The Three C.E.O. Checklists: A Leadership Process
That Actually Works
By Ra Broaddus
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and a bad organization. Within a company,
everything gets done-or doesn't get done-
because of the procedures set in place by
management. Since leadership is a process
based on discipline and skill, mastering the right
process guarantees success. But finding that
perfect equation is often difficult-until now.
Drawing on his extensive experience as
business advisor to successful C.E.O.s, Ra
Broaddus outlines the highly effective
principles behind good leadership in The
Three C.E.O. Checklists. The three
components central to good management are
C.E.O. disciplines and skills, organizational
structure, and operating processes. Broaddus
explains key elements of each and how they
work together to produce a quality leader.
They include:
? Focus
? Credibility
? Communication
? Values and culture
? Planning
? Financial reporting
? Business development
? Human resource management
A must read for anyone in a leadership role,
this essential business guide shows you how
to implement Broaddus's practical advice
and find the equation that works for you.
Take your company-and yourself-to a
new and sustainable level of success.
Ra Broaddus
Ra Broaddus knows that running a business can be tougher than surviving at sea in a lifeboat?he?s done both. Aformer U.S. Navy and Merchant Marine officer, and Turnaround manager, Broaddus is the business advisor to twenty companies and a featured speaker on leadership. He and his wife, Jane, have three children and live in Georgia.
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The Three C.E.O. Checklists - Ra Broaddus
Contents
Acknowledgments
Prologue Lessons Learned
Checklist #1 C.E.O. Disciplines and Skills
Health Management
Focus
Credibility
Decisiveness
Negotiation
Communication
Checklist #2 Organizational Structure
Higher Goals
Values and Culture
Positions/Accountability/Reporting
Checklist #3 Operating Processes
Planning
Product/Service Delivery
Financial Reporting
Business Development
Human Resource Management
Epilogue Execution
To Jane, whose advice and support kept this project moving forward; to Ryan, Sean, and Jillian, who carry these leadership lessons through the next generation.
And to Jack Ford, whose consistent message is simply his belief in us.
Acknowledgments
To say that I learned effective leadership processes from the people listed below would not give them enough credit. The whole story is that these people let me so deeply into their organizations and their decision-making that I learned as much from them as they did from me.
As an advisor to these C.E.O.s and owners, I learned that there really is a best way
to run an organization. I saw that the best leaders, in organizations of all different types, still faced very similar challenges, and approached the challenges very effectively using the same basic processes, even when they weren’t aware they were following a process.
From that realization, it was a short leap to convert my notes into The Three C.E.O. Checklists, A leadership process that actually works. But none of this would have been possible without the leaders who figured out the processes one step at a time:
Lew Chatham, Art Katz, Patrick Kennedy, Ken Winfield, Tom Olson, David Moorman, Chas Arnold, Kim Moorman, Mike Lipman, Bob Stafford, Kim Daugherty, Gary Jeffers, Ann Thornton, Jim Burke, Mark Abel, R. O. Rushton, Bengt Lager, Luanne Whiting-Lager, Matty Rost, Andrew Hajduk, Ray Larsen, Laura Mikszan, Greg Mikszan, Bruce Kopkin, Mike Melton, Patti Gosch, Kurt Gosch, Jim Gieselman, Michael Randall, Alex Paulson, Jim Musgraves, Sonny Goodwin, Clay Warner, Larry Isaacson, Richard Isaacson, Marc Carson, Katherine Simons, Craig Simons, Michelle Lee, Lil Kloock, David Warren, Pete Van Cleave, Terry Goldman, Rick Barlow, Rex Fortenberry, Brian Will, Clyde Ogden, Tim Gafnea, Pepper Schafer, Jeff Harrington, Jennifer Taylor, Lig Quigley, Gail Evans, Karl Lehman, Tim Lennon, Bill Hosken, Maurice Rosenbaum, Larry Stoumen, Edward Carroll, Ginny Tibbetts, Dave Tibbetts, David Ogletree, David Joiner, Billy Hames, Richard Nelson, Chris Nardone, and Ike Broaddus.
Prologue Lessons Learned
Lesson #1:
Life is 100% leadership-driven.
The good results and the bad results
are all a reflection of leadership.
Everyone acknowledges that leaders make a difference,
and it’s true. But the whole truth is a lot less subtle: leaders absolutely are the difference. Every single thing in life moves in the right direction, or the wrong direction, because of leadership.
Within an organization, everything gets done—or doesn’t get done—because of processes leaders have or have not set in motion. When things run smoothly and consistently, the leader is doing well. When there are problems, leadership is always the problem, and the C.E.O. owns full responsibility.
Sometimes you get lucky early in your career, and get to see important lessons right out of the gate. It’s rare, but sometimes as a rookie you’re on a team with great leadership, so your early experience shows you how important things are done correctly.
Many years ago, as the Navigator of a U.S. Navy ammunition carrier, I was that rookie on a good team, with a great leader, as we prepared for war. Combat zone demands put us under pressure to pass an intense combat readiness inspection on our first try, though this ship had never done that.
We left the harbor that cold morning, steaming through a narrow channel, with shoals to our right, a simulated mine field to our left, and current setting us left toward the mine field. As my fixes showed the effect of that current, I recommended course corrections to the right, and the Captain ordered those changes. Overall, we had the situation under control. Then we rounded the final bend, and the full force of the current hit us—but no one knew that