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7 Questions with Cleve Adams
Name: Cleve Adams
Current title: CEO
Current organisation: Telcentris
5 Time Tech CEO, Cybersecurity, AI, SaaS, Advisor and Investor. Board Member and Speaker. Started Cybersecurity Titan Websense (Now called Forcepoint) Forbes CEO Council
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1. What have you found most challenging as a CEO or executive of a large enterprise?
Generating enough revenue
2. How did you become a CEO or executive of a large enterprise? Can you please briefly tell the story?
I worked my up from a sales rep to a manager to a VP then a CEO
3. How do you structure your work days from waking up to going to sleep?
I make a task list, check email for fires, exercise, and breakfast. Work
4. What's the most recent significant leadership lesson you've learned?
Lead by example
5. What's one book that has had a profound impact on your leadership so far? Can you please briefly tell the story of how that book impacted your leadership?
The power of positive thinking.
6. How do you build leadership capacity in a large enterprise?
Hire the right people, train well. Set direction and goals, make sure goals are met and targets are hit
7. What is one meaningful story that comes to mind from your time as a CEO or executive of a large enterprise so far?
Never give up, the story of Websense