{"id":490,"date":"2025-07-02T09:09:37","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T09:09:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/editoravaldemar.com\/?page_id=490"},"modified":"2026-02-24T12:12:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T12:12:29","slug":"home-new","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/editoravaldemar.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>\u00a0<\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><br \/><strong>The Job of the CEO<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/editoravaldemar.com\/?page_id=171\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-496  alignleft\" title=\"The Job of the CEO \u2013 A Lifelong Career Guide\" src=\"http:\/\/editoravaldemar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/THE-JOB-OF-THE-CEO-print-219x300.jpg\" alt=\"THE JOB OF THE CEO\" width=\"391\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https:\/\/editoravaldemar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/THE-JOB-OF-THE-CEO-print-219x300.jpg 219w, https:\/\/editoravaldemar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/THE-JOB-OF-THE-CEO-print-749x1024.jpg 749w, https:\/\/editoravaldemar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/THE-JOB-OF-THE-CEO-print-768x1050.jpg 768w, https:\/\/editoravaldemar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/THE-JOB-OF-THE-CEO-print.jpg 849w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 391px) 100vw, 391px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>80% of CEOs are not great leaders according to Time Magazine article 19 September 2024 &#8220;The plague of mediocre leadership&#8221;, which includes the following strong quote: &#8221; Exceptional leadership is rare.<\/p>\n<p>75% of CEOs believe that they belong in the Top-25% according to a research report by James D Park, David Hirshleiter and Siew Hong Teoh (2010)<\/p>\n<p>61% of executives do not have a clear understanding of the scope of their jobs according to a study by Ron Carucci (2017)<\/p>\n<p>These mind-boggling findings very much support my own experiences and emperical beliefs,<\/p>\n<p>I offer my observations and advice to aspiring CEOs and present CEOs with the objective of inspiring them to find their own ways to a long and successful CEO and post-CEO career.<\/p>\n<h2>\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"a-text-bold\">The book is a Two in One book<\/span><span class=\"a-text-bold\">.<\/span><\/h3>\n<div id=\"list-overflow-hidden\">\n<p><strong>Book One<\/strong>\u00a0is a practical and non-academic business book. I explain that the principles of Management are simple and easy to understand; and that Leadership is extraordinarily complex and not for everyone.<\/p>\n<p>In <strong>Book Two<\/strong>\u00a0I offer my experiences about how to build a long and successful CEO career. How to get the CEO job, grow with it, stay relevant, avoid the traps and how to enjoy a rewarding post-CEO career.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"buy_link_button\"><a title=\"Buy as paperback on Amazon\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/JOB-CEO-MANAGEMENT-LEADERSHIP-PEOPLE\/dp\/2970088487\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Buy as paperback on Amazon<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"buy_link_button\"><a title=\"Buy as eBook on Amazon\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0FG32BGYM\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Buy as Kindle eBook on Amazon<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"link_button\"><a title=\"Free Chapter: Preface\" href=\"http:\/\/editoravaldemar.com\/?page_id=372\">Free Chapter: Asses whether the job of the CEO is right for you<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/editoravaldemar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/devider.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-603\" src=\"http:\/\/editoravaldemar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/devider.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>From MBA to CEO<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-14 alignleft\" title=\"From MBA to CEO - Read Free Chapter\" src=\"http:\/\/editoravaldemar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/CEO_front_drop_shadow.png\" alt=\"From MBA to CEO - Read Free Chapter\" width=\"368\" height=\"553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/editoravaldemar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/CEO_front_drop_shadow.png 207w, https:\/\/editoravaldemar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/CEO_front_drop_shadow-199x300.png 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 368px) 100vw, 368px\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"list-overflow-hidden\">\n<ul>\n<li>Achieve your dream of becoming a CEO<\/li>\n<li>Understand the job of the CEO, how you get it and how you keep it<\/li>\n<li>Carry out a set of self-assessment tests in order to determine whether or not the CEO job is right for you<\/li>\n<li>Plan and execute your career<\/li>\n<li>Work with search firms to enhance your career potential<\/li>\n<li>Nurture your personal brand<\/li>\n<li>Reinvent yourself if needed<\/li>\n<li>Deal with critical career and leadership issues<\/li>\n<li>How to succeed with your work-life balance<\/li>\n<li>Plan a second career as non-executive after the CEO career<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>From MBA to CEO is a practical and easily followed manual to inspire you throughout your career the author has made it from local boy to Group CEO of a very large and well-respected global service company.<\/p>\n<p>From MBA to CEO will inspire you to plan and execute your career dreams.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"buy_link_button\"><a title=\"Buy as paperback on Amazon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/2970088401\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Buy as paperback on Amazon<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"buy_link_button\"><a title=\"Buy as eBook on Amazon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B00FP143N4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Buy as eBook on Amazon<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"link_button\"><a title=\"Free Download: Chapter 4 with 7 Self-Assessment Tests\" href=\"http:\/\/editoravaldemar.com\/?page_id=17\">Free Download: Chapter 4 with 7 Self-Assessment Tests<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/editoravaldemar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/devider.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-603\" src=\"http:\/\/editoravaldemar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/devider.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Virksomhedsledelse for bestyrelse og direktion<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-606 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/editoravaldemar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Virksomhedsledelse-for-bestyrelse-og-direktion-cover-222x300.jpg\" alt=\"Virksomhedsledelse for bestyrelse og direktion\" width=\"422\" height=\"571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/editoravaldemar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Virksomhedsledelse-for-bestyrelse-og-direktion-cover-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/editoravaldemar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Virksomhedsledelse-for-bestyrelse-og-direktion-cover-768x1037.jpg 768w, https:\/\/editoravaldemar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Virksomhedsledelse-for-bestyrelse-og-direktion-cover.