A CEO must not only articulate and track the key performance indicators that everyone in the business must be pursuing at all times, but he must also use those numbers to instill in his people a sense of ownership thinking.

Building a culture of like-minded people is critical to the role that a CEO plays, and it is as much an art as a science.

The C-suite's infatuation with multitasking has brought senior executives to the point where when they are able to focus, they focus on the wrong things, addressing only the latest-and-loudest item in the inbox instead of something strategic and long-range.