CEO succession and career advancement
Subject in Careers
CEO succession and career advancement has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including The Learning Leader Show With Ryan Hawk. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Ken ChenaultFormer chairman and CEO of American Express, chairman of General Catalyst, author of the memoir Equal to the Task
Chenault says being trusted to make decisions was a more important marker of success than promotion because judgment is hardest to delegate.
“That was even more important than being promoted because it said to me, the hardest thing to delegate is judgment”
The Learning Leader Show With Ryan Hawk: 713: Ken Chenault - Leadership Lessons from 17 Years as American Express CEO: How to Earn the Top Job, Hire Great Leaders, Build Culture, Challenge the Status Quo, and Lead with Character (Nov 2, 2026) · Listen from 27:39
Chenault argues that making the CEO job one's sole goal can cause a person to freeze rather than take appropriate risks.
“But if you have that as the solitary goal, you could freeze. And so for me, the things that helped me is what I always tried to do is focus on the job at hand”
The Learning Leader Show With Ryan Hawk: 713: Ken Chenault - Leadership Lessons from 17 Years as American Express CEO: How to Earn the Top Job, Hire Great Leaders, Build Culture, Challenge the Status Quo, and Lead with Character (Nov 2, 2026) · Listen from 28:35
Podcasts
- The Learning Leader Show With Ryan Hawk · 1 episode
Episodes
713: Ken Chenault - Leadership Lessons from 17 Years as American Express CEO: How to Earn the Top Job, Hire Great Leaders, Build Culture, Challenge the Status Quo, and Lead with CharacterThe Learning Leader Show With Ryan Hawk · Nov 2, 2026 · 53 min
Former American Express CEO Ken Chenault tells Ryan Hawk about his father's lessons, hiring leaders, challenging the status quo, earning the CEO job, and race in business.