Greg Stevenson says more credentials won't get you to CEO. The real barrier is whether current leaders believe you can handle the weight of the role. That's not on your résumé; it's shown by how you act under pressure.
If you're waiting to feel ready for the top job by adding more experience, you'll be waiting forever. Here is the hard part. The gap between you and the CEO seat is almost never more experience. You already have enough. The gap is whether the people at the top can picture you carrying the weight of it. And that is not on your resume. It is in how you show up when things get hard. More experience makes you more qualified. It does not make you more chosen. So stop collecting credentials and start building the thing that credentials can never show.
