What Does a CEO Do?

A truly effective person plays his part, fulfills the obligations of his role, but not oversteps it. How can a CEO be effective? How clear can he be about his role, obligations and expectations of his constituents?

An effective CEO covers these major bases: goals and strategies, capital and cash flow, values and culture, constant monitoring of the external and internal situations.

What have the legendary effective CEO's said about this?

Louis V. Gerstner.. Who Says Elephants Can't Dance?....... IBM

Jack Welch ....... Winning ............................... GE

James M. Kilts.... Doing What matters ................... Gillette

Larry Bossidy..... Execution + Confronting Reality ....... Honeywell

AG Lafley....... Game Changer ........................... P&G

Ram Charan....... What the CEO wants you to know

Konosuke Matsushita ... Matsushita Leadership ....... Panasonic

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I have also been writing a series of posts for executive effectiveness in this blog.