What qualities make a great CEO? Leadership? Confidence? Not as much as one think. These qualities might get help get a CEO hired but as per research from Harvard Business Review, they don’t impact how well they do their job. A good CEO must be able to juggle through various departments and his/her modus operandi must be aligned with the company’s future goals. Here are some qualities to look after whilst doing CEO Executive Search: –
VISION WITH ABILITY TO THINK CRITICALLY
The main job of a CEO is to have a crystal-clear vision to steer the company in the right direction along with thinking critically. What separates a great CEO from an average one is the ability to anticipate the possible outcomes of every decision and consider all the pros & cons of it in advance.
RELIABLE
A good CEO must be reliable with his/her words. It’s important for a CEO to be transparent with their decisions and should not guarantee something which they aren’t sure can be fulfilled under deadline. Under-promising and over-delivering is always the best practice.
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
A CEO must have impeccable communication skills to talk to investors, employees, Boardroom managers, legal authorities, and the general public. He/she should be able to convey what the company is, its vision, and its objectives.
GOAL-ORIENTED
A CEO, who knows how to execute ideas and make adjustments to achieve a particular goal can help a company to grow manifolds in the years to come. Setting short terms goals is important to focus on what truly matters in the moment. A great leader pursues a goal with enthusiasm and instills that same attitude in others.
VERSATILITY
With time, new technologies are developing which shall become responsible for making advances in every field. Therefore, a CEO must be versatile to adapt to all the technical and managerial changes happening in the industry.
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These were some of the qualities that must not be overlooked in a CEO. But the real problem lies in finding the deserving candidates for the CEO profile. It’s hard for co-founders and board members to scrounge through thousands of LinkedIn Profiles to find the right individual with relevant experience in the same field. Here Merit500 can be helpful.
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