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CEO (Chief Executive Officer)
ExecutiveCompetency profile for a CEO who sets organisational vision and strategy, leads the executive team, manages stakeholders and is ultimately accountable for company performance.
12SFIA skills
L6.8Avg target
L7Highest required
Strategy and architectureMain category
SFIA 9 Responsibility Levels — what each level means
L1 — FollowL2 — AssistL3 — ApplyL4 — EnableL5 — Ensure / AdviseL6 — Initiate / SetL7 — Set Strategy
Most skills in this template are L6–L7. L3 means you work independently on tasks. L4 means you own decisions and guide others.
Not sure which level to pick? During self-assessment, each level shows its definition and a suggested STAR evidence prompt.
Required Competencies
12 SFIA Skills for this Role
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| Code | Skill | Category | Target Level | What you need to demonstrate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ITSP | Strategic planning Creating and maintaining organisational-level strategies to align overall business plans, actions and resources with high-level business objectives. | Strategy and architecture | L7 — Set Strategy | Set strategy at the highest level and lead organisational transformation. |
| INOV | Innovation management Identifying, prioritising, incubating and exploiting opportunities provided by information, communication and digital technologies. | Strategy and architecture | L7 — Set Strategy | Set strategy at the highest level and lead organisational transformation. |
| MEAS | Measurement Developing and operating a measurement capability to support agreed organisational information needs. | Strategy and architecture | L7 — Set Strategy | Set strategy at the highest level and lead organisational transformation. |
| GOVN | Governance Defining and operating frameworks for decision-making, risk management, stakeholder relationships and compliance with organisational and regulatory obligations. | Strategy and architecture | L7 — Set Strategy | Set strategy at the highest level and lead organisational transformation. |
| BURM | Risk management Planning and implementing processes for managing risk across the enterprise, aligned with organisational strategy and governance frameworks. | Strategy and architecture | L7 — Set Strategy | Set strategy at the highest level and lead organisational transformation. |
| CNSL | Consultancy Providing advice and recommendations, based on expertise and experience, to address client needs. | Strategy and architecture | L7 — Set Strategy | Set strategy at the highest level and lead organisational transformation. |
| OCDV | Organisational capability development Providing leadership, advice and implementation support to assess organisational capabilities and to identify, prioritise and implement improvements. | Change and transformation | L7 — Set Strategy | Set strategy at the highest level and lead organisational transformation. |
| ORDI | Organisation design and implementation Planning, designing and implementing an integrated organisation structure and culture. | Change and transformation | L7 — Set Strategy | Set strategy at the highest level and lead organisational transformation. |
| PEMT | Performance management Improving organisational performance by developing the performance of individuals and workgroups to meet agreed objectives with measurable results. | People and skills | L7 — Set Strategy | Set strategy at the highest level and lead organisational transformation. |
| RLMT | Stakeholder relationship management Systematically analysing, managing and influencing stakeholder relationships to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes through structured engagement. | Relationships and engagement | L7 — Set Strategy | Set strategy at the highest level and lead organisational transformation. |
| FMIT | Financial management Managing the effective use and control of financial resources to support business strategies, compliance and risk mitigation. | Strategy and architecture | L6 — Initiate / Set | Initiate new approaches, set standards and drive enterprise-wide change. |
| WFPL | Workforce planning Strategically projecting the demand for people and skills and proactively planning the workforce supply to meet organisational needs. | People and skills | L6 — Initiate / Set | Initiate new approaches, set standards and drive enterprise-wide change. |
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① Rate each skill L1–L7② Write evidence (~15 min)③ Save draft and continue later