Some authors say leaders divide their time in 3 parts: one for handling finances another for quality & third for relationships. What do you think?

The most successful Startup CEOs I've worked with and learnt from share 2 characteristics:1) They adapt their time allocation to what they feel the business needs at that particular time.  They might dive in to help with product management one month, then pitch in heavily on sales the next. It can seem random, but they are prioritising to see where their effort can have the biggest impact on success.2) They allocate a lot of their time to stuff that has no short term payoff but feels important.  Strategic deals, M&A, team development, investigating new revenue streams, chatting to potential future hires/investors/acquirers etc. Many of these won't come off but this is about option value - 1 or 2 of them might make a huge difference to the company's value.My own best guess time allocation for what it's worth:-25% Team. Hiring, people development, training, team meetings, 1 on 1s etc-20% Product management. I'm filling a role we haven't hired for yet. I like it, and product development is vital for us anyway.-20% Random opportunistic deals. Generally stuff that needs a founder and doesn't obviously sit in someone else's job role. Partnerships, M&A, strategic deals ...-10% sales.  Chipping in with major client calls, meetings etc.-15% admin. Finance, metrics, office management, customer support etc-5% vision/strategy. Small time but very important.-5% marketing. -0% fundraising. But that may change if we need it later ..

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Partly & Theoretically Yes,

But, in my opinion leaders have to dedicating their time as following:

• Fifty percent : for Relationship.
• Forty percent : for Quality.
• Ten percent :for Finance.

Why ; Relationship and Quality from the main responsibilities of leaders , but Finance can be handled by Finance Manager ,Accountants, and Auditors , and leader supervising them remotely  

Answered well by experts here

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I agree with Mr. Vinod's answer and have voted for him.

Thank you for invitation , Agree with the perception given by experts Mr.Vinod Jetely and Mr.Omar Saad .

About me agree on this              .

Customer relation ship should be the first, then it comes with Marketing, after sales, QA last it comes in to Accounts...

i fully agree with the answers been added by experts..........thanks.

I'd say more than three:

1. Keeping the boards requests in mind
2. Developing people
3. Networking
4. Getting short terms results
5. Ensuring long term strategy is implemented
6. Ensuring all departments are working towards on unanimous goal