Relevant though somewhat tongue-in-cheek: https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2017/11/09/ceos-dont-steer/ https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2017/11/09/ceos-dont-steer/ I think

Relevant though somewhat tongue-in-cheek: https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2017/11/09/ceos-dont-steer/ https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2017/11/09/ceos-dont-steer/ I think that there are a lot of people that are cut out to be CEO, but most of them are already working as CEO - of a small business, or household, or one-man consultancy. There are very few people that are cut out to be CEO of the particular big corporation that is hiring for CEO. If you take the Ribbonfarm essay at face value, the quality that qualifies a person to be CEO is that their natural personality is in total alignment with the direction that the organization needs to go, and so they can merely be themselves, loudly and brashly, and they will attract followers that take the organization in that direction. There are just a handful of people, oftentimes one or none, whose natural personality is perfectly aligned with where the board wants to take the company. When you find that one, you should pay top dollar to get and retain them, because you may not find another.