Tag: CEO
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Leading a Business: The 3+1 Roles of the CEO
We had an event this week in Madrid with Dan Wertenberg, a Vistage Chair from the USA as the speaker. What is the Role of the CEO? He shared an interactive and valuable 90 minute session with the gathered CEOs about the 3+1 roles of the CEO. The 3+1 “non-Delegatable roles” of the leader. Chief…
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What do excellent CEOs do? (according to McKinsey research)
A company has only one ultimate decision maker: the CEO. The CEO is the only person in a company without peers. No other individual holds such a full and final responsibility for the company. The CEO is the most powerful and sought-after title in business, more influential than any other. The CEO takes the company’s…
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The CEO’s Guide to Boards
Our Vistage Spain call today had “The Role of the Board” as our theme. This post gathers together some of the valuable resources shared by the group. The HBR Article Building Better Boards from May 2004 came highly recommended by the leaders of today’s workshop, much of the content below comes from that article. What…
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The Job of the CEO
This is a 30 minute interview I conducted with Waldemar Schmidt, past-CEO of a 250,000 employee global company. He shared insights about the role of the CEO: How to get the CEO role How to be a good CEO How to end your time as CEO and What to do next. Watch the Interview View…
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How does Jeff Bezos spend his time?
Jeff Bezos of Amazon has a very clear view on how to dedicate his time as a leader of his business: Time working on the Future Time working in the Present How does Jeff allocate his time? 50/50? 80/20? 90/10?… What do you think is the allocation of time that Jeff aims for himself? What…
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CEO Leadership Success: The 3 Rules from the Turnaround Masters at Sequoia Capital
This video is about Sequoia Capital and their 3 rules for success in leading a business. Â They make leadership feel very simple.. but it works. They have 30 years of track record of successfully taking on and turning around businesses. Their rules are: 30/30 80/20 & the golden rule: 90/10. More on Leadership What is…
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What does the Board do?
This post describes Corporate Boards – What do they do? How do I join one? and What are my responsibilities as a Director? A board of directors is a body of elected or appointed members who jointly oversee the activities of a company or organization, which can include a non-profit organization or a government agency…