Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a chief executive officer can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a chief executive officer already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Chief executive officers hold the highest ranking in a pyramidal corporate structure. They are able to hold a complete idea of the functioning of the business, its departments, risks, and stakeholders. They analyse different kinds of information and create links among them for decision-making purposes. They serve as a communication link with the board of directors for reporting and implementation of the overall strategy.

Also known as managing director, president, CEO, company executive director, chairman, senior executive officer.

Managers 66 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: branch manager, 46%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
branch manager 46% covered business manager 45% covered department manager 43% covered strategic planning manager 37% covered bank manager 33% covered chief executive officer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from chief executive officer, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a chief executive officer already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A chief executive officer needs 29 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • imprint visionary aspirations into the business management management skills
  • integrate shareholders' interests in business plans management skills
  • lead managers of company departments management skills
  • shape corporate culture management skills
  • shape organisational teams based on competencies management skills
  • conclude business agreements communication, collaboration and creativity
  • define organisational standards management skills
  • assume responsibility for the management of a business management skills
  • develop business plans management skills
  • develop company strategies management skills
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a chief executive officer does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Chief executive officer is filed under Managers, ISCO major group 1. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a chief executive officer’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.