{"id":1045,"date":"2017-07-05T14:00:02","date_gmt":"2017-07-05T14:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/?p=1045"},"modified":"2017-06-30T19:28:44","modified_gmt":"2017-06-30T19:28:44","slug":"ceo-improve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/ceo-improve\/","title":{"rendered":"The No. 1 Thing People Want Their CEOs to Improve? Vision and Strategy."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thirty-seven percent of\u00a0tech workers say their CEO most needs to improve their vision and strategy.<\/p>\n<p>The second-most popular response was &#8220;hiring standards&#8221; (23%) followed closely by &#8220;people skills&#8221; (22%). The least popular responses were &#8220;integrity&#8221; (12%) and &#8220;work ethic&#8221; (6%).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/guest\/culture\/tech\/all-department\/92-what-does-your-ceo-most-need-to-improve\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1048\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1048\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2017\/06\/vision-1.png\" alt=\"vision\" width=\"961\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2017\/06\/vision-1-300x80.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2017\/06\/vision-1-768x204.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2017\/06\/vision-1.png 961w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>By gender<\/b><\/p>\n<p>From a gender perspective, men and women answered almost identically. The only significant differences were that 40% of men ranked &#8220;vision and strategy&#8221; as the top priority compared to 31% of women, and women placed a bit more weight on &#8220;people skills&#8221; (26%) then men (20%).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/guest\/culture\/tech\/all-department\/92-what-does-your-ceo-most-need-to-improve\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1049\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1049\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2017\/06\/fem.png\" alt=\"fem\" width=\"765\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2017\/06\/fem-300x116.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2017\/06\/fem.png 765w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>By department<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Nearly every department polled by Comparably ranked &#8220;vision and strategy&#8221; as number 1 except for admin, customer support, HR, and legal. In those departments, people said their CEOs most need to improve their people skills.<\/p>\n<p>Admin<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/guest\/culture\/tech\/all-department\/92-what-does-your-ceo-most-need-to-improve\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1050\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1050\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2017\/06\/admin-1.png\" alt=\"admin\" width=\"471\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2017\/06\/admin-1-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2017\/06\/admin-1.png 471w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 471px) 85vw, 471px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Customer support<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/guest\/culture\/tech\/all-department\/92-what-does-your-ceo-most-need-to-improve\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1051\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1051\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2017\/06\/cust.png\" alt=\"cust\" width=\"468\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2017\/06\/cust-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2017\/06\/cust.png 468w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 468px) 85vw, 468px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>HR<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/guest\/culture\/tech\/all-department\/92-what-does-your-ceo-most-need-to-improve\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1052\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1052\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2017\/06\/HR-1.png\" alt=\"HR\" width=\"464\" height=\"254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2017\/06\/HR-1-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2017\/06\/HR-1.png 464w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 464px) 85vw, 464px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Legal<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/guest\/culture\/tech\/all-department\/92-what-does-your-ceo-most-need-to-improve\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1053\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1053\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2017\/06\/legal.png\" alt=\"legal\" width=\"466\" height=\"257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2017\/06\/legal-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2017\/06\/legal.png 466w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 466px) 85vw, 466px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The results are from a July 5 reading of an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/guest\/culture\/tech\/all-department\/92-what-does-your-ceo-most-need-to-improve\">ongoing query<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\">Comparably<\/a>. More than 10,000 technology workers responded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thirty-seven percent of\u00a0tech workers say their CEO most needs to improve their vision and strategy. The second-most popular response was &#8220;hiring standards&#8221; (23%) followed closely by &#8220;people skills&#8221; (22%). The least popular responses were &#8220;integrity&#8221; (12%) and &#8220;work ethic&#8221; (6%). By gender From a gender perspective, men and women answered almost identically. 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