How to be a good CEO (Chief Executive Officer)

How to be a good CEO (Chief Executive Officer)

           

            Everyone thinks that being a startup CEO is a glamorous job or one that has to be a ton of fun. Here are some of the how to be a good ceo.

1.        Be fair

        Fairness comes first. No one wants to work for someone who is unfair. When you are let down, hold people accountable for it, but when push comes to shove swallow your pride. Be the bigger man.

2.       Be the benevolent dictator

        Listen to everyone's opinion, create healthy debate but then take a firm and binding decision. Show decisiveness and conviction. The benevolent dictator is the one who is decisive, taking action with the best intent at heart.

3.       Lead by example

        You should be working harder, longer and care more than anyone else about your business. People need to see that commitment from you. As the leader of your business a lot of the behavior in your organization will be shaped directly by your behavior. If you don't care about customers, your team wont either. If you don't care about quality your team wont either. If you're not super responsive they wont be either. The best way to shape your culture is to set the example yourself, set the standard of quality, what's acceptable and what's not. People will then follow.

4.      Hire people who are better than you

        Hire people who can do their job much better than you ever could. Your instinct as a founder is one of the most important assets of the business, but you need to complement it with expert knowledge in the different functional areas of your business.

5.       Show empathy

        Show empathy not sympathy. Sympathy is letting emotions rule you. It's feeling sorry for people. Empathy is getting under other people's skin to understand them. Don't let your success go to your head. Emotional intelligence is as important (if not more) than analytical intelligence in running a business.