Not long after I had written two posts: the one about t superbosses and the one about wishing to sit in the manager's chair I came with the idea to combine the two posts. Because it struck me: if you went to a job interview with one of Sydney Finkelstein's excellent managers with the point of view that in five years you would like to sit where the manager now sits; the hiring would most likely take it as given - why should she be interested in candidates who aren't ambitious? So I'm convinced that the superboss will take her candidate as far as possible and get as much as possible from the person in the process. The question mentions five years as a measure of "a long time", and much may have happened that could be of great value to the company before "long time" has passed.
Yes, it is more likely that the excellent leader calls on her employees to wish for the boss's chair, rather than to refrain from thinking so.
(Translated from Mere om siddepladser, originally published May 15th, 2016)
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