- Your CEO has little to no interaction with regular employees, spending most of his or her time with a few senior executives.
- You have heard your CEO’s name but don’t know anything else about him or her.
- Your CEO doesn’t seem to know about or care about the company culture — his or her interest is strictly in the numbers.
- Your CEO hires and promotes people who are not qualified for their jobs, and doesn’t seem to value leadership abilities in his or her senior staff.
- Your CEO spends more time in front of the media than dealing with his or her own teammates.
- Your CEO manages through intimidation, threatening to fire people when they goof up.
- Your CEO blames other people for mistakes rather than taking responsibility for them.
- Your CEO doesn’t seek input, but makes decisions in private and announces them as done deals.
- Your CEO takes credit for successes, rather than sharing the limelight.
- Your CEO doesn’t seem to care about anyone except him- or herself.