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Dec 1
41m 16s

Do I Really Want to Be CEO?

Harvard Business Review / Muriel Wilkins
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She’s a leader who unexpectedly finds herself running a company, but isn’t sure it is the right role for her long-term. Host Muriel Wilkins coaches her through defining what she can do versus what she wants to do, the level of responsibility she truly wants, and what might lie at the heart of her current discomfort. 
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