John Ternus, who becomes CEO of Apple this week, joined the company in 2001 and has spent his entire career there, along with Satya Nadella at Microsoft and Andy Jassy at Amazon. A study of Fortune 100 executives reveals that the average leader worked for only three employers during the 28 years it took them to reach the executive level, having spent 13 years with their current employer. A Finnish study found that internal promotions were nearly six times more likely than moves between firms. The article challenges the conventional career advice of mobility and argues that professional success depends more on building trusting relationships over time within an organization.
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