CEOs don't steer

Re:CEOs don't steer by token_throwaway on Friday November 10, 2017 @07:01AM (#15669317)

TL;DR: Unlike other types of leaders (eg. Presidents), good CEOs consistently set destinations, and align new people towards those destinations, but don't micromanage the means by which their team gets there. Except for some times, when they have to.

This was horribly written. Succinctness is a virtue.

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Re:CEOs don't steer by tome on Friday November 10, 2017 @07:43AM (#15669469)

That's not an accurate summary at all. The message of the article is that good CEOs set a direction and then act as an immutable rudder with the aim of ensuring that the organisation stays pointed in that direction.

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Re:CEOs don't steer by hammock on Friday November 10, 2017 @11:02AM (#15670732)

Doesn't a rudder...steer?

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Re:CEOs don't steer by tome on Friday November 10, 2017 @11:06AM (#15670779)

Ah, good question. The point is not that the CEO doesn't make any changes but that he/she makes changes to keep the overall direction constant!

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Re:CEOs don't steer by token_throwaway on Friday November 10, 2017 @08:41AM (#15669775)

You're completely right. And either way it's about $0.05 of old insight.

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Re:CEOs don't steer by hammock on Friday November 10, 2017 @11:04AM (#15670751)

How is that unlike a president? He builds a cabinet, outlines a vision and expects his staff to create and execute policy to achieve that.

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Re:CEOs don't steer by nine_k on Friday November 10, 2017 @12:39PM (#15671483)

A president, as the head of the executive branch, is the chief executive officer, by definition, isn't he/she?

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Re:CEOs don't steer by hammock on Friday November 10, 2017 @03:23PM (#15672655)

Yeah that was kind of my point. Was I unclear?

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