What Is Programming? And How To Get Started
January 28, 2025
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This course is part of Strategic Leadership: Impact, Change, and Decision-Making Specialization
Instructor: Sydney Finkelstein
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Participants need only the desire to learn from mistakes—those of others and their own.
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Participants need only the desire to learn from mistakes—those of others and their own.
Which mistakes leaders make most often
How to spot the early warning signs of key mistakes
How to avoid making these same mistakes in your own life
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We don’t often talk about mistakes and failures, but there’s so much to learn from what goes wrong. In this course, Professor Sydney Finkelstein will teach you why leaders make mistakes, and what you can do to avoid making those same mistakes yourself. Using real-life examples of smart executives who failed, Professor Finkelstein will walk you through scenarios that prepare you to understand, manage, and even take advantage of the continuous change that is inevitable in organizations and in life.
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Reviewed on Mar 27, 2024
While i was doing this course i get to know many things and it really help me in my future scope and goal and i found it really nice
Reviewed on Feb 9, 2024
Excellent course. Learning lessons from others' mistakes is an interesting method but really makes sense when you go through this first section of the entire course.
Reviewed on Apr 23, 2022
Sydney was great at painting the complete picture and engaging. I enjoyed every module of this course and learned a lot.
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