By Ernest De-Graft Egyir
Insight.
The success of the organisation’s 2027 strategy will depend partly on whether its leaders have the skills, judgment, and capacity to execute it. CEOs must therefore assess leadership readiness before the new year begins.
This means identifying capability gaps, preparing successors for critical positions, strengthening executive collaboration, and ensuring that managers can lead people through changing priorities and business demands.
Key Strategies:
- Assess the leadership capabilities required to deliver the 2027 strategy.
- Identify development needs across the executive and management teams.
- Strengthen succession plans for critical leadership positions.
- Provide targeted coaching, mentoring, and practical development opportunities.
- Connect leadership performance expectations to strategic outcomes.
CEO Leadership Actions.
Review the readiness of leaders responsible for the organization’s most important strategic priorities.
Identify critical roles where succession or capability gaps create significant risk.
Agree on specific leadership development actions before the end of 2026.
Actionable Tip.
- Ask each executive: “What leadership capability must you strengthen to deliver your 2027 commitments, and what will you do to develop it?”
Why This Matters?
Strategy depends on people who can turn plans into results. Investing in leadership readiness strengthens execution, supports continuity, and reduces the risk of entering a new year with important ambitions but insufficient leadership capacity.
About the Author
Ernest De-Graft Egyir, CEO advisor, Thought Leader and Founding CEO of Chief Executives Network Ghana, convenes the Ghana CEO Summit and served on Ghana’s Economic Dialogue Planning Committee.