If you want to stay off the spreadsheet when Finance says “cut 10 %,” you need to become Un-Layoff-Able—the person whose departure would punch an immediate hole in revenue, innovation, or customer trust.
That's right. I'm not kidding. Today . . . This minute . . . This second . . . you can be a CEO. In fact, you always have been a CEO and always will be a CEO. You never realized it.