http://workingwithothers.com/2007/01/the-hiring-of-a-ceo-that-is-head-coach/ Remembering what you learned in kindergarten... how to work and play well with others! Tue, 07 Jun 2011 18:51:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://workingwithothers.com/2007/01/the-hiring-of-a-ceo-that-is-head-coach/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Working With Others » Blog Archive » Choosing Experience over Potential is Sometimes the Best Choice Tue, 20 Feb 2007 17:03:28 +0000 http://www.workingwithothers.com/?p=22#comment-20 [...] About a month a ago, I commented on the University of Minnesota's hiring a new head football coach without any previous head coaching experience (The Hiring of a CEO , That is Head Coach).  On Saturday, February 17, 2007, the Regents of the University of New Mexico named current Oklahoma State University president David Schmidly as the university's next president.  Of the five finalists , all of whom were qualified to lead this university , Schmidly had the most experience and the Regents picked him.  In short, The University of New Mexico hired on the basis of experience rather than potential.  Before his tenure at Oklahoma State, Schmidly had served as president at Texas Tech University as well.  The last president that the UNM Regents hired had not held any university-level leadership roles; furthermore he lacked a track record of academic scholarship , which is usually a prerequisite for high-level administrative positions in academia. That president and the university parted ways over a year ago. So it is not surprising that this time the Regents went for the person with the most experience. [...] [...] About a month a ago, I commented on the University of Minnesota’s hiring a new head football coach without any previous head coaching experience (The Hiring of a CEO , That is Head Coach).  On Saturday, February 17, 2007, the Regents of the University of New Mexico named current Oklahoma State University president David Schmidly as the university’s next president.  Of the five finalists , all of whom were qualified to lead this university , Schmidly had the most experience and the Regents picked him.  In short, The University of New Mexico hired on the basis of experience rather than potential.  Before his tenure at Oklahoma State, Schmidly had served as president at Texas Tech University as well.  The last president that the UNM Regents hired had not held any university-level leadership roles; furthermore he lacked a track record of academic scholarship , which is usually a prerequisite for high-level administrative positions in academia. That president and the university parted ways over a year ago. So it is not surprising that this time the Regents went for the person with the most experience. [...]

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