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This master class on leadership, written by one of America's most prominent and successful executives, will help you develop the professional leadership qualities that deliver personal, interpersonal, and organizational success. In Learning to Lead: The Journey to Leading Yourself, Leading Others, and Leading an Organization, Ron Williams provides you with practical, tested leadership advice, whether you're searching for a new career, looking for proven management solutions, or seeking to transform your organization. Developed from Williams's own personal and professional journey, as well as the experiences of America's leading CEOs, these strategies emerge boldly from engaging stories, outlined with practical steps for you to accomplish goals such as Launching your career quest Avoiding professional pitfalls, wrong turns, and wasted effort Overcoming interpersonal challenges and conflicts Building and leading an effective, high-performance team Prioritizing and solving problems from multiple perspectives Developing your leadership style and mastering communication Casting a vision and changing the culture of your organization After finishing Learning to Lead, you will be well equipped to take the next step to success in your personal and professional leadership journey.
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Ronald A. Williams is chairman and CEO of RW2 Enterprises, LLC, as well as the former chairman and CEO of health insurance giant Aetna Inc. He focuses his energy on private equity, values-based leadership and transformational change, and health-care value creation. Through his firm, RW2 Enterprises, Williams counsels C-suite corporate executives on strategy and transformational leadership. He is the operating advisor to private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier, & Rice, and serves as chairman for portfolio companies agilon health and naviHealth. He is a director of American Express, The Boeing Company, and Johnson & Johnson.Williams became president of Aetna and joined its board in 2002; in 2006, he became chairman and CEO. Under his leadership, Aetna was named Fortune magazine's "Most Admired Company" in the "Health Care: Insurance and Managed Care" category for three consecutive years. In 2011, the year he retired, Aetna had full-year operating earnings of $5.17 per share. Its market capitalization grew from $4.7 billion in 2001 to $15.3 billion in 2011, when the company also ranked 77th on the Fortune 100 list.Williams is a member of The MIT Corporation, vice chairman of The Conference Board, and a member of the President's Circle of the National Academies. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and is a trustee of the Committee for Economic Development. He served on President Obama's Management Advisory Board from 2011 to 2017. He is a graduate of Roosevelt University and holds an M.S. in management from the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.You can learn more about Ron Williams by visiting www.ronwilliams.net.
