Today I interviewed my CEO for a class project. Since I work for a global company that has thousands of employees worldwide, I hadn't ever met him before and didn't really expect to. It's amazing the kind of access you can get to people when there is a school project in the mix.
He was a very approachable and friendly guy, charismatic and chatty. Once of the questions I asked him was whether he had any advice for someone at the beginning of her career -- say, maybe in an MBA program -- who might aspire to lead a company one day. He said that the most important thing is to focus on your current responsibilities. Consistently excellent performance is the basis for building a reputation, and it's your reputation that you build a career on. He said there's no excuse for not performing well. If you don't like a job, or don't think it's important, you should move on quickly.
He also recommended being extra careful to only go to companies with a good reputation that will provide you opportunities to learn and grow. He said it's important to be able to grow without hopping from company to company, and it's the choice of companies that enables this.
Finally, he told me that you have to WANT success. You have to want it bad. You have to be competitive, and you have to have the drive to get you where you want to go.
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I could have told you all that!
Yes, but you're not a CEO so I can't write a paper about you.
True. But I did stay in a Holiday Inn Express last night.
What were his feelings on calling your co-workers pussys?
That Rebecca.. she wants it BAD.
Linda!
Nope. I never post anonymously.
Guess I was reacting more to the "ah" comment.
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