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Where a secretary general can go next

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

Secretaries general head international governmental or nongovernmental organisations. They supervise staff, direct policy and strategy development, and function as main representative of the organisation.

Managers 28 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: secretary of state, 58%

Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from secretary general. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a secretary general already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.

70% and above · short step
50 to 70% · real move
Below 50% · substantial retraining

Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

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

public administration manager 40% covered · difficulty 59.7

Index

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secretary general is filed under Managers, ISCO major group 1. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a secretary general already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. 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.