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In this holiday season, people love to receive gifts. Well, what gifts would your company’s CEO love to receive from you?
Here are seven “gifts” you really need to go all out to give your CEO, according to Michael Mercer, Ph.D., a consultant and book author in Barrington, IL.
As the saying goes, “What goes around, comes around.” So, give these gifts and you will earn yourself the right to some magnificent “gifts,” also.
1st Gift = Improve Profits & Productivity
Mercer interviewed 20 CEOs for one of his books. One question he asked each CEO was “What is the most important thing for you to get your employees to focus on?”
Overwhelmingly, CEOs answered, “The most important thing for me to get employees to focus on is this: Improving profits and productivity.” So, Dr. Mercer suggests you remember, “Everyone who is part of the profit-generating team in your company is ultra-important, a true VIP.”
2nd Gift = Hire Employees Who Improve Profits & Productivity
A key way to improve profits and productivity is to hire applicants who turn into productive and profitable employees.
In his seminars on his book entitled, “Hire the Best – & Avoid the Rest,” Mercer teaches, “The fastest and cheapest way to have productive, dependable employees is to hire people who are productive, dependable human beings!”
That means you gift your CEO by only putting employees on your payroll who improve ‘the 2 P’s.” Mercer also recommends, “De-employ employees who do not contribute to, or detract from, your company’s bottom line.”
3rd Gift = Develop & Train Your Employees So They Become More Profitable & Productive
CEOs – including your CEO – craves for you to transform the good employees you hired (see 2nd Gift, above) into magnificent employees. The best way to do this, explains Mercer, is to “test your superstar employees, find out their test scores, and then help your average employees develop talents possessed by your superstars.”
4th Gift = Ooze Enthusiasm for Your CEO’s Vision for Your Company
A good CEO has a big, exciting vision, or key goal, for the company to achieve. In his book entitled, “Absolutely Fabulous Organizational Change,” Mercer revealed the vision of 11 superb companies. For example, Intuit’s vision is this: “Our key goal is to revolutionize the way people
do financial work.”
Mercer points out your job is to find out your CEO’s vision, and help your CEO achieve your company’s vision. Your CEO will cherish such a gift from you.
5th Gift = Ooze Key Benefits of Your Corporate Culture
Each company operates successfully or unsuccessfully, says Dr. Mercer, within its corporate culture. He defines it as follows: “Corporate culture is how every employee knows he or she must act, even when no one is watching.”
Mercer discovered a quick way to uncover a company’s culture: “Find out what stories every employee hears about the company the first week on-the-job, and re-tells to new employees.” Hearing the story implicitly tells a new employee how to act on-the-job. For example, every Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company employee hears a story about how the company’s president’s first job was in a fancy restaurant. From that job, he discovered a luxury establishment is composed of ladies and gentlemen serving ladies and gentlemen. He instilled this insight into The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company where he now is president.
In fact, Mercer notes every Ritz-Carlton employee carries a card that says, “We Are Ladies and Gentlemen Serving Ladies and Gentlemen.”
So, a gift your CEO want from you is for you to uncover your company’s culture, put it into action in your work, and make sure other employees do the same.
6th Gift = Make a Fantastic Impression
CEOs are like parents. Parents feel proud if their children make a good impression. Likewise, “CEOs feel proud when their employees make a good impression,” says Mercer.
So, the author suggests a gift for your CEO is to make a fantastic impression on everyone who can make-or-break your company. This includes customers and other employees.
7th Gift = Impress Your Company’s Top Executives
“It is ultra-important to impress your boss, your boss’ boss, and anyone who has direct contact to the CEO,” says Mercer.
Well, how do you impress your company’s big-shots? The answer is for you to give the six gifts listed above, according to Mercer.
Your Reward = When You Give These 7 Gifts, You Get Gifts
Mercer found that by giving your CEO the seven gifts, you put into action the age-old truism of ‘What goes around comes around.’ “Giving the seven gifts to your CEO opens doors to opportunities you never dreamed of for your company and, importantly, your career,” points out Dr. Mercer.
© 2006 Michael Mercer, Ph.D., www.DrMercer.com
7 GIFTS TO GIVE YOUR CEO
by
Michael Mercer, Ph.D.
