If You Weren’t A Top Rated CEO, What Would You Be?
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Glassdoor Team | Author & Career Expert at Glassdoor | 10 July 2017
Jobs Include Social Worker, Golfer and Rock star
We all have our dream jobs or sometimes think to ourselves “if I wasn't doing this I’d probably be a ….”. So, we reached out to Glassdoor’s Highest Rated UK CEOs 2017*, to discover their likely career routes if they hadn’t made it as successful business leaders. CEO: Martin Bennett Glassdoor Approval Rating: 96 percent Company: HomeServe What Would You Be?: “HR director – they have the opportunity to make the biggest difference in any business.” CEO: Warren East Glassdoor Approval Rating: 95 percent Company: Rolls-Royce What Would You Be?: “I’d definitely be an Engineer and probably an entrepreneur with my own company. I would need to be creating and growing my impact on the world.” CEO: Phil Loney Glassdoor Approval Rating: 95 percent Company: Royal London What Would You Be?: “I suspect a career in the Armed Services.” CEO: Dara Khosrowshahi Glassdoor Approval Rating: 95 percent Company: Expedia What Would You Be?: “Rock star. Bono doesn’t know it, but one of his luckiest breaks was my becoming a CEO – the competition dried right up. Yup, I’m going to stick with that one…!” CEO: Ian McCaig Glassdoor Approval Rating: 94 percent Company: First Utility What Would You Be?: “If I wasn't the CEO of First Utility, I’d probably be a bartender.” CEO: Henry Birch Glassdoor Approval Rating: 94 percent Company: The Rank Group What Would You Be?: “If I wasn’t the CEO of RankGroup I’d be a journalist or social worker.” CEO: Steve Ingham Glassdoor Approval Rating: 95 percent Company: PageGroup What Would You Be?: “If I wasn’t a CEO – and if I had any talent at all – I’d love to be a professional golfer. But I don’t!” CEO: Peter Simpson Company: Anglian Water Glassdoor Approval Rating: 98 percent What Would You Be?: “A role where I got to work with and develop people and teams in the pursuit of doing something meaningful where I can see the impact of what we’re doing.” CEO: Andy Bruce Glassdoor Approval Rating: 94 percent Company: Lookers What Would You Be?: “I feel incredibly privileged to have become a CEO. If I hadn’t I’d have been happy with any role so long as I felt I had maximised my potential. I’d secretly like to have been a pop star or a professional footballer but I haven’t got the talent to be either!”*Employees’ Choice Award winners for the 2017 Highest Rated CEOs are determined using Glassdoor’s proprietary algorithm, taking into account the quantity, quality and consistency of Glassdoor-approved company reviews shared by UK-based employees between 2 May, 2016 and 1 May, 2017. At a minimum, employers considered for the list must have received at least 30 company reviews, including at least 30 CEO approval ratings and at least 30 senior management ratings during the eligibility period. For reporting simplicity, CEO approval ratings are displayed as whole numbers, though calculations extend beyond the thousandth place to determine final rank order. Complete report methodology can be found and downloaded here: https://www.glassdoor.co.uk/List/about-employees-choice-awards.htm
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