The path to the C-suite can feel long, uncertain—and at times, brutally competitive. Just ask Coca-Cola executive chairman James Quincey, who says his rise to the top had less to do with careful planning and more to do with endurance.
“In the end, how did I get to where I am?” Quincey said in a recent interview at the London Business School. “You could argue it’s survivor basis. I just flipped heads every time the coin went after 20 job rounds, and therefore I’m the only one left.
