What does it take to be a CEO?

{ Posted on Nov 21 2008 by david }
Categories : Business

I recently quit my job to (re)start my own software company so I decided to do some research to find out more about the responsibilities of a CEO.

During the search I found a great article from Steve Robbins in which he talks about several components of a CEO’s job function.

The article itself outlines a CEO’s job description including some important related job topics. The basic outline is this:

  1. A CEO Job Description
  2. Measuring Success as a CEO
  3. Pitfalls and solutions for the CEO
  4. Coaching tips to stay sane and skillful at the top of the heap

The job description he writes about is very simple and it can be distilled into four duties:

A CEO Job Description

  1. Setting strategy and vision
  2. Building culture
  3. Team-building
  4. Capital allocation (how to spend money to achieve the vision)

Reflecting back on my experiences in The Workplace, I think this is a great list with which to start.

Resources

1 Article from Steve Robbins’ website: What do CEOs do? A CEO Job Description.

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