The high growth CEO

 Dr Jana Matthews, head of UniSA’s Centre for Business Growth, recently explained the art and science behind continued growth, and the characteristics of a high-growth CEO. A synopsis of the CEO Magazine article is below. Treat it like a checklist!

• Know who you are and what you stand for
• Know who your customers are and what they value
• Measure how you deliver value to your customers
• How will you deliver more value to your customers?
• Do you have the right team, are they motivated and are they in the right seats on the bus?
• Regularly assess employees’ performance on fit with values as well as functional performance
• Have a diverse team that reflects the diversity of your customer base
• Identify, reward and promote great performers
• Identify low performers who should move on
• Assign responsibility and accountability to individuals for achieving specific results
• Clear communication and alignment of all staff
• Strike the right balance between strategy development and execution
• “Lean in” and navigate uncertainty, encourage exploration and make decisions backed by empirical evidence

(read the full article The high growth CEO)