And yet, every CEO has to get up and lead his or her business every day, and find ways of dealing directly and through his/her staff with a myriad of issues, all of which are more complex and time-consuming today:-
- retaining existing customers and maintaining the relevance of service offerings and products……
- finding new customers and products, determining if a revamp of the website be cost-effective….
- dealing with suppliers seeking ever tighter credit terms and sourcing new ones……..
- finding ways of cutting costs and improving operations, maybe logistics, IT, financial management, CRM etc without damanging the business………..
- finding ways of using scarce working capital more effectively……….
- dealing with the banks and shortage of credit…….
- making the right decisions about employees, whether it is deciding to stay on course, cut numbers, reduce pay or taking a risk with new specialist hires….
- and maintain morale in the workforce so that the firm can operate to the best of its capability.

Leadership and management has never been so challenging, nor the stakes so high for businesses.  Whether managing a large organisation with many senior professionals or a smaller organisation with a limited staff, the opportunity that Vistage gives to CEOs to meet in a Vistage designed, confidential setting to thrash out these challenges and identify the opportunities with other experienced CEOs can make all the difference…….

Vistage was set up by an American CEO for CEOs over 50 years ago and it has honed its service to its 15,000 members over the years to provide relevant and reliable support, advice and expertise.  If you would like to know more contact me at 01 4968460/01 2916039.

Kyran Fitzgerald, a well known business journalist will provide monthly articles commenting on business subjects and the first ones are published here. You have the opportunity to tell us what subjects you would like covered, by emailing …… or to post your comment below the articles…