amgen. He also gave considerable amount of contribution to finding top-level employees for GlaxoSmithKline, CIGNA, Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch and UNOCAL. The same goes for a number of spin off companies including AT&T, NCR and Sprint (2006). In 2007, the entire board of Covidian and TYCO Electronics, both spin offs of TYCO International.
Dennis Carey (read on Dennis C Carey LinkedIn Profile ) has a rich portfolio of previous work experiences. He served as managing director at Hay Management Consultants. He also worked as a Secretary of Labor and Industry to Governor Pierre S. Dupont IV and he also became vice president of the University of Delaware.
In addition to his position of Senior Client Partner at Korn/Ferry International, currently Dennis is the director of AirClic, The Edgewater Funds, and Wharton's Director's Institute. He has also worked as an arbitrator with the American Arbitration Association since 1981.
His formidable leadership skills (check Dennis C Carey on Leadership) led to the establishment of three big organizations: G100, Chairman Academy, and the CEO Academy. Aside from these, he also co-founded Wharton's Director's Institute, and the Wharton Board Excellence Award Program.
Education is vital to Dennis Carey's success as a businessman and leader. He holds a Ph.D. in finance and administration from the University of Maryland. He was a post-doctoral Fellow at Harvard University in 1982-1983. He has had visiting Fellowships at Princeton Theological Seminary and the ECC.
Deemed as an authority in matters such as corporate governance and director recruitment, Dennis Carey has authored several articles that deeply concentrated on such topics as well as on matters related to board compensation and business strategies. He also has published three books namely CEO Succession, The Human Side of M & A, and How to Run a Company. (Know more about Dennis C Carey Books on BN.)
Dennis' competitive nature does not only stop at business. He was ranked by the World Swimming Federation as one of the top 20 swimmers in the world after he swam the English Channel in 1980. Because of this, he serves on the board of the International Swimming Hall of Fame, whose chairman is Mark Spitz.
Dennis is presently living with his two children in Scottsdale, Arizona. For more information about him, visit denniscarey.com