What does a CEO do?

[christonog]

http://www.steverrobbins.com/articles/ceojob.htm

[delano]

Too bad so few CEOs are good at what they do. In fact, only 1 in 20 are in the top 5%

I don't know anything about Stever Robbins. Is this a joke?

[jonknee → delano]

Regardless of the author, how could that not be a joke? I like it--either you chuckle and smile or you're bad at math. Funny either way.

[jcapote → jonknee]

"60% of the time, it works every time."

[delano → jcapote]

That's like the David Cross cameo in Waiting For Guffman, about the area inside a crop-circle always having a 60% chance of precipitation.

[hugothefrog → delano]

Reminds me of the shock-horror headline in New Zealand a number of years back: half of NZ children below average.

[neilc → hugothefrog]

At or below the median, that is.

[ojbyrne]

Back in my doctorate days (management) I asked my office mate, who was researching leadership - how does one actually become a CEO? His answer - "It's all about the networking."

[andrewljohnson]

The best CEOs I know are the type that are in meetings and on the phone all day long, or the type that is coding all day.

[redorb → andrewljohnson]

The best CEO's I know are like your fellow mates; they don't actually ever say they are the CEO... but they don't have to either.

[jemka]

Shameless self promotion. http://realjobdescriptions.com/ceo.html

[tybris]

Bad CEO's: Keep the share holders happy

Good CEO's: Keep the customers happy