Exceptional Leadership: Leading At A Higher Level

Become an exceptional executive: Employ the 4 dimensions of successful senior leaders and set yourself apart

What you'll learn
Avoid the common pitfalls leaders face when rising in organizations
Successfully respond to the disorienting effects of leading at a higher organizational level
Build a plan to successfully transition to a new role
Employ the four leadership dimensions that set successful leaders apart: Context, Breadth, Choice, and Connection
Requirements
Experience leading a team or supervising other employees
It’s recommended, though not required, that you read Rising to Power while taking the course
Description
Do you have ambitions to rise up in your organization to a position of broad leadership? Are you vying for a promotion, but worry you may not be ready? Or did you recently start in a bigger job leading several levels of employees, and are starting to feel overwhelmed or uncertain?This is the course for you. Based on the #1 bestselling book Rising to Power: The Journey of Exceptional Executives, co-author Ron Carucci will guide you through every step of a successful transition to a bigger role. Based on a 10-year longitudinal study of more than 2700 leaders, the research and course content will help you learn:Why more than 50% of those promoted to bigger roles fail in the first 18 months, and how to avoid those pitfallsThe common challenges leaders face at higher altitudes, and how to successfully navigate themThe four dimensions that set the most successful leaders apart, and how to develop them in your own leadershipThis course is chock full of practical insights and examples of leaders rising in organizations and sticking the landing once there. You’ll assess your own experiences with the pitfalls and disorienting effects of higher leadership and plan concrete actions for successfully navigating them. You’ll build your transition plan, which can help even if you’ve already taken the job, and you’ll complete a self-assessment of the four dimensions of exceptional leaders to understand where you have strengths, and where you may have blind spots.Rising to Power and the research behind it has already saved countless careers from the high failure rates of otherwise promising, aspiring leaders. Ron Carucci is a 30 year seasoned executive coach who has worked with hundreds of executives all over the world. Now you can have the benefit of his experience and research at your fingertips, fueling your leadership ambitions to success.

Overview

Section 1: Welcome to the course

Lecture 1 The importance of getting ready to lead at a higher level

Lecture 2 The journey of ascending to higher levels

Section 2: The challenges of leading at higher levels

Lecture 3 The most common pitfalls of ascending

Lecture 4 Disorientation #1: Being misperceived

Lecture 5 Disorientation #2: Your voice sounds different

Lecture 6 Disorientation #3: Information is now sifted

Lecture 7 Disorientation #4: Relationships have changed

Section 3: Planning your arrival at a higher altitude

Lecture 8 The elements of a solid transition plan

Lecture 9 Understanding & using power effectively

Section 4: The four dimensions of the most effective leaders

Lecture 10 Context: Read the environment around you

Lecture 11 Breadth: Build bridges across silos

Lecture 12 Choice: Make hard calls to narrow focus

Lecture 13 Connection: Build authentic relationships

Section 5: Conclusion

Lecture 14 The privilege & struggles of higher level leadership

You are a supervisor leading a small team or project manager, and you have aspirations to lead more broadly, to rise to higher levels,You were recently promoted to, or accepted a new role, where you now have team leaders or supervisors reporting to you, or to an executive level where you have multiple levels of people reporting to you,You were told you are considered “high potential” and a possible successor to a broader leadership role, and are wanting to begin preparations for the opportunity early