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What Do Consultants Do? Increasingly, They Become CEOs

Today on the Big Take: Thousands of CEOs used to come from a few companies. That’s changed. Sort of.

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For decades, General Electric — the conglomerate known for making everything from trains to microwaves — was also known for churning out executives. Time spent at the company’s Crotonville campus was seen as the gold standard for leadership training in Corporate America. But as GE has lost its luster, a new CEO pipeline has emerged.

On today’s Big Take podcast, Bloomberg work and management reporter Matt Boyle joins host David Gura to share what he’s discovered about where tomorrow's CEOs are learning to lead — and what it means for global business.

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Here is a lightly edited transcript of the conversation: