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Too bad so few CEOs are good at what they do. In fact, only 1 in 20 are in the top 5%

I don't know anything about Stever Robbins. Is this a joke?

Regardless of the author, how could that not be a joke? I like it--either you chuckle and smile or you're bad at math. Funny either way.
"60% of the time, it works every time."
That's like the David Cross cameo in Waiting For Guffman, about the area inside a crop-circle always having a 60% chance of precipitation.
Reminds me of the shock-horror headline in New Zealand a number of years back: half of NZ children below average.
At or below the median, that is.
The best CEOs I know are the type that are in meetings and on the phone all day long, or the type that is coding all day.
The best CEO's I know are like your fellow mates; they don't actually ever say they are the CEO... but they don't have to either.
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Back in my doctorate days (management) I asked my office mate, who was researching leadership - how does one actually become a CEO? His answer - "It's all about the networking."
Bad CEO's: Keep the share holders happy

Good CEO's: Keep the customers happy