Executive Ambitions

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4.6 • 782 Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2019

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Do you want the corner office someday? Dan and Alison answer your questions with the help of Mike Troiano, a venture capitalist and former executive. They talk through what to do when you’re falling off the executive track, you're moving up but don’t believe in the company's strategy, or you have a rival who could block your path to the C-suite.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Dear HBR from Harvard Business Review.
0:03.9	I'm Dan McGinn.
0:04.9	And I'm Alison Beard.
0:12.3	Work can be frustrating, but it doesn't have to be.
0:15.3	We don't need to let the conflicts get us down.
0:17.8	That's where Dear HBR comes in.
0:19.9	We take your questions, look at the research,
0:22.5	talk to the experts, and help you move forward.
0:32.0	Today we're answering questions from listeners who want to be executives. Our guest is Mike
0:36.4	Triano.
0:40.2	He's a venture capitalist and a former executive and CEO.
0:41.9	Mike, thanks for coming on the show.
0:43.1	Thanks for having me, Dan.
0:43.6	Good to be here.
0:50.7	How hard is it to identify whether somebody has the personality, the characteristics to make it into the executive suite?
0:51.8	It's hard.
0:53.6	You know, there's an expression in VC.
0:55.0	You want to pick the right race and bet the right horse. What are some hallmarks of an aspiring C-suite candidate?
1:01.5	I really like people who have strong empathy for the customer that they intend to serve.
1:06.9	After that, it's really the ability to build a great team. You know, a leader is someone people follow?
1:12.0	And you really look, is this someone who looks for people better than them, smarter than them, more capable, and finds ways for them to flourish?
1:18.7	Or is it someone with their kind of thumb on the people that report to them?
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