Executive Management and Leadership-Handout - Executive Management and Leadership Work Plan

Handout - Executive Management and Leadership Work Plan

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The comprehensive work plan outlines a strategic approach for a new CEO at a struggling company, facing issues like low productivity, poor customer service, and unmet performance indicators. Modules A-L guide the CEO through various stages of addressing these challenges. 

<strong>Initial Considerations and Strategies</strong>: Upon taking the role, the CEO contemplates the magnitude of the issues and whether the reported problems represent the true situation. Initial strategies include maintaining a positive outlook, researching potential solutions, and identifying key team members (Module A).

<strong>First Steps and Team Dynamics</strong>: On the first day, the CEO senses tension among staff and plans initial steps to establish leadership and management strategies to address this (Module B). Over the first week, the CEO notices the comfortable office culture contributing to inefficiencies and considers changing it (Module C).

<strong>Addressing Team Culture and Board Meetings</strong>: Preparing for the first board meeting, the CEO aims to convey observations and balance leadership and management roles (Module D). The CEO must address staff skepticism and decide whether to lead or manage during transformative changes (Module E).

<strong>Handling External Pressures</strong>: A client complaint and mayoral interference highlight operational issues, requiring an impactful response to mitigate short- and long-term business repercussions (Module F). The CEO formulates a plan to tackle these concerns, emphasizing leadership and management concepts (Module G).

<strong>Implementing and Adjusting Strategy</strong>: As the company adjusts, the CEO must handle resistant long-term employees and guide them towards a new strategic vision (Modules I-J). The pursuit of a new business line requires engaging the board and mitigating external opposition, including media challenges (Modules K-L).

<strong>Opportunity Expansion</strong>: Acceptance of a board seat in a national organization presents further leadership and management considerations, offering visibility and growth opportunities for both the CEO and the company (Module L).

The comprehensive strategy combines leadership dynamics, management tactics, and stakeholder engagement to steer the company towards a more sustainable and prosperous future.

Keywords

CEO strategy

low productivity

customer service

performance indicators

leadership

management

team dynamics

board meetings

external pressures

opportunity expansion