Challenges to be a CEO of any organization…

By Rrajesh Kothhari

Whenever CEO/Company-head word comes to our mind, generally, the picture that we all can imagine: a well-dressed person sitting in one of the XL sized office and playing with a laptop or busy in meetings. Isn’t, right? But, this picture is incomplete because we all know the only single side of the picture. Let’s have a look on another view; CEOs have a lot to manage at any given point in time. Making great decisions, keeping up with goals and directing a roster of associates – CEOs/leaders are always overloaded by a lot of responsibilities.

We live in a fast-paced and ever-changing world, especially for businesses prospects. Hence, it’s quite challenging to run an organization successfully. The factors like technology advances, hiring strategies, political changes and much more, all add to the existing business challenges. CEOs/leaders face many challenges throughout a day, some are planned and some are unplanned and it is their job to provide solutions and handle with cool-head, right? But, it is impossible to be born with qualities like effective leadership and innovation. These qualities can only be learned through hard work and persistence. Sometimes, incidents of critical failures or overwhelming odds can easily break anyone down and make them lose sight of their aspirations, but CEOs don’t have this luxury. They always have to be the role models like a superhero [Spiderman or Batman] and demonstrate the conduct that will run a company/business productive and profitable.

Let’s explore some of the most fundamental challenges that company heads experience and how to conquer those with the easiest way.

Firstly, Talent Management which includes hiring, reshuffling, promotion and termination. Hiring, a highly important and sensitive process, requires immense care on the part of the selectors that they select the people who are best suited for that particular job. Company invests ample time in a candidate like searching, section, training, probation etc if candidate doesn’t match then again the cycle goes on. Selection of a wrong candidate is not only loss of money and time but also, most important trade secrets. A simple solution to this challenge is the science of Handwriting – Graphology. With the assistance of graphologist, employers are better equipped to gauge traits of candidates and to make better hiring decisions like whether the candidate has the appropriate potential for the post.

Even more, Promotion, switching of employees within the organization and termination are also the crucial activity for any organization. In this situation skills, dedication, and integrity of employees are proven, but whether an employee is suitable for promoted or relocated position. He/she can handle new or more responsibility is unknown. Similar way, if an employee failed to perform best. Before taking any harsh decision of termination, the management should analyze his or her inherent skill and tendency. The reason behind this is; he/ she might be the best fit for some other department. Handwriting analysis becomes boon for company head to take those correct decisions.

Secondly, Enhance Corporate Culture. Most company heads/ CEOs recognize that carrying out operations with honesty, diversity and inclusivity is extremely important for the health of the entire empire. Any kind of conflict interdepartmental, intradepartmental can disrupt the momentum for the organization. CEOs must have the ability to resolve conflicts which is quite tricky. If they fail to do so and allow conflict to fester, the workplace can become toxic. Many CEOs avoid confrontation to create the illusion of harmony. What they don’t realize is that in fact creating internal disruption amongst employees. If they wait too long during times of adversity, the people around them will make the decisions that CEOs were hesitant to make — this puts their leadership reputation at risk. Graphology can be enormously helpful in finding out which individuals are compatible, provide healthy competition for an efficient work environment. This knowledge has been a very powerful tool for businesses to move forward. In addition to this, it can also a useful tool for team leaders to spot the problems with a particular executive, he or she may immediately look into the individuals handwriting and identify the problem. The employees’ related problem can be solved by grapho-therapy by overcome the negative traits and establish a positive work environment. Business leaders need to invest in their workforce if they wish to grow, grapho-therapy can help them to improve employee’s concentration, focus, honesty, dedication, positive thoughts etc. It is a non-intrusive, non-confrontational tool for leaders to provide better management and establish growth driven company culture.

Thirdly, Identify a perfect business partner- If a firm has more than two proprietors. When a business owner is in search of a partner, the business leader should check whether the nominated person for a partner has spirit to run business. Being aware of the strengths and weaknesses in one partner or the other is a critical element while selecting a business partner. Therefore, it is important that the personal and professional qualities of each partner be assessed and understood. The graphologist can carefully examine the handwriting of each partner and accordingly build a personality profile capturing the abilities and negativities carefully weighed one against the other. Ultimately, the decision taken by the company head will be wise.

Fourthly, The challenge is – High Performance in a Short Period of Time. Leaders and CEOs have high expectations set on them from the get-go. They are expected and required to bring major changes and results to the table within a few days. Not only can this pressure potentially backfire, but it can also stress out the CEO to the point of self-destruction. The fact is that expectations of those around them will not be lowered, so leaders must opt for increasing effectiveness. Graphologists can assist business leader in matters related to risk mitigation, budgeting and forecasting, detecting dishonestly and malpractices, internal malpractices and many other facets of running organizations. With the consultation of expert Graphologist, business leaders can be propelled to transform the organization, which in the long run will help to transform the overall business running and profitability.

Lastly, Business leaders are always looking for new insights to gain a better understanding of ways to run their business – be it consumer mind-sets or investor sentiment or workforce drivers. Graphology helps screening job applicants, evaluating candidates for their promotion and switching departments, executive developments, colleague compatibility studies, partnership arrangements, mergers and acquisitions and outplacement – in short, any area dealing with people..

(The views expressed by the writer are personal.)

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