This is an open letter to CEOs everywhere.
Dear CEO,
You have to dare to be the greatest CEO you can be, or you should not take the job.
You say that your employees are important... your "most valuable asset". But when you make that statement, do you actually believe it to be true? What does that really mean to you?
For example, do all your employees feel useful at work? Are they fully engaged with their assigned tasks and with the organization as a whole? Are they paid fairly? Do they have the right benefits?
If you have answered "yes" to the above questions, you are in a position to build a great company. Great companies emerge when all employees believe they are contributing to producing something that is good and worthwhile. And employees must be properly compensated for their work.
You, the CEO, have an incredible impact on your organization. Just by your day-to-day presence and actions, you enable the work environment.
The question is: What sort of a work environment will it be? Are you going to deliberately and consciously put in place systems that provide conditions under which every employee can do their best work?
You have the power. Use it wisely.
