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The Rising Star Leadership program assists " A Players" to become leaders.

A2C Academy, Dr. Liz, and Pat have committed to help

100,000 people into leadership positions,
10,000 to VP, SVP, and Managing Director Positions
1,000 to C-level executive and board members

If you are motivated and have the ambition to make bigger impacts, this is for you.

The Rising Star program consists of

12 weeks of live and recorded program you can learn anytime
CXO Group: 6-10 people guided by a designated mentor to build deeper relationships
CXO Simulation: C-level executive simulation and project final presentation to corporate board
Timely Q&A to answer your questions live: weekly group confidential interactive career consultation
24 Executive core skills live lectures on Mondays, recorded and edited for replay
Weekly executive summary reading (20 minutes), a preselected business book summary

All students must sign the confidential agreement at purchase time to keep class Q&A and discussions confidential

Time commitment: 25 - 50+ hours within 12 weeks, depending on your questions and desire to learn new skills

Once you sign up, you can immediately watch recorded classes, Q&A highlights

Sign the confidential agreement to protect you and your classmates' privacy

In-person Bonus:

San Francisco Bay area students have 2 hours of hiking weekly with Dr. Liz when not traveling. Dr. Liz travels to various places outside of Bay area to meet our students.

If you have any questions, please email support@a2cacademy.org

Course content 51:13:09 Hours

Week 0 : Camp Orientation

Welcome and Rising Star Program Introduction 00:03:52
May 16 Orientation Replay 00:59:07
Myths of the Promotion - 10 Steps to A Successful Career. - Text Book Introduction
Week 0 Homework
Student Personal Tracking Sheet - Time, Goals, and Coaching sessions
Executive Summary: What get you Here will not get you there - PDF
What got you here, won't get you there, audio file

Week 0 Reference Materials

Dr. Liz's self introduction - A video introduction Example 00:01:27
Talk, Look, act and connect like an executive 00:01:14
Dr. Liz and Pat are your resources 00:00:47

Week 1 Recorded Classes: Understand Yourself and Others, Basic Concepts and Live Class Replay

Virtual box - the base model for you to understand yourself and others 00:02:37
Perception is Reality 00:02:52
Week 1 Class Live Practice PPT and Homework
How to understand your boss? 00:14:26
Your Manager's four responsibilities 00:02:15
The hardest person to manage 00:03:47
Week 1: Understand yourself and others - the base of building win-win relationships 00:00:00
Camp 18 week 1 replay 00:57:38

Week 1 Reference Materials

Establish Your Vision 00:02:19
Changing perception 00:02:43
Stanford Professor, Author of Power, Jeffrey Pfeffer: Why Cultivating Power is the Secret to Success 00:05:54
Power Book Summary and Review by Jeffrey Pfeffer
What do you do to disrupt yourself? If you are bored and not learning anything at your current job 00:06:54
Executive Recruiter's View: How to get the top jobs? 00:00:00
Executive Summary: Good To Great - PDF File
Angie Ruan Interview - My path to C-suite 00:36:12

Week 2: Elevate Your Position Key Concepts (Step 2)

Week 2 Full Class 00:36:38
You are the CEO of Your Own Career: You.com 00:10:39
Be Observant, learn from your manager, key stake holders and peers 00:11:23
Adding Value 00:05:32
Multidimensional Thinking - Elevate Your Mindset 00:03:02
Out of Box Thinking 00:02:51
Week 2 Elevate Your Thinking to C-level Class Presentation and Homework
Week 2 Class Replay - Elevate Your Thinking to Executive 01:05:48

Week 2: Establish strategic and multi-dimensional thinking (References)

Good leaders ask Great Questions 00:00:00
7 Data Story Telling Tips to Improve Your Presentation 00:07:32
Professional Email Best Practice - Harvard Business Review 00:07:01
Salesforce COO- George Hu, talk about career and operation, his career journey 02:11:44
First 90 Days
Week 2 PPT
Dr. Liz's Presentation
Week 2: Elevate Your Thinking -live class Recording 01:22:47

Week 3: Elevate Your Mindset and Set Your Goals

Week 3 Full Class - Elevate Your Mindset and Set Goals 01:28:09
Always look 2 levels up 00:06:34
Highlight: 5 Ways to Elevate Your Mindset 00:13:07
Highlight: Are you trustworthy to others? How to increase it? 00:04:43
You are a unique Star! 00:05:10
Discover your personal and career goals 00:03:14
Three levels of Goals 00:02:27
Discover Your Group Goals 00:05:10
Align Your Goals 00:02:21
Smart Goals to Get Your VP Position 00:03:53
Self Performance Review 00:04:39
Q&A Highlight: How to change to high potential career directions before it is too late. 00:05:50
Class replay - camp 16 01:13:39

Week 3 Reference

Speak Easy - PDF
Speak Easy - MP3 00:00:00
Good Leaders Ask Great Questions
Good Leaders Ask Great Questions 00:00:00
Path to CEO - Kevin Conley, CEO and President Everspin Technology, former CTO Sandisk 01:02:18

Week 4: Get Your Promotion: Knowing the Promotion Game, Align Up and Work well with your managers

Week Four Agenda 00:01:26
Knowing Your Company's Promotion Game - 9 Box Performance Review 00:04:52
Align Up and Manage Up to Maximize Your Productivity and Promotion Opportunties 00:18:22
Adding Value 00:05:26
Three Determining Factors for Your Promotion 00:12:03
Working well with your manager 00:12:35
Building Relationship with your 2nd line manager 00:07:59
Week 4: Step 3: Setting Goals Live Class Replay 00:00:00
Class Replay - Working well with your manager - camp 16 01:17:18
7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Week 4 Reference: Prepare for your Promotion

