Summary
Management
Executives need to possess certain skills to be able to succeed in a business environment that is being transformed by technological innovations, globalization, re-engineering, employee empowerment and other developments. While there is no 'perfect' CEO, those who come close possess a satisfactory balance of 12 diverse characteristics. These attributes include leadership and team building skills, a performance-driven personality, balance of strategic vision and operating experience, and good judgment based on cautious risk taking. Effective CEOs also have international experience, financial acumen, technological knowledge, external focus, good communication skills and the ability to manage change. Finally, they have credibility and moral values.See the full content of this document
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Top 12 traits of today's CEO.
The days of micromanagement and iron-fisted CEOs are gone. Today's executives need a new bag of skills to cope with the challenges of globalization, empowerment, and technological innovation.
Eastman Kodak's George M.C. Fisher said it best a few years ago, when he was chief executive of Motorola: "You don't run a company like this. You cooperatively grow it." That's certainly a departure from the past few decades, when Harold Geneen'...See the full content of this document
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