![]() What do you think are the characteristics of a good board member?įirst of all, you have to care about the company. I trust my instincts, but I value enormously the judgment of people I respect. Six, can they grow? And last, what do we think about this person? Does our head and our gut line up? You can check all the boxes, but sometimes there's an X Factor. It's a tough job and I am a fan of collective decision making around people. Five, what's their passion level? They need to really want this job, have the energy and ambition. Second is what's the track record? Has this person demonstrated the ability to lead in the past? Third, what do people who've worked with him or her think about them? Four, what's their self-knowledge? Most people don't have much self-knowledge. That’s a question lots of boards struggle with, you're almost trying to find a unicorn. First is sound personal character. What characteristics should board members be looking for when picking a CEO? ![]() I actually took almost a year off at the instigation of a board member to study science, study medicine, and go around and talk to all the heads of R&D. I didn't have any insights, of course, but I knew what the right questions were. And I knew about automatic control systems. And I brought that approach to the study of biology, and it clicked in my head. Human biology is the world's most exquisite and dimensional automatic control system. I knew the theory of operations, the metallurgy, the physics, everything you can know about a reactor plant. So they hired a person, me, who could move around between technical industries. This is where the submarine stuff came into play. Amgen wanted to be a science-based company. A career wasn’t in the cards for me, but the experience was a great foundation.Īmgen had a very strong view that the pharma ethos was much more than sales and marketing. The not so good was being gone all the time. In my first year, we were gone from home port 260 days. ![]() It was a frighteningly responsible job for a 28-year-old. And in my regular job, I was the engineer officer, which means I had responsibility for 100 people and the entire reactor plant: the propulsion plant, the electronics, all the diesel. First, you’re the officer of the deck, and that means you're the captain's representative. You carry out the plan. Our captain would brief the President. Second, the standards as a leader were probably the highest I've ever experienced. The mission was really important! I was on an attack submarine you're aggressive, you sneak around looking at the Russians. You started your career on U.S. Navy nuclear subs. What did you like and not like about being on a submarine? The full interview appears on The Gary Bisbee Show, and it can be viewed on YouTube or heard on your favorite podcast platform. This interview with Kevin Sharer, was conducted on August 5, 2021, and condensed by Gary Bisbee, Ph.D., MBA.
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