Nevertheless, she adds that each of those she has encountered have proceeded along "one of four arguably predictable career paths". This does not mean that they stuck to the same career paths all the way, but, as she adds, "simply knowing what paths exist made the change easier for them to manage". The four core paths are:The Tenured Executive The Free Agent The Leapfrog Leader The FounderThe former two are what Frangos terms traditional paths; the latter two are non-traditional. Frangos points to her experience of seeing Chuck Robbins become CEO of Cisco as a leapfrog leader. But, then, Frangos makes clear that many successful leaders move between the different categories as they pursue their careers.

Source: Forbes April 27, 2018 15:56 UTC