Learning The “Secrets” of Businesses
2 min readThe Significance of The CEO
An Activity for the Exchange of goods and services for money can be referred to as a business. Every business requires enough customers and some form of investment to which its output can be sold on a consistent basis to make a profit. Businesses can be privately owned, non-profit or state-owned.
“What do you want to be when you grow up?” this is one of the questions that pop-up in most children and adults most of the adults find themselves unmotivated and hate their jobs while others find themselves engaged. Among the most successful business executive in this century is Greg Lindberg; he has several companies in his name. He founded Eli Magazine while a freshman at Yale and without aid he skyrocketed the company to 5 million dollars in revenue. He started out in sales, marketing and changed his profession to an assistant director in the non-profit sector and later becoming a CEO of a regional telecommunications company. He learned new skills and gained new experiences throughout his hustles. Listening is one of the attributes he learned that molded him to be a CEO. The firm seek to trade with companies operating in the fields of healthcare, financial services, insurance, marketing & sales and other industries. They acquire majority stake and provides financing for buyout, growth capital, and corporate divestiture transactions.
To excel in chief executive post one has to be good at all the aspects of the whole job or organization. CEO is the highest ranking executive in a business or corporation. His or her main initiative is to develop and implement a strategic plan for the organization and ensure that the plan is being integrated into the organization’s operations. The work of the CEO is usually checked by the board of directors. The governor of a business agency is required to receive and act upon the reports of the chief executive officer. Sometimes it might be tricky in cases whereby the chief executive officer is the owner and the founder of the business company since there might be no oversight body or persons. The goal of any CEO will be to create goals and a strategic initiative for the organization and oversee the progress of those goals.
In most cases, the CEO will also serve as the face of the organization. People who did not attend university or college and who went straight into job market, and a found one they love, they are the lucky ones. To find a job that one loves it’s important that they follow their passion.