You can learn the theory but you will never learn the practical until you have been there and done it.
To get to the top of management you need foresight, hard work, a super team to work with. You must be prepared to take the odd risk and to have bucket loads of luck. Get used to the slaps in the face too, redundancy can come often in aviation.
Goods luck, I had two ambitions in aviation, to see my name as head of an airline in JP Fleets and to retire at 50, I achieved both and will never need to work again. All I did though was to steer my ship it was the hard work of the brilliant people around me that made it happen and you cannot get that from a book.
Best wishes in your career but as has been said, start at the coal face and climb it is quick as you can.