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In what business area lies the distinctive strength of a successful General Manager or a CEO?

All top managers have a strength-area, a weakness-area & generalist expertise areas. But what is absolutely necessary to excel at to become a successful CEO: Sales, Marketing, Communication, Operations, R&D, Finance or Human Resources, or a totally different area?

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Question added by Khatim Abbas Seed , BUSINESS CONSULTANT , Google
Date Posted: 2014/03/17
Mauro Cirelli
by Mauro Cirelli , Operations Manager , Bateel International

Leadership skills with a salt&pepper of financial acumen and business planning.

Sidrah Nadeem
by Sidrah Nadeem , Global Marketing Manager , Hill & Knowlton

Vision is the key trait!

  1. This includes being able to strategise
  2. Fnd the right people who believe in that vision and implement workable processes to complete the required end result.
  3. Ensure that this exceptional team achieves consecutive upward growth even if that involves taking a couple of unprecedented risks.

 

Deleted user
by Deleted user

Today we live in the era of marketing . A CEO must have very solid understanding of marketing and strategic planning . 

Safeer Koyithan Kandy
by Safeer Koyithan Kandy , General Accountant , Hala Trading

The strength of a successfull manager depends upon his ability to tune or manage the marketing activities, financing activities, production, sales etc according to the goals and vision of the company.

Raafat Sallam
by Raafat Sallam , Organizational Development and Training Consultant , Training Centers, Marketing Organizations.

Strategic Management

Hassan Raza
by Hassan Raza , Lieutenant Colonel(Retired), Tamgha i Imtiaz (Military) , Pakistan Army

To become a successful CEO you must maintain the best team to work with you, implement the approved strategy in the manner desired by you and also maintaining the moral alongside motivation of your work force.

Deleted user
by Deleted user

The capablity to influence the employees in positive manner and perfect understanding of the business and correct asumptions for the work being done in present.

Yeslam Al-kathiri
by Yeslam Al-kathiri , Purchasing, Shipping & Customs Clearance , Ball United Arab Cans Mfg Co

CEO must aware about a company objective and vision and should use a power of tools on his hand, himself should be transperancy with teamwork, after lead them to good ethics and he should be honest for a company goals. He should maintain a good system for Planning, simple and fear distribute a tasks among teamwork, keep get customers feedbacks to meet their satisfaction.

Mohammad Tohamy Hussein Hussein
by Mohammad Tohamy Hussein Hussein , Chief Executive Officer & ERP Architect , Egyptian Software Group

To become a successful CEO you must be a stratigest in the subject matter and you shoul select the best team to work with you to implement the approved strategy.

Alvin George Arayathel
by Alvin George Arayathel , MANGER INDUSTRIAL SALES- SOUTH EAST ASIA , Hysitron Inc

The vision and mission of the company are prime mover for any CEO to make the strategy and The execution of the same  through general managers support will lead to the success  and differentiate the companies identity as a successful enterprise.

Vinod Jetley
by Vinod Jetley , Assistant General Manager , State Bank of India

Ability to focus on the vision and to communicate that vision to stakeholders.

Awareness of operational details, however, not involved with them.

On top of industry trends -- an avid reader.

Hires strong management teams and supports their decisions.

Meets with customers.

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