Q&A: For top jobs, it's about much more than the résumé

Stephen Morse leads the Houston-based global energy and natural resources practice at Russell Reynolds Associates, an executive search firm. He helped lead the recruitment of Marathon Oil Corp. CEO Lee Tillman and Helge Lund, who takes over as BG Group CEO next year. He discussed how his firm helps select who is fit to lead the world's largest energy companies. Edited excepts follow.