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Elena Botelho and Kim Powell

The CEO Next Door

Learn the four proven behaviors that can help ordinary professionals rise to world-class leadership.

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Decisive, adaptable, reliable, and engaging behaviors predict CEO success more than pedigree – The CEO Next Door by Botelho and Powell reveals what actually makes leaders effective. This comprehensive CEO Next Door summary and main ideas outline: • Speed Over Precision - Making decisions with 70% information beats waiting for perfect clarity • Adapt to Win - Successful CEOs spend 50% of time on forward-looking activities versus past analysis • Relentless Reliability - Consistency in small commitments builds trust for major initiatives • Stakeholder Engagement - Proactive communication with all constituents prevents 75% of leadership derailments The hidden gem: Their "CEO Genome" data shows introverts slightly outperform extroverts in long-term CEO performance. Develop your Click.Apply.Grow™ leadership: Practice making three decisions daily with imperfect data. Schedule quarterly stakeholder reviews. Track reliability metrics weekly. Executives implementing these behaviors achieve 2.8x better financial results than charismatic leaders. Results trump charisma every time.

About the Author

Elena Botelho is the ghSMART partner who analyzed 17,000 executives to crack the CEO code.

Wharton MBA from Azerbaijan, advised 200+ CEOs over two decades at McKinsey then ghSMART. Co-authored The CEO Next Door based on 10-year CEO Genome Project studying 17,000 C-suite executives.

What sets Botelho apart: She proved that introverts outperform extroverts as CEOs, debunking decades of leadership mythology.

CEOs following Botelho's four behaviors framework achieve 2x likelihood of exceeding performance expectations.

Revealing what really makes CEOs succeed.

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