In this holiday season, people love to receive gifts. Well, what gifts would your company’s CEO love to receive from you?
Here are seven “gifts” you really need to go all out to give your CEO, according to Michael Mercer, Ph.D., a consultant and book author in Barrington, IL.
As the saying goes, “What goes around, comes around.” So, give these gifts and you will earn yourself the right to some magnificent “gifts,” also.
1st Gift = Improve Profits & Productivity
Mercer interviewed 20 CEOs for one of his books. One question he asked each CEO was “What is the most important thing for you to get your employees to focus on?”
Overwhelmingly, CEOs answered, “The most important thing for me to get employees to focus on is this: Improving profits and productivity.” So, Dr. Mercer suggests you remember, “Everyone who is part of the profit-generating team in your company is ultra-important, a true VIP.”
2nd Gift = Hire Employees Who Improve Profits & Productivity
A key way to improve profits and productivity is to hire applicants who turn into productive and profitable employees.
In his seminars on his book entitled, “Hire the Best – & Avoid the Rest,” Mercer teaches, “The fastest and cheapest way to have productive, dependable employees is to hire people who are productive, dependable human beings!”
That means you gift your CEO by only putting employees on your payroll who improve ‘the 2 P’s.” Mercer also recommends, “De-employ employees who do not contribute to, or detract from, your company’s bottom line.”
3rd Gift = Develop & Train Your Employees So They Become More Profitable & Productive
CEOs – including your CEO – craves for you to transform the good employees you hired (see 2nd Gift, above) into magnificent employees. The best way to do this, explains Mercer, is to “test your superstar employees, find out their test scores, and then help your average employees develop talents possessed by your superstars.”
4th Gift = Ooze Enthusiasm for Your CEO’s Vision for Your Company
A good CEO has a big, exciting vision, or key goal, for the company to achieve. In his book entitled, “Absolutely Fabulous Organizational Change,” Mercer revealed the vision of 11 superb companies. For example, Intuit’s vision is this: “Our key goal is to revolutionize the way people
do financial work.”
Mercer points out your job is to find out your CEO’s vision, and help your CEO achieve your company’s vision. Your CEO will cherish such a gift from you.
5th Gift = Ooze Key Benefits of Your Corporate Culture
Each company operates successfully or unsuccessfully, says Dr. Mercer, within its corporate culture. He defines it as follows: “Corporate culture is how every employee knows he or she must act, even when no one is watching.”
Mercer discovered a quick way to uncover a company’s culture: “Find out what stories every employee hears about the company the first week on-the-job, and re-tells to new employees.” Hearing the story implicitly tells a new employee how to act on-the-job. For example, every Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company employee hears a story about how the company’s president’s first job was in a fancy restaurant. From that job, he discovered a luxury establishment is composed of ladies and gentlemen serving ladies and gentlemen. He instilled this insight into The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company where he now is president.
In fact, Mercer notes every Ritz-Carlton employee carries a card that says, “We Are Ladies and Gentlemen Serving Ladies and Gentlemen.”
So, a gift your CEO want from you is for you to uncover your company’s culture, put it into action in your work, and make sure other employees do the same.
6th Gift = Make a Fantastic Impression
CEOs are like parents. Parents feel proud if their children make a good impression. Likewise, “CEOs feel proud when their employees make a good impression,” says Mercer.
So, the author suggests a gift for your CEO is to make a fantastic impression on everyone who can make-or-break your company. This includes customers and other employees.
7th Gift = Impress Your Company’s Top Executives
“It is ultra-important to impress your boss, your boss’ boss, and anyone who has direct contact to the CEO,” says Mercer.
Well, how do you impress your company’s big-shots? The answer is for you to give the six gifts listed above, according to Mercer.
Your Reward = When You Give These 7 Gifts, You Get Gifts
Mercer found that by giving your CEO the seven gifts, you put into action the age-old truism of ‘What goes around comes around.’ “Giving the seven gifts to your CEO opens doors to opportunities you never dreamed of for your company and, importantly, your career,” points out Dr. Mercer.
© 2006 Michael Mercer, Ph.D.
