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Guest post by: Seth Godin

Article Overview: The job of the CEO isn't to check things off the agenda. Her job is to set the agenda, to figure out what's next.

The agenda

The job of the CEO isn't to check things off the agenda. Her job is to set the agenda, to figure out what's next. Now that more and more of us are supposed to be CEO of our own lives and careers, it might be time to rethink who's setting your agenda.

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