The two responsibilities of the Chief Executive Officer that cannot be delegated are:
Strategic Planning
and
Manager Resource Planning
These activities require the direct personal involvement of the CEO and the decision resulting from them literally shape the destiny of the organization. Their critical nature may call for the services of a professional skilled in making things happen through others.
What are the conditions under which your organization will most be operating?
Where do you want it to go?
What do you want to be?
What is the organizational mission?
What are the organizational goals?
What strategies are necessary to attain organizational goals?
What objectives can be established within the strategies determined?
What action plans will be required?
How can planes be implemented, what programs and schedules are necessary?
Will the accountable operating persons be involved?
How do your plans relate to people?
What is the present management depth required?
Will the depth of management be sufficient five years from now? A decade from now?
Are the plans and the management resources compatible?
What will be required to provide an ongoing depth of management?
The linking pin and the key to improved productivity is Communicating. The greater the skill at clarification, the greater the productivity, the better the results.
Communicating one on one or in groups is a skill that can be taught. It may well be the most important skill that a manager may possess.
The process clarifies:
What is the work to be done?
How well is the work to be done?
How well is the work being done?
How can the work be done better?
As a result of the Strategic Planning Process, quality growth will be attained through:
EXTERNAL
- Acquisitions
- Mergers
- Joint Ventures
- Licenses
- International Markets
- New or Expanded Markets
- New or Enhanced Products
INTERNAL
- Pricing
- Cost Containment
- Cut Backs
- Productivity
What developmental activities are necessary to allow managers to achieve their potential?
Can these activities be offered in-house or should outside services be used?
Are these activities monitored?
Are individuals being tracked?
Are the developmental activities of individuals and corporate objectives compatible?