The top priorities of a CEO

This information came from a US business that works with CEO's.





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CEO’s Top Priorities







1. Speed, flexibility, adaptability to change


2. Sustained and steady top-line growth


3. Customer loyalty/retention
4. Stimulating innovation/creativity/enabling entrepreneurship


5. Tight cost control


6. Availability of talented managers/executives


7. Cost/ability to innovate


8. Employee loyalty/commitment/job satisfaction


9. Transferring knowledge/ideas practices within the company


10. Succession planning


11. Making investment/capital allocation decisions


12. Aligning IT with business goals


13. Regulatory compliance


14. Making best/highest use of available data


15. Management/board succession


16. Sarbanes-Oxley compliance





Original writing date: June 21, 2005

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