🎓 It was a privilege to welcome Silvio Napoli, CEO of Lucid Motors, to my Top Management Process (TMP) classes at Columbia Business School a few weeks ago.
TMP explores the responsibilities and challenges of being a general manager. Before joining Lucid, Silvio built a distinguished career at Schindler Group, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of elevators and escalators, where he served as CEO and executive chairman.
🌏 Our discussion took us back to his very first general management assignment: building the subsidiary Schindler India. With no prior experience outside the West, he left the familiarity of a multinational’s headquarters and moved his young family to build a business in a new environment. MBA students debated whether they would have made the same choice and were eager to learn how he navigated the challenges of becoming a general manager.
Silvio generously shared practical lessons on building a team whose strengths complement a leader’s limitations, getting things done through others, and making high-quality decisions.
💡 One message stood out: the value of “taking the job nobody wants.” #International assignments can offer powerful opportunities to gain general management experience, stretch our capabilities, and accelerate careers.
⚡ After a long and successful career at Schindler, Silvio has embraced another challenge: leading Lucid Motors’ turnaround. We wish him every success and look forward to learning from this next chapter.
Thank you, Silvio, for your candor, generosity, and commitment to helping develop the next generation of leaders!
📖 Read more about the leadership insights he shared here, https://lnkd.in/gM4C3rVq
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