tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7790648712079591257.post1162172469390191191..comments2023-12-25T02:28:46.982-08:00Comments on Strategy Musings: The Making of a CEO: The Stage Sets the Staturecb@strategyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08830361140191018158noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7790648712079591257.post-77427215804187784022011-05-22T09:14:46.939-07:002011-05-22T09:14:46.939-07:00Leadership is multi-dimensional as the author has ...Leadership is multi-dimensional as the author has elegantly summarized and for some it is a journey and others a destination. The path to the CEO suite is tortuous with a unique story behind each individual's success. Are they born or made? To quote a famous writer, I suspect "some are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them". CEO positions are prized as the pinnacle of leadership and rightly so given the need to engage with various stakeholders and to serve as a single point of accountability for investors. However, this can become a zero-sum game in some organizations wherein it is portrayed as a "race to the top". Be it a small, large or family oriented organizations, emphasis on developing a leadership pipeline with an internal focus is as important as choosing the C-suite resident focused on external stakeholders. Regardless, a question that is unlikely to be put to rest anytime soon is whether (young) age is a poor substitute for experience and as a corollary, does extensive experience always guarantee a high-performing CEO? It is perilous to infer causation even when there is apparent correlation and more so on the topic of CEO development given the data set is highly skewed (survivor bias), contextual and finer details and deliberations be it at the board level or other internal forums tend to be confidential and inaccessible for independent scrutiny.Narayananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02795521262546415260noreply@blogger.com