5 QUALITIES OF A CEO THAT MAKE THEM AWESOME AT THEIR JOB

If you were to narrow down the ideal qualities of a CEO to five items, what would you choose to include? Many would consider leadership, confidence, or communication: these are certainly important CEO qualifications. But do they make a good CEO? Maybe not: for example, according to research published in Harvard Business Review, confidence will make a CEO twice as likely to get hired, but it does not seem to impact how well they do the job.

[INFOGRAPHIC] 5 NECESSARY SKILLS AND TRAITS FOR THE MODERN CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER

Chief marketing officers (CMOs) need to make things less complex and respond to customer needs meaningfully, usefully and empathetically. Michelle Peluso, senior vice president of digital sales and the CMO of IBM shared those thoughts in a May 5 report aimed at offering CMOs a playbook for navigating marketing leadership through COVID-19.

BECOME A HUMAN RESOURCE DIRECTOR: STEP-BY-STEP CAREER GUIDE

A human resource (HR) director is a high-level executive who plans and implements budgets, policies and procedures related to staffing, labour relations, training, compensation and compliance. Many human resource directors manage a staff, although directors may handle more of these responsibilities hands-on at smaller organizations.

4 PROCUREMENT SUCCESS METRICS EVERY CPO NEEDS TO TRACK

Every member of an organization’s C-suite wants to know: How does procurement contribute to overall goals and strategy? To provide the answer, procurement teams must rely on metrics.

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