How To Get Promoted to Executive Management positions?

I work for a big company where Management positions are a different path than technical or professional positions. Executives who join the company have already lot of experience in previous positions. I am working in a professional, technical area, and to aspire to move to executive management position from my current position is not realistic, I think. How to get promoted to executive management? Do I need an MBA? Would that help?
I cannot afford a 1st level university (Stanford and the like). I perhaps could take some obscure MBA, or I am lucky, a not-so-bad MBA… please advice.

One Response to “How To Get Promoted to Executive Management positions?”

  • Bottom Contributor:

    Just do your regular job poorly. People that can’t do real jobs, but can be organized and sit forever in meetings, get put in management positions. Be careful what you wish for.