I would argue that the primary job of a CEO is to provide the core strategy to the company. One can count on the rest of the C-suite and middle management to c

I would argue that the primary job of a CEO is to provide the core strategy to the company. One can count on the rest of the C-suite and middle management to care about quarterly profits, that is their job. It is the role of the CEO to override those short term gains when they are in conflict with the long term vision. CEOs that only focus on the next quarter tend to run their companies into the ground. The CEO should always be thinking about next year and the next decade.