Unlock the secrets to career success and transform your leadership potential with this comprehensive course, Elena Botelho on the Secrets to Career Success, from Personal Development ProSkills.training, created in partnership with the Next Big Idea Club. Based on Elena Botelho and Kim Powell's bestselling book, The CEO Next Door: The 4 Behaviors That Transform Ordinary People Into World-Class Leaders, this 10-lesson, 10-page course offers a powerful, data-backed roadmap to excelling in business, complete with graded assessments.

Drawing on over a decade of research and in-depth proprietary data from over 18,000 leaders, this course busts common myths about CEOs and reveals the repeatable behaviours and strategies that truly define great leadership and accelerate your journey to the top.

You'll discover invaluable insights and actionable strategies, including:

• Busting Common Leadership Myths: Challenge long-held beliefs that success requires an elite education, innate charisma, or early destiny. Learn that only 7% of successful CEOs came from Ivy League undergraduate institutions, while 8% didn't graduate college at all. Discover that introverts are just as likely to be successful CEOs as extroverts, and that over 70% of high-performing CEOs didn't aim for the C-suite until later in life. It's about deliberate career choices and behaviours, not pedigree.
• The 4 Behaviours of High-Performing Leaders (DARE): Uncover the four statistically differentiating behaviours that set apart successful CEOs, easy to remember as DARE:
  • Decisiveness: Learn why speed is more important than precision in decision-making. Successful CEOs are 12 times more likely to be high performers because they make decisions faster, focus on making fewer key decisions, and rigorously learn from their mistakes.
  • Adapting Proactively: Understand why embracing change before a crisis hits is crucial. Proactive adapters are seven times more likely to succeed by letting go of the past and seeking new strategies, skills, and learning opportunities, often by assembling an "inspiration cabinet".
  • Relentless Reliability: Discover why this seemingly "pedestrian" trait is a powerful career accelerator. Reliable leaders are twice as likely to be hired as a CEO and 15 times more likely to succeed in the role. Learn how their mindset, support network, and daily habits build unwavering trust.
  • Engaging for Impact: Go beyond mere likability to understand the "Niceness Curve" and find the sweet spot for inspiring teams. Successful leaders lead with intent, deeply understand their audiences, and practice deliberate routines like frequent, effective communication to drive a common purpose.
• 3 Career Catapults to Accelerate Your Ascent: Learn how some individuals become "sprinters" to the top, reaching CEO roles faster than the average 24 years.
  • Go Small to Go Big: 60% of sprinters took what seemed like a "side step" to develop critical skills.
  • Taking on a Big Mess: A third accelerated by tackling challenging, problematic projects that others avoided, building a reputation as an effective problem-solver.
  • Making a Big Leap: Approximately one in three sprinters accepted more responsibility than they initially felt ready for, stretching their capabilities.

This course is your essential guide to understanding what it truly takes to be a great leader. Whether you're an aspiring professional or a seasoned executive, equip yourself with proven strategies for leadership, career acceleration, and effective team building. Enrol today to redefine your personal top and achieve unparalleled professional development and career growth.