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Insight.
Structure either enables strategy or blocks it. CEOs must ensure reporting lines, decision rights, and accountability support strategic goals, not legacy arrangements.
Key Strategies:
1. Assess Structural Fit – Check if current structure supports priorities.
2. Clarify Decision Rights – Reduce bottlenecks and confusion.
3. Strengthen Cross-Functional Coordination – Break silos.
4. Align Roles with Value Creation – Focus leadership attention where value is created.
5. Adjust Quickly – Don’t wait too long to fix misalignment.
CEO Leadership Actions.
✅ Review structure during strategy discussions.
✅ Clarify decision authority for key initiatives.
✅ Simplify reporting where complexity slows execution.
Actionable Tip.
* Identify one structural issue slowing decisions—address it this quarter.
Why This Matters?
Right structure accelerates execution and improves accountability.
About the Author.
Ernest De-Graft Egyir is a CEO Advisor and Consultant, Founding CEO of Chief Executives Network Ghana, convenes the Ghana CEO Summit, advocates national development, served on President John Mahama’s National Economic Dialogue Planning Committee, and is a philanthropist driving social impact.
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