Success in the C-Suite – Walter Sabo

Here are the real world traits of winning CEOs1 The Ability to Run Anything Their management skills are not imbedded in one product Their skills would transfer to any industry The primary skill is clarity Since it is obvious they could run anything the fact that they have chosen a particular company to manage flatters the employees and they want to follow the leader2 Clarity Employees gravitate to clarity Effective CEOs impose no confusion of goals no personal agenda outside the work that must be done Effective CEOs never share their personal problems they never confuse athome stress with work stress They don39t ask the staff to do personal errands get favors for their family or wonder aloud whether or not they should get a divorce3 Unflappable Ethics The staff knows if the CEO is a liar or crook They know it immediately When employees sense deceptive practices in the CSuite they are never motivated to do their best or to do anything at all That39s why the Sarbanes Oxley Act is a tragedy and a joke The act is not necessary for CEOs of ethics and it has so far never been enforced for the dirty dirty cheats4 Openness to New Ideas quotIt might workquot That39s the winning CEO39s response to new ideas They know that the life of the company is the next idea Ideas are encouraged and lead to action even if the action is quotnoquot Vague responses and very large committees assigned to handle new ideas kill innovation The worst title ever in the history of corporate life is quotChief Innovation Officerquot The great CEO seeks innovative thinking from every employee5 Assistants Love Them Thatamp8217s the acid testWalter Sabo is the Chairman of Sabo Media a company that offers executiveondemand services He has worked onsite to build out new digital content platforms such as SiriusXM His team was the first to discover the marketing clout of web stars Internet organic video producers They founded OMMA award winning HITVIEWS The company placed brands such as CBS TiVo and Mountain Dew inside UGC In FM broadcasting he is a leader in the profitable sector of FM Talk and held executive positions at NBC and ABC Radio He can be reached at waltersabomediacomRead all Walter39s MediaBizBloggers commentaries at Sabo StrategiesCheck us out on Facebook at MediaBizBloggerscomFollow our Twitter updates at MediaBizBloggerThe opinions and points of view expressed in this commentary are exclusively the views of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of MediaBizBloggerscom management or associated bloggers MediaBizBloggers is an open thought leadership platform and readers may share their comments and opinions in response to all commentariesImage at top courtesy of freedigitalphotosnet

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