management

CEO Fail: The Cult Leader and Mr. Mayhem

Somewhere between the Cult Leader CEO who is too dogmatic in his or her beliefs and the Mr. Mayhem CEO who shifts direction with the wind lies the balance that leaders need to strike.
CEO fail: Mr. Mayhem

When does the CEO role begin?

I’ve been using this graphic to describe the stages of a company in the context of the CEO role. In the first two stages, as founders focus on getting the business off the ground, they are essentially acting as a product manager to develop a viable product and generate some revenue.