
A CEO Only Does Three Things: Finding Your Focus in the C-Suite

4Cs: Culture, Capabilities, Compensation, and Commitment. The 4Cs represent the four stages of the interview process.
Trey Taylor • A CEO Only Does Three Things: Finding Your Focus in the C-Suite
Client Success team.
Trey Taylor • A CEO Only Does Three Things: Finding Your Focus in the C-Suite
“We believe in making twenty thousand men prosperous and contented rather than follow the plan of making a few slave drivers in our establishment millionaires.”
Trey Taylor • A CEO Only Does Three Things: Finding Your Focus in the C-Suite
Give your candidate forty-eight hours to prepare their offer. Remind them to include the five elements of compensation: wage (salary or hourly depending on the position), vacation time, bonuses (annual or quarterly only, always tied to completed goals, and not available to every position), education and training (budget for specific ways to grow an
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“I like that we ______,” and “We always _________,” or “We are known for ________.” As each person shares, thank them for the idea and resist the urge to consolidate or combine ideas; let each submission live on its own for now. As with all brainstorming sessions, having a fixed time limit will yield better results. Set a timer and keep the feedbac
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The mental work necessary to carefully reflect on your most closely held beliefs will pay dividends as the clarity of your statements releases excitement and energy into your organization.
Trey Taylor • A CEO Only Does Three Things: Finding Your Focus in the C-Suite
To design the Culture that you want for your company, you must take inventory of the shared values of the group. What are those things that you and your team believe to be universally true? Those are the things that you care about most, the things that you seek in your lives. They are your values.
Trey Taylor • A CEO Only Does Three Things: Finding Your Focus in the C-Suite
To make success a reality, we must shift our mindsets away from filling jobs and adopt a vision long prevalent in the entertainment industry: talent management.
Trey Taylor • A CEO Only Does Three Things: Finding Your Focus in the C-Suite
talent attracts talent.