Building an Executive Leadership Team for the Modern Workplace
1h 4mIntermediate2024-10-21
Authors

Jacob Morgan
Course details
One of the biggest challenges faced by executive leaders is hiring and retaining the right people on their executive team. And if you’re a leader, you may also struggle with identifying your own gaps and determining what an ideal team would actually look like. Cultivating an executive leadership team that works well together is crucial for the success of your business, especially in times of crisis or change. In this course, instructor Jacob Morgan outlines the mindsets and core skills required of today's executive leadership teams, highlighting principles that make executive leadership teams more effective, and showing you how to optimize your executive team to keep your organization on track. This course includes real-world business data gathered from an employee survey of nearly 14,000 employees and exclusive interviews with over 100 CEOs from companies including Unilever, Oracle, Mastercard, Best Buy, KPMG, Verizon, and dozens of others.
Learning objectives
Identify the top challenges that modern leaders face.
Adopt the four most crucial leadership mindsets including the explorer, chef, servant, and global citizen to enhance leadership effectiveness.
Enhance the five leadership skills to lead diverse teams effectively in a digital and globalized environment.
Drive long-term operational excellence.
Establish trust and transparency, and implement effective feedback loops to promote a culture of continuous personal and professional development.
Learning objectives
Identify the top challenges that modern leaders face.
Adopt the four most crucial leadership mindsets including the explorer, chef, servant, and global citizen to enhance leadership effectiveness.
Enhance the five leadership skills to lead diverse teams effectively in a digital and globalized environment.
Drive long-term operational excellence.
Establish trust and transparency, and implement effective feedback loops to promote a culture of continuous personal and professional development.
Skills covered
Executive LeadershipTeams and CollaborationProfessional DevelopmentLeadership and ManagementOne-Off
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Top challenges modern leaders face
- 02 - Building a leadership dream team for this moment
1. Guiding Principles of Great Executive Leadership Teams
- 03 - Establish core values and purpose on leadership teams
- 04 - Provide guidance and inspiration for leadership teams
2. Mindsets of Great Executive Leadership Teams
- 05 - Leadership mindset - The explorer
- 06 - Leadership mindset - The chef
- 07 - Leadership mindset - The servant
- 08 - Leadership mindset - The global citizen
3. Skill Sets of Great Executive Leadership Teams
- 09 - Leadership skill - Future-forward thinking (the futurist)
- 10 - Leadership skill - Emotional intelligence (Yoda)
- 11 - Leadership skill - Adaptive communication (translator)
- 12 - Leadership skill - Human connection (coach)
- 13 - Leadership skill - Technological aptitude (technology teenager)
4. Optimizing Your Executive Leadership Team
- 14 - Executive team alignment
- 15 - Operational efficiency on leadership teams
- 16 - Trust and transparency on leadership teams
- 17 - Organizational OKRs on leadership teams
- 18 - Feedback loops on leadership teams
Conclusion
- 19 - The purpose of leadership and 1 improvements