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 422px) 100vw, 422px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Bestyrelsen arbejder ud fra en governance-logik. Direktionen ud fra en ledelseslogik. Bogen viser, hvorfor og hvordan disse to vidt forskellige logikker skal samment\u00e6nkes i \u00e9n f\u00e6lles virksomhedsledelseslogik, s\u00e5 bestyrelse og direktion sammen kan skabe v\u00e6rdi. bogen giver samtidig en klar, praktisk vej til bestyrelseslokalet.<\/p>\n<div id=\"list-overflow-hidden\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p><em><span class=\"a-text-italic\">\u201cHvor corporate governance anbefalingerne er fokuseret p\u00e5 regler, processer og kontrol, viser Waldemar, hvordan bestyrelser ogs\u00e5 skal medvirke i selskabets ledelse. Hans erfaring giver liv til de principper, han og andre har beskrevet med baggrund i corporate governance. Den kan forh\u00e5bentlig bidrage til et mere v\u00e6rdiskabende bestyrelsesarbejde. En vigtig og praktisk bog for alle, der har deres gang i bestyrelseslokalerne.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Professor Steen Thomsen, CBS, Center for Corporate Governance<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"buy_link_button\"><a title=\"Buy as paperback on Amazon\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.de\/VIRKSOMHEDSLEDELSE-BESTYRELSE-DIREKTION-Waldemar-Schmidt\/dp\/2970200503?ref_=ast_author_dp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">K\u00f8b Hard Cover udgave p\u00e5 Amazon<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"buy_link_button\"><a title=\"Buy as eBook on Amazon\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0GN95CH5K?ref=author_qv_ov_kndl_dp_rw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">K\u00f8b Kindle eBook p\u00e5 Amazon<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"link_button\"><a title=\"Free Chapter: Preface\" href=\"http:\/\/editoravaldemar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Virksomhedsledelse-for-bestyrelse-og-direktion-\u2013-Forord-til-web.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">L\u00e6s forordet her<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/editoravaldemar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/devider.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-603\" src=\"http:\/\/editoravaldemar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/devider.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>About the author<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_514\" style=\"width: 240px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/editoravaldemar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Waldemar_Schmidt.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-514\" class=\"wp-image-514 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/editoravaldemar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Waldemar_Schmidt-230x300.jpg\" alt=\"Waldemar Schmidt\" width=\"230\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/editoravaldemar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Waldemar_Schmidt-230x300.jpg 230w, https:\/\/editoravaldemar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Waldemar_Schmidt.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-514\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Waldemar Schmidt \/ Photo: Kristine Plough<\/p><\/div>\n<p>WALDEMAR SCHMIDT got his first CEO job when he was 29 and progressed to become CEO of ISS, the Copenhagen-based facility services group that is amongst the largest corporate employers in the world. During his long career at ISS, Waldemar held positions from Country Manager\/CEO in Brazil to CEO of the global group.<\/p>\n<p>Waldemar is born on 4th July 1940 in a small town in Denmark. He has lived and worked outside Denmark most of his working life in Italy, Brazil, UK and Switzerland; and has been involved with business on all continents.<\/p>\n<p>Waldemar surprised many when he resigned early from his final CEO job to start a second full-time non-executive career, holding a variety of positions, including chairmanships and directorships of more than 20 private and public companies on three continents. He is also a prolific writer and lecturer, and is an adjunct professor of strategy and service leadership at Copenhagen Business School. He was inspired to write his third book FROM MBA TO CEO after having taught leadership to MBA students at leading business schools for a number of years.<\/p>\n<p>He has been an executive-in-residence at IMD in Switzerland where he undertook a research project that resulted in his first book, WINNING AT SERVICE. He is also co-author of THE N\u00d8RBY REPORT\u2014a study commissioned by the Danish government to establish the first guidelines for good corporate governance in Denmark.<\/p>\n<p>In 2012 Waldemar started his third career with a portfolio of chairman and non-executive roles; investments in start-ups in emerging and European markets, speaking and teaching activities, advisory roles, Goodwill Ambassador for Copenhagen, etc.<\/p>\n<p>Whilst managing ISS\u2019s business in Brazil, he received the Danish Export Oscar. In 2000, the Queen of Denmark awarded Waldemar Schmidt the Order of the Knight of Dannebrog and promoted him to Knight of Dannebrog 1st Degree in 2008. In 2006, he was awarded the Order of the Polar Star by King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden.<\/p>\n<p>The royalty income from the sale of THE JOB OF THE CEO will go towards Waldemar Schmidt\u2019s scholarship for foreign MBA students at CBS\u2013Copenhagen Business School.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 The Job of the CEO 80% of CEOs are not great leaders according to Time Magazine article 19 September 2024 &#8220;The plague of mediocre leadership&#8221;, which includes the following strong quote: &#8221; Exceptional leadership is rare. 75% of CEOs&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-490","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P3SNmK-7U","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/editoravaldemar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/editoravaldemar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/editoravaldemar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/editoravaldemar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/editoravaldemar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=490"}],"version-history":[{"count":34,"href":"https:\/\/editoravaldemar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":632,"href":"https:\/\/editoravaldemar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/490\/revisions\/632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/editoravaldemar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}