Whether you’re a CEO, an entrepreneur, a sales executive, a professional, or you don’t have any leadership title at all, you can be a leader and a good one. It does involve certain kinds of risk, and a vision and passion for something important, but it is possible. With the right mindset, it’s even likely.

 

Mark is the author of The Career Toolkit, Essential Skills for Success That No One Taught You.

Educated at MIT, Mark has spent his career launching and fixing new ventures at startups, Fortune 500s, and academia. He’s developed new software languages, online marketplaces, new authentication systems, and tracked criminals and terrorists on the dark web. Mark helped create the Undergraduate Practice Opportunities Program, MIT’s “Career Success Accelerator”, where he’s taught for twenty years. Mark also serves on the boards of non-profits Techie Youth and Plant a Million Corals.

 

Topics

During this interview Mark and I discuss the following topics:

What inspired him to write his bookWhat it means to upskill your teamHow to effectively upskill your teamEssential elements of a high-performing teamHow to efficiently build a network How to get a potential candidate to get hooked in on a jobHow to work through workplace conflict.

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https://movingforwardleadership.com/211