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William Collins

William is a growth-oriented business executive with proven success in delivering profitable revenue and transformation for organizations through the art of data-driven decisions, design thinking principles, and organizational alignment. He helps organizations build sales-aligned marketing capabilities, drive revenue growth, and focus on initiatives that deliver quick time to value. His customer-centric approach to marketing leads to better targeting, clearer messaging, and impactful results.

Marketing Leadership for CEOs: An Executive Guide to Growth

Mon, May 4, 2026 | Posted by Michael Lang

Executive Takeaways

At a certain scale, Marketing stops being a support function and becomes the company's growth system.
Everyone has opinions about marketing, which means it rarely gets the disciplined oversight it actually requires.
The CEO is uniquely positioned to set clear intent and hold the function accountable.
As a connected system, Marketing drives alignment and focus.

This blog is part of Chief Outsiders’ Marketing Leadership for CEOs series, an ongoing examination of the critical dimensions of Marketing (the capital “M” is intentional, as you’ll see) that every CEO needs to understand.

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