Leading Through Challenges: Strategies for Executive Leaders
Leading Through Challenges: Strategies for Executive Leaders
What you’ll learn
Skills you’ll gain
All executive leaders are going to face challenges throughout their careers, and most of these challenges in business are best handled through proper preparation rather than evasive action in the face of a crisis. In this course, leadership expert and keynote speaker Gordon Stein walks executive leaders through strategies that they can implement to create resilient and adaptable teams. Gordon begins the course by explaining the leadership landscape and helping you evaluate any challenges you may face in your role as well as any skill gaps you may have when it comes to addressing those challenges. Then, Gordon explains how you can build a resilient team, beginning at the hiring process. Finally, Gordon walks you through the process of creating, executing, evaluating, and optimizing your challenge response strategy. After completing this course, you'll be able to build a resilient team, create seamless challenge response strategies, and ultimately set your organization up for short-term and long-term success.
Syllabus
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Identify leadership challenges There are common challenges that all executive leaders will likely face in their role. 3m
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Assess your leadership skills Although every executive leader will have their own unique skills, there are certain skills that all executive leaders should build in order to successfully lead their teams through challenges. 3m
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Be proactive Most challenges in business are best handled through proper preparation rather than evasive action in the face of a crisis. 2m
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Hire strong and diverse talent Hiring great people is a game changer that drives engagement, improves retention, injects innovation, and leads to breakthrough performance. 3m
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Connect your team to purpose In order to effectively lead through challenges, it's important to connect your team to a cause, not just to a goal. 4m
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Foster an empowering company culture A team that embraces learning and feels valued will head off challenges before they become an issue. 3m
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Create visibility through communication Your organization needs a continuous flow of meaningful communication to learn, assess and grow. 2m
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Communicate the knowns When responding to challenges, it's essential to establish an open and honest channel of communication across your organization. 3m
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Gather the data The challenge may be apparent, but it's important to understand the full scope of the challenge. 3m
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Build a cross functional team Having a response team assembled can help you fully define challenges and begin creating a response strategy. 3m
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Identify options and select a strategy When beginning to build your response strategy, it's important to build response options with associated costs, risks, and likelihoods of success. 3m
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Execute, measure, and monitor When leading through challenges in the workplace, it's important to track and communicate your progress. 2m
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Adapt your plan As you execute your challenge response strategy, it's important to keep a beat on your metrics and adapt your plan accordingly. 3m
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Celebrate the wins Celebrating wins with your team is important in boosting team morale and helping your team build their resilience to successfully face future challenges. 3m
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Future-proof your team Never waste a crisis - give your team one more mission to identify other vulnerabilities that may exist in your organization. 3m
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Next steps Thank you for watching this course! 2m
Certificate
Certificate of Completion
Awarded upon successful completion of the course.
Instructor
Gordon Stein
Gordon is a distinguished authority in personal finance and executive leadership, with a career that encompasses pivotal roles at major corporations like Dell, Rogers Communications, and Apple, as well as a tenure as a University Lecturer at the Smith School of Business at Queen's University. As the bestselling author of "Cashflow Cookbook," Stein has dedicated his professional journey to enhancing financial literacy and leadership acumen among individuals and organizations alike.
Gordon Stein
Personal Finance Speaker and Author
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