Stepping into the chief executive officer role for the first time has been described as “exhilarating,” “humbling,” and “like starring into an abyss” by leadership veterans.
For the third year in succession, Lord Alan Sugar has been named the UK’s most searched for company director in 2018, according to figures released by business intelligence specialist Creditsafe.
Presenting is a skill you learn again and again as your role and what’s being presented changes, however, in a world of data and numbers, presenting has become a burdensome but necessary part of your CEO role.
Just 51% of senior executives and managers in the UK believe the organisations they work for have good strategies in place for dealing with cyber-attacks.
What are a CEO’s words worth? In the case of Elon Musk’s tweet on August 7th, 2018 they’re worth about $4.4 million each. Elon Musk jolted financial markets by tweeting, “Am considering taking Tesla private at $420. Funding secured.”
When you’ve got a million and one things to do, it’s often easier to throw a meeting in the diary and assume your problem will be fixed. But without proper planning, that doesn’t happen, and you just end up more frustrated.
Did you know only 51% of the FTSE 100 companies have Directors from black and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds, and only 8% of the total Director population in the UK.
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