Unless you start your own company it's generally not easy to become the boss. In many cases, lots of people want to be in charge and the competition for open management roles is intense.
There is no one path to take to the executive suite. Instead, becoming the boss often takes a combination of steps, and sometimes you'll never know which move it was that sealed the deal (or when something you didn't do kept you out of the position you hoped for).
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