It’s kind of a cliché, but the best analogy for leadership (in my opinion) is nautical.
If the company is a ship…
The CEO is the captain.
His or her job is to take all of the available information (maps, established routes, predicted weather, etc)…
Chart the course…
Put the right “crew” in place to ensure the operation of the ship and its progress towards the destination…
And then to remain vigilant…
So that if the ship does start to go off course…
It’s caught early on and corrections are quickly made.
In a nutshell, that’s the role of a CEO (in my eyes)…
Although there’s more to it than that of course…
Because depending on the size of the company and its goals…
The CEO may also play a role in investor relations, P.R., etc.
But yeah, just wanted to share these thoughts…
And I want you to notice that, given my commitment to being the CEO of my own organization…
The first thing I’m doing…