Ep9 Seven Characteristics of Effective CEOs

Send us Fan MailWhat does it mean to be an effective CEO, C-Suite or Executive Leader? In this podcast our Chief Psychology Officer Dr Amanda Potter shares some of the research on what it means to be an effective leader at the highest level in an organisation. This episode is aimed at future and current leaders, as well as executive coaches or mentors of senior leaders. We look at the typical decision styles, strengths and resilience of leaders at the C-Suite level and how this compares to leading edge research from alternative organisations.In this episode, Amanda is being interviewed by Tim Hepworth. The Chief Psychology Officer website is https://www.thecpo.co.uk/To contact Amanda via LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/amandapotterzirconTo contact Amanda via email: [email protected] more information about the BeTalent Strengths, Decision Styles or Resilience questionnaires mentioned in this podcast please go to: https://www.betalent.comTimestamps 7 Characteristics of Effective CEOs 00:00 – Introduction to the Characteristics of Effective CEOs 01:09 – Zircon’s research 02:12 – I heard they were forced out… 03:19 – Every CEO is different, but share some characteristics Out with the old, in with the new 05:40 – What do companies look for when hiring a CEO 06:37 – Example of fitting a CEO into the business 08:28 – They need proof of intelligence 09:09 – Situational Analysis Exercise 11:17 – You shall call me Chief What to look for in a CEO 11:37 – Start with decisiveness 14:19 – The most fundamental characteristic 15:37 – Composed, Confident & Considered 16:42 – Resilience & Decision Styles 17:33 – Be an optimist, not a cynic 18:35 – Forward thinking & Macro perspective 18:54 – Commercially broad The barriers of Effective CEOs 19:19 – Low resilience = tunnel vision 20:13 – Micro-perspective 21:22 – Teams impact the business as a whole 22:11 – Are CEOs supposed to care? 23:46 – Social Intelligence 24:22 – I want to listen to what you have to say Following by example 24:41 – BeTalent Strengths 25:23 – Attentive, Passionate, Fair & Self-Aware 26:24 – Strengths vs. Skill vs. Motivator 27:00 – Personal Strength example 28:47 – Engage with everyone in the organization 29:58 – Example of Inspirational Leader It was the best of times. It was the worst of times… 31:55 – These are tense times… 32:05 – Adaptability 33:10 – Situational Leadership Model 34:00 – Improving Self-Awareness 35:49 – No awareness = no agility 37:38 – Credibility is incredibly fragile 38:05 – Summary of the 7 characteristics What CEOs should be 39:43 – Understand what drives business performance 40:09 – Strengths based approach 42:38 – Future focused, composed, self-confident, harmonizer, flexible, decisive & innovative 43:39 – Meticulous, modest, self-aware, compassionate, genuine, fair, striving 44:20 – Fairness? Well nobody’s perfect… 45:57 – Strengths = Icing on the cake 46:53 – It’s a good time to be a business coach 49:25 – The end. Episodes are available here https://www.thecpo.co.uk/ To follow Zircon on LinkedIn and to be first to hear about podcasts, publications and news, please like and follow us: https://www.linkedin.com/company/betalent-by-zircon/ To access the research white papers mentioned in this and other podcasts, please go to: https://www.betalent.com/research For more information about the BeTalent suite of tools and platform please contact: [email protected]