Executive Skill Set

The hallmark of an executive is discipline^1,2. The discipline to do what the organization needs.The hallmark of an executive is discipline^1,2. The discipline to do what the organization needs.

Communication

• Executive Presence
• Re-routing the narrative
• Answering a binary, zero-sum question
• Gokul Rajaram has a useful template for the “CEO weekly email”, this might be adaptable to other roles and functions but seems to have a high administrative overhead³.

Organizational Change and Change Management

• Mergers and Acquisitions
• BAPO

Strategy

• Metrics
  • A counterpoint to rise of managing by metrics is Goodhart’s Law.
• Risk Management

1. Horstman, M. & Auzenne, M. The Hallmark Of the Executive - Part 1 - HOF 2022. (22 AD).

2. Horstman, M. & Auzenne, M. The Hallmark Of the Executive - Part 2 - HOF 2022. (22 AD).

3. Rajaram, G. The weekly CEO e-mail. https://medium.com/@gokulrajaram/the-weekly-ceo-e-mail-b5eaafcee6fa (2018).