The main duty of the leader of a company is the short-and long-term performance of his company.That is .You have to deliver profitability. You have to deliver results. You have to deliver value. Customers look at you because they want want your product Shareholders look at you because they want their dividend. Employees look at you because they want their careers.
So when you take responsibility of a company you are responsible for the short-,mid-and long-term.That is why the number one responsibility of a leader,of a business leader,is delivering results If you don’t deliver results, you should not take the responsibility.If you don’t deliver results, you should stand down from your responsibility.So that’s the most important element.And that’s what people usually come to expect.
Now in order to deliver performance, you have to make sure you get good people and they support you and they understand where the company should be going. They can interact.They can influence. They are going to be doing what you need them to do.So performance is the duty, and [the right] people is the only way to do it.