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STANFORD CLASS WSP 229            

Ten Steps to a Successful Career

(WSP 229)
Your career development has become your own responsibility in this ever-changing talent market. Global corporations are no longer providing in-depth career development programs. Instead, they are recruiting talent from each other. In this workshop, you will learn how to build a successful career across multiple companies and industries, achieving your goals and advancing your position in this supercompetitive global talent war.

This workshop will provide you with ten systematic steps extracted from great leaders in the industry. These actionable steps will assist in refining your career vision—building realistic goals, then developing feasible plans and executing them flawlessly. We will also discuss how to create an effective professional brand and network, how to collaborate and influence, as well as how to build and lead a successful team. These ten steps will help you to develop a heightened business understanding and refine important leadership skills. This introductory course is designed for rising professionals and entrepreneurs who want to grow as leaders and bring themselves and their organizations to the next level.

Register starts Monday 8/20/2012

https://continuingstudies.stanford.edu/courses/course.php?cid=20121_WSP+229

Cost: $290.00 plus registration fee.

Required Text book:  Myths of the Promotion - 10 Steps to a Successful Career

http://www.amazon.com/Myths-Promotion-Steps-Successful-Career/dp/193748999X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1345523335&sr=8-1&keywords=myths+of+the+promotion

Register ASAP for the limited space.

Elizabeth Xu and Pat Zimmerman

Comments

Unknown said…
Great tips. I would also like to add that if you want to achieve success in the workplace it definitely helps to be a team player, because you can get things done.
May 6, 2013 at 6:08 AM
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