CEO Excellence: The Six Mindsets That Distinguish the Best Leaders from the Rest

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How do you expect employees to help you deliver on your goals and move you toward your vision if they don’t understand what that vision is?

Although there are some broad themes in performance, great CEO's tend to chart their own way, with little that is formulaic. Taking part in the Global CEO Excellence Awards 2023 is an opportunity for CEOs to gain recognition on a global platform and to share their success stories with other business leaders around the world.They’re not the world number one at direction setting, aligning the organisation, mobilising leaders, engaging the board, connecting with stakeholders, or managing personal effectiveness, but they’re world class at integrating all of these responsibilities simultaneously. Despite dripping with overconfidence that I imagine only executive consultants could impart to a book, there was quite a bit of interesting and useful information here. She coleads McKinsey’s CEO Excellence service line, advising many Fortune 100 CEOs how to maximize their effectiveness and lead their organizations through pivotal moments.

An American football team, the star left tack is the most valuable player after the quarterback because they protect the quarterback from getting sacked or even injured by those he can’t see. Building a broader leadership coalition not only gives CEOs more leverage in driving the organisation forward, but it also puts pressure on the top team members who much respond to the leaders below them whom the CEO has trained to have the same vision about the direction of the company. It can be thought of as a mini-MBA course, as its value extends beyond the C-suite and contains valuable lessons for everyone in corporate America.The authors push the material as one-of-a-kind and never-been-done-before, when in reality, most of the information isn’t at all groundbreaking. The approach might sound appealing but the development of the subjects are fuzzy and full of case studies that -in the end- cannot help you to get a conclusion. CEOs who feel gratitude tend to perform better and, in having a positive impact, their gratitude only increases. The structure makes it easy to go back and reference certain strategies, so it will likely be a book I'll be going to back to for some advice.

Being fully in the moment applies as well to home life, and the best CEOs communicate with their families about the pluses and minuses, and proactively protect vacation time. I was also most intrigued with their unanimous chorus of the need for family time versus the 24/7 work week. His favorite place is Seal Beach, California, where he lives with his wife, Fiona, and his three boys, Lachlan, Jackson, and Camden.Ana Botin, who oversees 200,000 employees at Banco Santander, drives home her company’s cultural mantra ‘Simple, Personal, Fair.