As a strategic business leader, you’re in a position of authority, accountability, and power. You have the ability to make the difference in the lives of someone or something. You can make a positive impact on the lives and well-being of people, as well as the lives of companies, organizations, and communities.
The main role of a strategic business leader in helping you get things done is to do the right thing, to be very transparent, to be very aggressive, to be decisive, to be the biggest success in the game.
What’s the difference between a strategic business leader and a business leader? Well, according to Steve Jobs, a strategic business leader is one who makes “decisions in the context of the overall business strategy and the needs, goals and culture of the organization.” In other words, you’re not just making decisions. You’re actually making a decision.
Steve Jobs is the former CEO of Apple. He is a big proponent of team leadership. He thinks that the key to success is to be able to motivate your people to do the best work possible. He is convinced that you need to have a strong board of directors, which means you need to have an effective leadership team, including a Chief Operating Officer and a Chief Financial Officer. Steve Jobs, like Warren Buffett, is a big believer in the “do whatever it takes” mantra.
So what does this mean for you, the guy who is reading this? Well, you need to create a board. Steve believes that the board of directors is the most important part of a CEO because it gives the CEO a chance to focus on the strategy and not just the day to day decisions. In other words, you need to have a group of people who are not only good at managing company finances, but also good at managing people.
It would be a shame if, as a CEO, you couldn’t rely on the board to back you up when it comes to important decisions, but the board can be an ineffective, unproductive body if you aren’t careful. In this case, the board is the CEO’s business partner and is therefore the most important thing to the CEO’s success.
The idea of a strategic board is that it includes an adequate number of people who can be trusted to make good decisions about company finances. They are responsible for setting company goals and making decisions about company strategy. They are the ones who will give their CEOs leadership when it comes to decision making about the company’s finances.
This is why it is important for a board to have a diverse group of people. If the CEO or the CFO are the only two people who have a say in the company financials; then they are the ones who will have the most say about company strategy. This is why the CEO must be the CEO of the company. He is the CEO of the company and controls the company’s financials.
A lot of business leaders are not very good at making decisions. For example, on our first meeting we were told by a member that the CEO wanted to have a role in the company finances. So we sat down with the executive and he told us that he would like the CEO to be the CEO. Obviously the CEO is the most important person in the company. In reality, the CEO has the most responsibility in the company.
And yet. A lot of business leaders aren’t that good at making decisions. For example, at our first meeting the CEO told us that he wanted to have some sort of role in financials. So we sat down with the executive and he told us that he would like the CEO to be the CEO. Obviously the CEO has the most responsibility in the company. The CEO is the chief financial officer and the CFO is the most important person in the company.
