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Re:Au Revoir by derefr on Wednesday March 28, 2018 @03:25PM (#16700979)
Of course it’s less than 50%; that doesn’t mean that it’s a negligible proportion, either.

Analogy: (far) less than 50% of military officers have what it takes to be a general/admiral/other “logistics at scale” type. But yet still, military officers with experience commanding in smaller engagements are the only good source of those high-level strategists. If people couldn’t grow into roles requiring more responsibility of them, militaries would be “making” admirals and generals from scratch.

Does that sound feasible? If not, then why would one be able to “make” a Fortune 500 CEO out of anything other than an existing, experienced SMB CEO?

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Re:Au Revoir by lifeisstillgood on Wednesday March 28, 2018 @08:15PM (#16703379)
A really good analogy. And it is worth noting that in the UK British Army, junior officer training is nearly a year long course, and then promising Colonels go through a Higher command training course to prepare for Generalship.

Maybe, just maybe, Harvard Business School is the place for teaching better than 50% to do well and expand.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higher_Command_and_Staff_Cou...

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