This makes sense, if you factor in the Japanese mentality. Unlike America, where ‘every man for himself’ is king, Japanese employees will take voluntary pay cuts rather than accept layoffs. It’s part of the whole group mentality. I’m not surprised to see a Japanese CEO sticking to that. If this was the CEO of United, on the other hand…
Question about CEO
ceo?????????What degrees are required to become a CEO of a big company?
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Basically you need a degree in Bcomm marketing of course. The only problem of the whole matter is that you only use about 23% of the stuff you learn in real life. The only true degree you actually need is good people skills and the motivation to make money. Also a sure fact if you want to become a CEO of a big company rather be it in youre own company. In a Bcomm degree marketing, you study a lot of entreuperneurship qualities, but if you do not own those qualities, youre scraped from the scene of earning big bucks. So indulge in the drive of motivation, but definately not for another company. Study and gain , but gain that for youreself.
to be a CEO you need years of experience….like 10 or 15 years. You need a business experience and sometimes business degree. Some CEO come from business, finance or accounting background….example below….please let me know what you are looking for so I can help?
here is a BIO of a great CEO
Paul Wood CEO:
Paul is the President, CEO, and Chief Investment Officer of Odyssey Advisors. Paul Wood manages the equity portfolios at Odyssey Advisors with the exception of the Equity Value portfolio, where he shares responsibility. He has over 35 years of experience in the investment management and research analysis of common stocks.
Before co-founding Odyssey Advisors, Paul spent 7 years with the U.S. Trust Company, N.A., managing over $600 million in equity and fixed income assets. As Senior Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager, he was the top performing equity portfolio manager nationwide for U.S. Trust for all time periods measured at the time of his departure. Prior to that, he was President and Managing Director of Atlantic Century Advisors, a wholly owned subsidiary of Security Pacific National Bank. Before becoming an equity portfolio manager, Paul spent 12 years as a securities analyst covering a broad range of industries.
Paul is an angel investor, writer, and advisor to a financial education and media company dedicated to educating women about investing and has written and published a multitude of articles on various investment topics. Most recently, his extensive research on alternative energy has resulted in the publication of multiple articles on the topic of clean energy. Paul also volunteers as an unofficial financial advisor to non-profit organizations. A native of California, Paul graduated with an M.B.A. degree in Finance from the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. He also earned a B.S. degree in Business & Industrial Management from San Jose State University.
I thing they payed a lot of money for that camp so luck has nothing to do with it
do extensive research on the company and you'll probably think of many natural questions to ask about that (for example, "I noticed in a Wall Street Journal article that you're looking to expand into China, what are the factors that you're considering in making that choice?").
You could also ask him/her questions about how he/she got to where he/she is today. If you want to be in a certain position within a company, it's an awesome opportunity to find out information that you might not have thought of to get into that role.
man love MJ
hmmwanna find a fellow who can satisfy my needs
Clearly CEO's have not used the tax cuts to create new jobs. Regardless of the economy the number one strategy of all corporations is to reduce labor costs either by cutting jobs or outsourcing. The fallacy of "trickle on" economics has been proven over and over.
WSJDigitalNetwork son, after I improved past 14 inches on my jump by finishing the training program at 50inch vertical[dot]com, being outrebounded is the least thing I have to worry about in basketball now, lol
Michael Jordan vs. CEO John Rogers
Yes, I believe you are correct.
And, a heavy emphasis on clinical psychology studies and specific work experience in that discipline would be a plus.
Spending some time working in the trenches is an excellent prerequisite which cannot usually be ignored.
even though he wasnt trying NEARLY at his full potential, i know this still pissed off jordan with an ego as big as his. he wasnt expecting him to score so easily
The Boards usually control this sort of thing, not shareholders directly.
It's called "Socialism for the rich."
My bf is a electrical engineer and the ceo at his company has about seven degrees in engineering and business, So i guess the more study you do the more likely you are to get the top job. But there are also those people that have started from the bottom and worked their way up to the top. I think those cases are rare though
Board of directors pick the CEO and oversee the company, where as the CEO runs the day to day operations.
Try The fair housing and employment department. ask them what to do .I have the same prob we went to HR and they have swept everything under the rug , LAWYER UP!!!!
damon wayans LMAOOOOO!!!
If MJ really wanted to, he could have just posted him up for 3 straight points…it kind of defeats the purpose of it being a challenge though.
Wasnt that a travel at 1:00?