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From a Gawker commenter (< http://valleywag.gawker.com/i-became-ceo-by-patiently-waiting-and-having-faith-in-1644493722 http://valleywag.gawker.com/i-became-ceo
by rectang 12y ago
From a Gawker commenter (< http://valleywag.gawker.com/i-became-ceo-by-patiently-waiting-and-having-faith-in-1644493722 http://valleywag.gawker.com/i-became-ceo-by-patiently-waitin... >):
"I became CEO by patiently waiting and having faith in the system."
Said no CEO ever.
I hope that Nadella and Microsoft will take this opportunity to institute vigorous change rather than "having faith that the system" will close the wage gap without intervention.
- cookiecaper 12y agoI've met a lot of executives who've become executives with that type of attitude. Affability is one of the key properties of a successful politician. If you seem pessimistic, defeatist, etc., people are not going to want you to be in a leadership position. You have to act like everything is sunshine and flowers and project that image. Nadella did become CEO by patiently waiting and practicing good politics, which includes projecting a faith in the system and not ruffling feathers by asking your bosses to pay you more money.