Hitting your marks is enough to succeed as an average leader. But if you’re reading this, we’re guessing you don’t want to be just an average leader. Excellent leadership—the kind that takes you to a C-suite office—takes hard work, perseverance, and the kind of difficult self-reflection that leads to personal growth.
“Yes, CEO is an extraordinary role with a lot of responsibility,” says McKinsey senior partner Carolyn Dewar. “But it’s a role that you can learn, and it’s a role that you can experience and live into as opposed to just being a secret club.”
The best leaders know that learning leads to evolution, at all stages of the leadership journey. Here are five steps to get started. |
