LinkedIn’s new CEO says the company you keep has a bigger impact on your career than job titles

Daniel Shapero was named CEO of LinkedIn this week, stepping into the role long held by Ryan Roslansky. But after nearly two decades at the Microsoft-owned company, Shapero says he didn’t climb to the top by chasing titles—he did it by choosing the right people.  “The best career decisions that I’ve ever made have been about the people I got to work with,” he told Bloomberg last year.  “We’re all more malleable than we give ourselves credit for. We adapt to our environment. And so the best decision I’ve ever made was when I chose to work around people who were going to shape me into the person I wanted to be, as opposed to career decisions about the specifics of the job or the task.” Early in his tenure, that philosophy meant staying put. During his first over half decade in sales, Shapero worked under the same manager—a stretch he credits with sharpening both his performance and his leadership instincts.  Rather than job-hopping for faster promotions, he doubled down on mentorship, betting that the right environment would compound over time. Shapero long had his eyes on the C-suite—but the path to the top required tough love from LinkedIn’s former
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