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Professional Mentoring Modules

XCEO has developed this list of modules to allow clients to customize our professional development programs based on their needs.

  1. Why Focus on Leadership?
    Discover a new perspective for gaining a long-term competitive advantage in the corporate world.
  2. What is Leadership?
    Identify and compare several definitions of leadership and how it is perceived in the business world.
  3. What is Personal Leadership?
    Explore the distinction between leadership and personal leadership.
  4. What is Extreme Personal Leadership?
    Discover why Dr. Crawford coined the term extreme personal leadership and what it means to be an X-Leader.
  5. The X Principles of Extreme Personal Leadership
    Examine the X-Leadership principles developed by Dr. Crawford in Corporate Rise.
  6. Enhance Your Career Velocity
    Discover why speed is a critical factor when assessing your career potential and likely success.
  7. Audacious Expectations
    Have ambitious expectations. Learn why X-Leaders expect what they get (because they always expect excellence).
  8. Building the Foundation
    Preparation is the key to success. Understand the importance of becoming a student of your organization.
  9. Job Performance
    Don’t wait for your employer to discover your talent. Successfully differentiate yourself from your peers.
  10. Effective Leadership
    Differentiate between leading and managing, understanding there is a difference.
  11. Attitude
    Recognize how your attitude both inside and outside the workplace affects your corporate rise.
  12. Extreme Personal Leadership Career Plan
    Develop a forty-five-day career action plan. Construct a ninety-day strategic personal development plan.
  13. Leverage Your Personal Brand
    Who are you and what do you stand for? Develop strategies to turn yourself into a coveted jewel.
  14. Teamwork Makes the Dream Work
    Leadership without teamwork is a myth. Understand why leadership and teamwork are inextricably linked.
  15. Earning Delegation
    Recognize the difference between earning more responsibility and being dumped upon.
  16. Networking
    Who knows you is more important than who you know. Develop more effective networking strategies.
  17. Stakeholder Management
    Identify the components of the Stakeholder Support System and perform a Stakeholder Support Analysis.
  18. Professional Mentoring
    Understand the difference between mentoring and coaching, and why mentoring is a wise investment.
  19. Modeling
    Develop great leadership skills to set an example for everyone else in the company to follow.
  20. Potential Pitfalls
    Understand the potential pitfalls of aggressively pursuing extreme personal leadership.
  21. Extreme Personal Leadership Assessment
    Assess your leadership attributes on the XPL Principle Analysis.
  22. Job-Hop Effectively
    Learn how effective job-hopping positions you for further career advancement opportunities.
  23. Alignment
    Understand why complete alignment within an organization can lead to an unhealthy environment.
  24. Enlightened Corporate Governance
    Recognize that principled leadership requires action beyond obligation to earn shareowner value.
  25. Succession Planning
    Discover the process of succession planning and the steps you need to take to get into "the book."
  26. Executive Compensation
    How much is a CEO really worth? Linking pay to performance.

Think on it

"Become a student of your company’s organizational charts, both formal and informal."

- Curtis J. Crawford, Ph.D.


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