Google Jumps the Shark
Jump the Shark Etymology From a moment on the TV series Happy Days in which the character Fonzie jumped over…
Jump the Shark Etymology From a moment on the TV series Happy Days in which the character Fonzie jumped over…
This article is part of the CEO failure modes series… I spent my first four years after college in the U.S….
Twitter CEO Dick Costolo teaches a course on “managing at Twitter” to new managers, according to a recent article in…
CEOs are only human and sometimes make unfortunate statements. Often, these quotes reveal a Shakespearean “tragic flaw” worthy of the…
People take various paths to get to the CEO chair, resulting from a mix of education, experience, and other factors. CEO.com recently published the following infographic – The Long Road to Becoming CEO – that sketches the demographics of S&P 500 and Fortune 500 CEOs. The variety of study and experience depicted speaks to the uniqueness of the CEO role: As I’ve mentioned before, the CEO position is so different that few people are prepared for it, no matter how well they’ve performed in other executive roles. I started this blog to help CEOs address this challenge.
One interesting fact to me as a former engineer is that the most common field of study for S&P 500 CEOs is engineering at 20% (yet the most common functions they come from are finance, operations, marketing, and sales). I recently discussed key considerations for engineers who want to become founders and CEOs.
I actually interview everyone at SpaceX personally. And we’re a 500-person company, so that’s a lot of interviews. What do…