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1115: How to Earn and Keep Your Next Promotion with Mark Thompson
Manage episode 522558110 series 2391186
Mark Thompson reveals the principles of readiness that he’s used to help aspiring CEOs get the top job.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) The one behavior that makes you more CEO-like
2) Why to take on your boss’ problems
3) The question that dramatically improves your appeal
Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep1115 for clickable versions of the links below.
— ABOUT MARK —
Mark Thompson is a globally recognized authority on CEO succession, executive readiness, and high-stakes leadership transitions. He has led more than a hundred board-level engagements to prepare C-suite successors to step confidently into enterprise leadership. He is the founding chairman and CEO of the Chief Executive Alliance and the CEO Leadership Plan Review (LPR). Previously, he served as chief executive of the CEO Academy, a SHRM company, in partnership with Wharton and McKinsey.
Earlier in his career, Thompson reported directly to founder Charles “Chuck” Schwab, serving as executive producer of Schwab.com, the first large-scale digital platform for online investing. In 2021, he was ranked by Marshall Goldsmith as the #1 CEO Coach, and in 2023 he was inducted into the Thinkers50 Coaching Legends.
• Book: Admired: 21 Ways to Double Your Value
• Book: CEO Ready: What You Need to Know to Earn the Job--and Keep the Job
• Website: ChiefExecutiveAlliance.com
— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —
• Study: “How Leaders Develop Collaborative Leadership for Effectiveness” by Bonita Thompson
• Book: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change by Stephen Covey
• Book: Contact: A Novel by Carl Sagan
• Book: Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration by Ed Catmull and Amy Wallace
• Past episode: 273: Taking Control of your Career with Korn Ferry’s Gary Burnison
— THANK YOU SPONSORS! —
• Vanguard. Give your clients consistent results year in and year out with vanguard.com/AUDIO
• Quince. Get free shipping and 365-day returns on your order with Quince.com/Awesome
• Taelor. Visit Visit taelor.style and get 10% off gift cards with the code PODCASTGIFT
• Cashflow Podcasting. Explore launching (or outsourcing) your podcast with a free 10-minute call with Pete.
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
1199 episodes
Manage episode 522558110 series 2391186
Mark Thompson reveals the principles of readiness that he’s used to help aspiring CEOs get the top job.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) The one behavior that makes you more CEO-like
2) Why to take on your boss’ problems
3) The question that dramatically improves your appeal
Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep1115 for clickable versions of the links below.
— ABOUT MARK —
Mark Thompson is a globally recognized authority on CEO succession, executive readiness, and high-stakes leadership transitions. He has led more than a hundred board-level engagements to prepare C-suite successors to step confidently into enterprise leadership. He is the founding chairman and CEO of the Chief Executive Alliance and the CEO Leadership Plan Review (LPR). Previously, he served as chief executive of the CEO Academy, a SHRM company, in partnership with Wharton and McKinsey.
Earlier in his career, Thompson reported directly to founder Charles “Chuck” Schwab, serving as executive producer of Schwab.com, the first large-scale digital platform for online investing. In 2021, he was ranked by Marshall Goldsmith as the #1 CEO Coach, and in 2023 he was inducted into the Thinkers50 Coaching Legends.
• Book: Admired: 21 Ways to Double Your Value
• Book: CEO Ready: What You Need to Know to Earn the Job--and Keep the Job
• Website: ChiefExecutiveAlliance.com
— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —
• Study: “How Leaders Develop Collaborative Leadership for Effectiveness” by Bonita Thompson
• Book: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change by Stephen Covey
• Book: Contact: A Novel by Carl Sagan
• Book: Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration by Ed Catmull and Amy Wallace
• Past episode: 273: Taking Control of your Career with Korn Ferry’s Gary Burnison
— THANK YOU SPONSORS! —
• Vanguard. Give your clients consistent results year in and year out with vanguard.com/AUDIO
• Quince. Get free shipping and 365-day returns on your order with Quince.com/Awesome
• Taelor. Visit Visit taelor.style and get 10% off gift cards with the code PODCASTGIFT
• Cashflow Podcasting. Explore launching (or outsourcing) your podcast with a free 10-minute call with Pete.
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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