Oct 20, 2022
William Toti, after naval career of distinction that included commanding an attack submarine and Commadore went on to a successful career in corporate America. We discuss having the hard conversation between yourself and your boss. William also provides insightful advice on how to reach the gain experience to reach the C suite.
Show Notes:
Former CEO Bill Toti joins CXO Conversation to discuss having hard conversations with senior executives to learn and improve your career.
Bill discusses three main points:
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His boss pointedly told him “Bill, you’re screwing this up”. Bill shares lessons learned.
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What skills he brought to Corporate America from the Navy
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What Leadership Development meant at Raytheon and how it positively impacted his executive career. It wasn’t what he initially thought.
Bill is the author of “From CO to CEO” and a former Submarine Commadore who retired as a United States Naval Captain.
His post Naval career includes Deputy Vice President for Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems, Vice President Hewlett-Packard (HP), VP at DXC Technology President of Cubic Corporation, and President of L3 Technologies for the Maritime Systems sector.
Bill discusses personal transition experiences from the Navy to corporate America and the importance of hard conversations with executives. He felt that there was lacking meaningful information for transitioning Veterans. Most of the Veteran employment related books were written by Recruiters for senior officers, not lower grade officers or enlisted personnel.
While attending the United States Naval Academy, he met the legendary Admiral Hyman Rickover, father of the nuclear Navy.
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