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CEO Ready
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CEO Ready

by Mark Thompson, Byron Loflin, Dr. Marshall Goldsmith
November 2025
Beginner to intermediate
272 pages
6h 41m
English
Harvard Business Review Press
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Shooting for the CEO role demands a profound reset of your understanding of your strengths and, perhaps more importantly, the skills you have yet to acquire and may be surprised that you need in order to be CEO ready. When Cristiano Amon, now the CEO of Qualcomm, was among the inside candidates for the role, Mark had the privilege of partnering with him as the CEO coach, interviewing the entire board, peers, direct reports, and a few customers. But Amon himself offered the biggest insights. He shared his sense of humility, vulnerability, and driving ambition with striking clarity when reflecting on advice he was given early in his ...

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