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Transforming into a CEO: Essential Traits for Leadership

In The CEO Next Door: The 4 Behaviors That Transform Ordinary People Into World-Class Leaders, Elena Botelho and co-author Kim Powell share the secrets of the world’s most successful business leaders – and how you can use those lessons to achieve in your own career. In this course, you’ll uncover what it means to be a...

1 lesson 40 min Beginner Online, at your own pace

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Career Development Leadership Decision Making

About this course

In The CEO Next Door: The 4 Behaviors That Transform Ordinary People Into World-Class Leaders, Elena Botelho and co-author Kim Powell share the secrets of the world’s most successful business leaders – and how you can use those lessons to achieve in your own career. In this course, you’ll uncover what it means to be a great CEO. First, you’ll learn the four behaviors that outstanding leaders use to drive themselves – and their organizations – forward. Next, you’ll explore three stages to becoming a CEO, plus strategies for accelerating your progress. Finally, you’ll discover common mistakes leaders make when building a team and how to avoid them.

Course outline

11 topics · 40 min

  1. 1 Welcome
  2. 2 Busting Myths About CEOs
  3. 3 Decisiveness
  4. 4 Adapting Proactively
  5. 5 Relentless Reliability
  6. 6 Engaging for Impact
  7. 7 Career Catapults
  8. 8 Is Your Career on the Right Track?
  9. 9 6 “Safe Bets” to Avoid When Building a Team
  10. 10 Summary
  11. 11 Quiz

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