Are you CEO material?

In order to help a client recruit a new CEO in Ireland I have been catching up on the latest research into high performing CEO's. What qualities do the star performers possess?

What do you think?

- Innovative
- Brainpower
- Teamwork
- Listens
- Planner
- Communicator
- Interpersonal skills

If you ticked any of the above you would be very wrong. The latest research on 316 CEO's shows clearly that the key quality is execution skills i.e. getting the job done, not interpersonal or team related skills.

In order to do this the research identified the key qualities as:

- Efficiency
- Integrity
- Persistence
- Analytical skills
- Strategic thinking
- Proactive

Well there you go, CEO's done!