Rise to Leadership: Become a CEO (Free Online Courses): (Deadline Ongoing)

If you’re ambitious, it’s natural to aspire to be the leader ofan organization. A lot of people in business want to be a CEO; to lead and shape an organization. Many, however, quickly discover that ambition alone is not enough to achieve this goal. Some ascend to theC-suite or leave to start their own venture, only to discover that leading a business – evenone’s own – requires not just determination but a number of unanticipated skills.

If you’ve pictured yourself in the corner office, want to report directly to a CEO, or have the goal of consulting with or advising a CEO, this course will benefit you.

The course exploressix competencies of a successful CEO:

• Getting results. The ability to achieve ambitious operating goals by working at all levels of an organization;
• Creating culture. The ability to articulate core values – such as customer value creation, integrity, and respect for the individual, win employee buy-in of the values, and create processes to ensure that culture is used in hiring and promotion decisions;
• Attracting talent. The ability to attract and motivate a highly talented team that can set ambitious goals and achieve them;
• Driving innovation. The ability to create an environment that encourages talented employees to generate new ideas that spur revenue growth;.
• Formulating strategy. The ability to analyze a company’s future opportunities and to develop and execute strategies to capture those opportunities; and
• Communicating with stakeholders. The ability to communicate effectively with the board, investors, and communities.