General management and executive

Supports the executive board and supervisory board with meeting documents, minutes and governance, and ensures decisions are formally and traceably recorded.

Leads an independent branch with its own profit responsibility, steering sales, staff and operations, and translates group frameworks into the local market.

Runs a business unit as a company within the group, responsible for its proposition, margin, staffing levels and quarterly results.

Leads the enterprise as its most senior executive, sets strategy and portfolio, and accounts for performance to shareholders, supervisory bodies and the outside world.

Holds end responsibility for operations, scales processes, capacity and quality in line with strategy, and balances cost against delivery reliability across the business.

Directs the support functions of a public or non profit organisation, from finance and human resources to information technology and housing, and manages the multi year budget.

Runs a division with its own markets and profit responsibility, allocates resources across underlying units and accounts for margin and growth to group management.

As a member of a collegial executive board, shares responsibility for the whole organisation, holding a portfolio while decisions and accountability remain collective.

Operates a location under a franchise formula, applies the franchisor's concept locally and personally carries the financial risk of the outlet.

Runs the daily business of a small or mid sized company without a statutory role, steering all departments and reporting to the owner or board.

Leads a care organisation within legal frameworks and tight budgets, accounts for quality and safety of care, and negotiates with insurers and regulators.

Governs a social housing association within public housing and financial oversight frameworks, sets portfolio strategy and accounts for performance agreements to the municipality and tenant bodies.

Temporarily takes over executive leadership during a vacancy, crisis or transition, diagnoses the situation within weeks and hands a working organisation to a successor.

Holds ultimate responsibility for the whole organisation, sets its direction, allocates resources and accounts for results and continuity to owners or a board.

Leads a law, accountancy or advisory firm as managing partner, directs the other partners and is responsible for strategy, profit sharing and firm organisation.

Heads a municipality's civil service organisation, advises the mayor and aldermen and holds final responsibility for executing governing decisions.

Supervises management and strategy at arm's length, approves major decisions, assesses the executive and acts as employer of the organisation's directors.

Combines ownership with daily leadership of a small or mid sized firm, carries the investment risk personally and divides time between sales, staff and administration.

Has final responsibility for a school, sets educational policy and exam quality and accounts for results to the board and the inspectorate.

Runs the company as a registered director, personally liable for decision making, reporting and compliance with statutory and legal obligations towards shareholders.