What skills must a good CEO possess?
You have to be able to navigate situations and deal with them with a high degree of objectivity and not have too many things stick to you. Good leaders are ones that continue to see things in an objective manner. They don’t get burdened by not being able to make a decision because they’re weighted down from the past decisions they have made. Ask an athlete what’s the [key to] success for them, and they’ll say, ‘Keep your strength up, follow a good workout routine and keep your weight down.’ It’s the same thing to survive as a CEO. You can’t get burdened by events and decisions. Don’t let decisions hang on to you, because that adds to your emotional weight You’ve got to stay very limber and not assume the weight of decisions. Q: Describe your leadership style. The role of a CEO is to try to continually reaffirm the direction that I want to take the company in, constantly looking back at anything that is tactical and drawing a direct line to the strategy, and communicating that as freque
