# ‘Any CEO Would Kill’ to Hire Someone With This ‘Underrated’ Trait, Says Harvard-Trained Career Expert.

1 Opinion May 8, 2025 CNBC ![suzy welch headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/2023-12/sw5936.jpg?itok=gHtcPLCO)By Suzy Welch

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I will never forget the student who came to my office hours in a mess of tears and dismay.

She’d just received the results of the 360 feedback report from her former (pre-MBA) bosses and coworkers, a process which all of my students go through as part of “Becoming You,” my class on career development.

“Professor Welch, you have to help me,” she pleaded, “My results were *atrocious*!”

Read the full [***CNBC*** **article**](https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/08/most-underrated-trait-of-highly-successful-people-harvard-career-expert.html).
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*Suzy Welch is Professor of Management Practice at NYU Stern.*

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