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In addition to Chief Executive Officers using the information presented here, Boards of Directors are also encouraged to apply the following content as the basis for either CEO evaluation or for CEO selection; a task that Boards are finding themselves having to make more frequently. Executive churn and subsequent CEO succession planning, is now a major issue within many organizations. Retaining an effective CEO is very likely the Boards single most important task in today's challenging and changing business environment.
In a nutshell, what great Chief Executive Officers do, is focus on leadership basics. But what are the basics? Nine important points are presented, which provide the framework necessary when effectively leading an organization on the road to both sustainability and growth. Also described are other attributes, which great CEO's would agree are important in their ability to execute organizational strategy and attain personal and professional success.
With this in mind, I believe the following observations are appropriate. I have been a student, researcher, practitioner and coach in leadership development for over four decades. That length of time has provided me the opportunity to discover that much of what has been written about leadership has not really changed over the years. Minus the fluff or the fads, most of what has been documented about leadership sort of blends together after a while, and few new revelations have been made.
In fact, many of the descriptions about leadership have become rather utopian. Those descriptions are what many "non-leaders," - those who study and teach leadership, but have never actually been tasked to lead others - have considered as being important.
Based on my own experience and many discussions with executives who truly made a difference, the mark of a solid "CEO leader" boils down to some very basic leadership attributes. And no, they are not being a great visionary, a charismatic, or an innovative individual. Rather, the solid leaders will most often agree they routinely focus on, and accomplish, time honored basic and core actions for the organizations they lead. This holds true both for profit, as well as non-profit organizations.
In a nutshell, what great Chief Executive Officers do, is focus on leadership basics. But what are the basics? Nine important points are presented, which provide the framework necessary when effectively leading an organization on the road to both sustainability and growth. Also described are other attributes, which great CEO's would agree are important in their ability to execute organizational strategy and attain personal and professional success.
With this in mind, I believe the following observations are appropriate. I have been a student, researcher, practitioner and coach in leadership development for over four decades. That length of time has provided me the opportunity to discover that much of what has been written about leadership has not really changed over the years. Minus the fluff or the fads, most of what has been documented about leadership sort of blends together after a while, and few new revelations have been made.
In fact, many of the descriptions about leadership have become rather utopian. Those descriptions are what many "non-leaders," - those who study and teach leadership, but have never actually been tasked to lead others - have considered as being important.
Based on my own experience and many discussions with executives who truly made a difference, the mark of a solid "CEO leader" boils down to some very basic leadership attributes. And no, they are not being a great visionary, a charismatic, or an innovative individual. Rather, the solid leaders will most often agree they routinely focus on, and accomplish, time honored basic and core actions for the organizations they lead. This holds true both for profit, as well as non-profit organizations.
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