The habit that helped PwC's US CEO climb from intern to the C-Suite
PwC's senior partner and US CEO started as an intern at the Big Four firm 30 years ago.Paul Griggs emphasizes curiosity and persistence as key drivers for career advancement.He suggests saying "yes" and putting in the extra hours to get ahead.AI is changing how we work, but it hasn't changed timeless career truths — like the fact that putting in extra effort will get you ahead.That's according to PwC's US CEO, Paul Griggs. The senior partner, who started as an intern at the Big Four consulting firm about 30 years ago and has led its US business for the past two years, said he'd give early-career workers the same advice today that he would have decades ago.Success in professional services, and at many of PwC's clients, still comes down to what he called "that old adage that we can't stand to hear from our parents.""What you put into it is what you get out of it," Griggs said.He said the Benjamin Franklin quote, "Energy and persistence conquer all things," encapsulates the qualities required to climb the ladder, and that he had.
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PwC's senior partner and US CEO started as an intern at the Big Four firm 30 years ago.Paul Griggs emphasizes curiosity and persistence as key drivers for career advancement.He suggests saying "yes" and putting in the extra hours to get ahead.AI is changing how we work, but it hasn't changed timeless career truths — like the fact that putting in extra effort will get you ahead.That's according to PwC's US CEO, Paul Griggs. The senior partner, who started as an intern at the Big Four consulting firm about 30 years ago and has led its US business for the past two years, said he'd give early-career workers the same advice today that he would have decades ago.Success in professional services, and at many of PwC's clients, still comes down to what he called "that old adage that we can't stand to hear from our parents.""What you put into it is what you get out of it," Griggs said.He said the Benjamin Franklin quote, "Energy and persistence conquer all things," encapsulates the qualities required to climb the ladder, and that he had. To him, that means saying "yes" whenever an opportunity arises."It's putting the time when people are not looking," Griggs said. "It's being curious."Griggs said he worked with an early partner who drew a line down the middle of his notebooks.
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- PwC's senior partner and US CEO started as an intern at the Big Four firm 30 years ago.Paul Griggs emphasizes curiosity and persistence as key drivers for career advancement.He suggests saying "yes" and putting in the extra hours to get ahead.AI is changing how we work, but it hasn't changed timeless career truths — like the fact that putting in extra effort will get you ahead.That's according to PwC's US CEO, Paul Griggs. The senior partner, who started as an intern at the Big Four consulting firm about 30 years ago and has led its US business for the past two years, said he'd give early-career workers the same advice today that he would have decades ago.Success in professional services, and at many of PwC's clients, still comes down to what he called "that old adage that we can't stand to hear from our parents.""What you put into it is what you get out of it," Griggs said.He said the Benjamin Franklin quote, "Energy and persistence conquer all things," encapsulates the qualities required to climb the ladder, and that he had.
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