Re:Our Company Is Doing So Well That You're All Fired
by danaris on Thursday February 22, 2024 @11:02PM
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I have yet to see evidence that what gets done in the C-suite of many (not all, possibly not most—but many) companies is making use of any skill set at all, besides self-aggrandizement and bullshitting.
To be charitable, for some of these, what's happening is that rather than leveraging their skills, they're leveraging their relationships. And that can be valuable, sometimes, but it's not a substitute for actually knowing what the hell you're doing.
The real problem is that far too many of these people—skills or no skills—primarily bring their egos to the table, and operate mostly based on that.
Re:Our Company Is Doing So Well That You're All Fired
by crazygringo on Saturday February 24, 2024 @08:34AM
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Then you're not paying attention. If that's what you think, you simply have zero actual experience with C-suite jobs.
You "have yet to see evidence" because you haven't actually tried to learn accurate information about it.
Re:Our Company Is Doing So Well That You're All Fired
by p1esk on Thursday February 22, 2024 @11:27PM
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All these tasks you listed - what makes you think an average CEO knows how to do any of them? How do you know if the company is doing well because of the CEO or despite them?
Re:Our Company Is Doing So Well That You're All Fired
by valval on Sunday February 25, 2024 @11:22AM
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You might want to go with Occam’s razor here and admit that there’s probably no conspiracy going on with incapable executives running companies, and instead the right hiring choices are being made.
It makes as much sense as taking an oboe player and asking them to conduct an orchestra, without any conducting experience.
Do you know how to handle investor relations and different factions on the board? Managing sales and marketing strategies? Assessing the regulatory environment in Europe and the legal risks of expansion in China? Can you speak confidently and charmingly at conferences with billionaires? Do you understand how to manage different interest rate environments? Is it obvious to you which law firms to hire for different needs?
This isn't just stuff you can learn on the fly. It takes many years of experience, and often a business degree in the middle, to become even moderately competent in this stuff.