What it takes to become a CEO - Deepstash
Top 7 TED Talks On Customer Success

Learn more about career with this collection

How to create customer-centric strategies

The importance of empathy in customer success

The impact of customer success on business growth

Top 7 TED Talks On Customer Success

Discover 42 similar ideas in

It takes just

6 mins to read

What it takes to become a CEO

If you long to create an impact and aspire to lead an organisation, consider what it takes to lead thousands of employees and be great at it.

It requires:

  • motivation and focus for a journey that will likely take decades. (In 2020, the average age of new CEOs and CFOs at the biggest U.S. companies was 54 and 48 years old, respectively.
  • skills that will distinguish you among your peers and enable you to lead at scale.

130

642 reads

MORE IDEAS ON THIS

Desiring the role of a CEO

Desiring the role of a CEO

Many young professionals and MBA students desire to become a CEO. What stands out is the mindset to want to lead.

Many aspirants want to have an impact. They desire to make a real and tangible difference in the world. They see business as a vehicle...

142

1.23K reads

Three pathways successful C-suite residents tend to leverage

Consider in which pathway your potential leadership impact lies.

  • The organisational architect. These leaders can build strong teams and organisational structures, systems, and processes that lead to exceptional results.
  • The relationship maven

138

552 reads

Characteristics of the relationship maven

  • They are people persons.
  • They naturally form genuine relationships with a diverse group of executives, internally and externally.
  • People like them because they have an earnestness that causes trust and goodwill with customers, partners, and suppliers.
  • In time, th...

125

321 reads

Characteristics of the organizational architect

  • They understand the fundamental reality that to build a real advantage is to create an engine for growth that will endure.
  • They can reimagine markets and attract exceptional talent.
  • They know how to assemble strong players across business functions and can give direction, ...

136

421 reads

Characteristics of the passion player

  • These leaders have an infectious energy and compelling conversation about "why we do this" that draws people toward them.
  • They believe doing something significant is what matters, and they use that belief to gather and motivate others to their cause.
  • They are ofte...

134

347 reads

CURATED FROM

CURATED BY

julia_yl

Deep thinker. Like talking about the world, religion and politics.

Related collections

More like this

Helpful tips to become a polymath

  • Learn Multiple Languages. Learn the basics and common vocabulary roots of the biggest language groups. This will enable you to learn any language.
  • Learn How to Write. It all starts with keeping a diary or a dream journal.
  • Be Artistic. Know the grea...

What it takes to write a book

What it takes to write a book

The hardest part of a writer's job is sitting down to do the work. Writing happens in three phases.

  1. Beginning: You have to decide what you're going to write and how you're going to write it.
  2. Staying motivated: You will face self-doubt and ov...

How to become a lifelong learner

Lifelong learning often requires to switch from a pedagogical (instructor-driven) to an andragogical (adult-driven) approach.

  • Decide on a learning goal. Focus on one or two goals at a time.
  • Map out your learning constraints. Find out what is...

Read & Learn

20x Faster

without
deepstash

with
deepstash

with

deepstash

Access to 200,000+ ideas

Access to the mobile app

Unlimited idea saving & library

Unlimited history

Unlimited listening to ideas

Downloading & offline access

Personalized recommendations

Supercharge your mind with one idea per day

Enter your email and spend 1 minute every day to learn something new.

Email

I agree to receive email updates