Why Smart Executives Fail: Common Mistakes & Warning Signs
Learn from real executive failures: analyze common mistakes, identify warning signs, and develop strategies to avoid leadership pitfalls.
Learn from real executive failures: analyze common mistakes, identify warning signs, and develop strategies to avoid leadership pitfalls.
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What you'll learn
Understand common executive leadership mistakes
Identify early warning signs of failure
Learn strategies to avoid leadership pitfalls
Analyze real-world business failures
Develop critical thinking about leadership
Master the art of learning from mistakes
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This course includes:
3.7 Hours PreRecorded video
20 quizzes
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There are 4 modules in this course
This comprehensive course explores why successful executives fail, using real-world case studies from major companies. Professor Sydney Finkelstein examines the seven habits of spectacularly unsuccessful people, analyzing failures at companies like Uber, WeWork, and Theranos. The curriculum covers strategic mistakes, corporate culture issues, and leadership delusions, helping students identify warning signs and develop strategies to avoid similar pitfalls.
What Great Strategists Know
Module 1 · 4 Hours to complete
The Delusions of a Dream Company
Module 2 · 4 Hours to complete
The Manager as Master Puzzle Solver
Module 3 · 4 Hours to complete
The Seven Habits of Spectacularly Unsuccessful People
Module 4 · 3 Hours to complete
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Instructor
Steven Roth Professor of Management
Sydney Finkelstein is the Steven Roth Professor of Management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, holding a Master's degree from the London School of Economics and a Ph.D. from Columbia University. He has authored 25 books and 90 articles, including the bestselling "Why Smart Executives Fail" and "Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent," which LinkedIn Chairman Reid Hoffman describes as the "leadership guide for the Networked Age." A Fellow of the Academy of Management, Finkelstein is a sought-after consultant and speaker for leading global companies, and he is featured on the Thinkers 50 list of top management gurus. His research often involves in-depth interviews, which inspired him to create and host his own podcast, The Sydcast, where he shares compelling stories from a diverse range of figures in business, sports, entertainment, politics, academia, and everyday life.
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