Years ago, in a conversation about the responsibilities of leadership, one of my mentors offered advice I’ve never forgotten: CEOs are central to creating jobs.
At the time I was far from the C-suite, but the idea stuck with me. Over time, I came to understand that job creation has two tracks. First, it’s about building the conditions for growth inside your organization – expanding your business in ways that create opportunity for employees, particularly those at the start of their careers. If your revenue is not growing rapidly, you are likely not creating many new jobs. Second, it’s about looking outward – investing in and engaging with the communities you serve to cultivate the next generation of talent, molding the future workforce so that it is job ready.
