Ever wondered how a CEO job listing might read if it were brutally honest, or written by the CEO themselves? From humorous takes on the role’s demands to a breakdown of how to write a meaningful chief executive job description, this article invites leaders to reflect and focus on their responsibilities, growth, and impact.
Unlock a powerful secret to enduring business success! 🚀 Discover how Positioning prepares your business with a solid foundation on which to launch long-term success. This article explores how to set up a winning strategy that stands the test of time.
The Transform phase of StrategyOS delivers your Vision. Many businesses struggle to implement after putting together a bold strategic plan because they lack the practices to turn planning into reality. As Prussian field marshal von Moltke once said, "No plan survives first contact with the enemy.” In this case, the enemy presents as risks, uncertainty, …
Most meetings are bad. Most people have too many. But, meetings allow companies to achieve more working together than alone. Here's how to execute perfect meetings.
Leaders can reach their vision by adopting these 8 fundamental practices. They deliver the results to reach success. The StrategyOS works with these fundamentals by creating a process to execute them as part of your daily work. This super post overviews and links to detail posts on each practice. https://horizonlinegroup.com/2023/02/21/your-business-model-cheat-sheet/ https://horizonlinegroup.com/2023/02/21/be-great-at-people/ https://horizonlinegroup.com/2023/02/21/organize-around-themes/ https://horizonlinegroup.com/2023/02/20/keep-score/ https://horizonlinegroup.com/2016/10/20/the-strategic-planning-cycle/ https://horizonlinegroup.com/2022/12/14/great-strategies-are-built-one-rock-at-a-time/ …
The article introduces Themes as a fundamental practices for success. Organize around Themes to ensure work aligns with delivering the vision. Themes offer a 2-5 year picture of how the business will look. They provide a powerful framework for planning and executing, shaping future outcomes, and differentiating the business.
The left funnel of the Business Model highlights people elements that are needed to successfully deliver a business vision. There are 5 key practices: 1. Joint Ownership for coordination & monitoring 2. Individual Ownership by all for action 3. Right People 4. Right Seats with the right responsibilities 5. ACT to develop people who grow …
This week I held my first fully remote Strategy Choices Workshop with the leadership team from Formula Roofing. Here's some good and needs improvement things I learned through the process. Let's start with social validation: "This high focus forum has been a very effective way to discuss high level issues with the whole management team" …
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In his book, Good to Great, Jim Collins credits level 5 leadership as a defining characteristic of those who guided their companies to great success by outpacing the average in his study. Beyond foundational leadership skills, Level 5 leaders added these defining traits:
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