What does being good at your job really mean?
Everyone says you need to have a good track record, have substance, be good at your job. But what does that really mean? In CEO Material this subject takes precedence in chapter one. It’s not about technical expertise alone, that is a small part of it…..
Who Wants to be a CEO Anyway? - You Do
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When you see CEOs hauled off to jail in handcuffs, skewered before Congress and blamed for the Wall Street melt-down you might ask, “Why would I want to be a CEO?”
My response is, “If you are going to work in a company (which most of us are) you might as well work [...]
We’ve seen CEOs attacked for Wall Street greed, questioned by Congressional committees, exposed on “60 Minutes”, and led to prison in handcuffs. How did those business heads turn into incompetent and/or dishonest crooks and low-life’s?
We assume power corrupted them. Not so. Usually, he (or she) was rotten from the start- he [...]