Why you might want to aspire to the COO role
Briefly

"At the Fortune COO Summit, she told me that 2024 is the year of operations at the company, citing several key but wide-ranging priorities in a nod to her COO background, including customer experience, employee development, and growth."
"Getting those different perspectives is very important as you're moving toward that C-suite [or] CEO role."
"The consensus I gathered is that as the CEO role becomes increasingly global and complex, having a sweeping understanding of the business provides a greater competitive advantage than niche subject matter expertise."
"Last year, nearly 60% of newly minted CEOs in the S&P 1500 held COO or president titles immediately before, vs. 44% the year prior."
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