The Art of Alignment _ PDF
The Art of Alignment _ MP3 00:00:00
How to Find a Sponsor 00:13:24
Week 4 Class Presentation
week 4 class replay - Dec 28 2021 01:14:36
AllenChin_ HR Insights

Week 5: Building Your Professional Brand

Highlight: Week 5 Career Branding 00:08:31
Week 5 Career Branding Full Class 00:58:17
Telling Stories with Data - 3 steps 00:04:47
Story telling and Career Pivoting Stanford Professor: Allison Kluger: " If Not You, Then Who?" 00:55:08
Story telling #2 from Stanford Business School 00:52:15
Week 5 Replay: Branding Part 1- Camp 17 00:55:50
Week 5 Branding Story Telling Class Replay: camp 16, Jan 6, 2022 01:31:44
Week 6, branding part 2, story telling, camp 17 00:33:35

CXO Project Reference Material and Executive talks

CMO Talk: Megan D. 01:08:12
COO Talk - George Hu - Former COO of Salesforce 02:11:44
Path to CEO - Kevin Conley, CEO and President Everspin Technology, former CTO Sandisk 01:02:18
CFO talk - Former CFO Amazon 01:20:46
CFO major responsibilities quick overview 00:01:16
CMO repressibility - quick overview 00:04:09
COO responsibility Overview 00:02:50
CEO vs COO vs CFO - Roles, Responsibilities and Salary 00:05:08
Online education platform executive presentation - CXO round 1- camp 12 00:00:00
Journey and key elements to become a successful CMO 01:08:12
CMO and Digital Marketing Presentation

Week 6: Linkedin and Future Oriented Branding

Week 6 Agenda 00:01:10
Future Oriented Branding 00:04:59
Maximize your LinkedIn Potential: Stand Out, Network, and Secure your Dream Job 01:21:28
How to design a new linkedin banner
Kathy Yeu Presentation - linkedin profile
How to build new skillsets on linkedin? Moving three new skills on the top for others to endorse. 00:01:24

Week 7: Strategic Planning,Execution Excellence and Performance Review - deliver results, add and demonstrate values (Step 6)

Execution and changing attitude Jan 15 class replay 01:16:57
The discipline of Getting Things done
COO View - former COO Sales Force George Hu 02:11:44
Switch: How to manage change - Bright Spot Duplication 00:03:36
Week 8: Prepare for your opportunity and execution 01:08:15
How to master the challenges of the Change

Week 8: Manage up; Performance View

Week 8 Title Page and Agenda 00:00:24
Week 8 Execution 00:26:42
Week 8 Performance Review, Moving Targets, and Manage Up 00:16:55
Week 8 Status Report 00:06:27
week 8 Feedback for Peers 00:00:00
Personal and Project Performance Self-Tracking and Reporting 00:00:00
Replay: Manage up; Performance View 00:32:29

Week 8 replay: Prepare for your oportunity

Week 9: Finding Mentors (Step 8) and Establish Your Career Advisory Board and Teams (Step 9)

Week 9 Title Page, Agenda, Mentorship, Networking Best Practice 00:39:52
Week 9 Build Your Career Ecosystem 00:16:50
Mentorship, networking and building a team - live class replay 02/10/2022 01:32:37

Week 10: Work and Life Integration (Step 10) and What you have you learned and what will you do differently

Step 9 and 10 Live Class Replay: Networking and Building Your Team - Aug 5, 2022 Replay 01:09:25
Reward and Motivation - class replay 01:24:33

Week 11+ : CXO Group Presentations - Can be scheduled 2-3 weeks after the live class is over

Five Forces defines strategies 00:01:58
CXO Presentation Camp 15 Team 1: Coursera Strategy 01:06:51
CXO Presentation: A2C Reality Show Proposal 00:40:16
Camp 18 CXO project presentation recording - Group 1 01:35:41
CXO Presentation - Ronbow Vision Story - a new business model - making cabinets for the future 01:28:38

For Your Reference: camp 9 recorded classes

Week 3 Class Presentation
Week2 Class Recording 02:41:00

Dr. Liz Xu

Elizabeth is a public company board member and the CEO of A2C Leadership Group. She has served as two CTO positions of billion-dollar revenue companies: CP Group and BMC Software. She became a C-level executive in 2005 at a public company. She provides coaching in Leadership, Digital Transformation, AI, and cloud. She is also an investor for early-stage companies.

Dr. Elizabeth Xu has taught at Stanford University for 6 years about leadership, and currently is a guest lecturer at Stanford University Teaching Digital Transformation at the Department of Engineering Management Science. She is also the advisor for MIT Innovation Initiatives.

Elizabeth earned an M.S. and B.S. degree from Peking University and a Ph.D. and a Master’s Degrees from University Nevada, and She is a Harvard certified board member and attended the Stanford Executive Program.

Elizabeth received the TOP 50 Diversity Leader in the United States in 2020, the Presidential Award in 2019, the Global Leadership Award in 2018, the WITI Hall of Fame Award in 2017, and Women of Influence in Silicon Valley in 2013. She also received 10+ other prestigious awards. She is a trailblazer, leading a creative and proven path to the top.

Elizabeth lives by the credo of the four “L”s

1. Live to my fullest potential.
2. Love others and enable them to reach their fullest potential.
3. Learn continuously.
4. Leave a legacy.

Pat Zimmerman

Pat has been Elizabeth’s mentor for 30 years. She retired from AT&T at age 43. She retired the 2nd time from the positions of the Chairman and President of Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, University Nevada, Reno.

Pat has been teaching and coaching various students and working professionals since 1989. She has contributed significantly to the community.

Pat is the winner of Jefferson and Kennedy Awards and many other prestigious awards. As a lifelong learner and mentor, she believes that “ The day you stop learning, is the day you start dying”.

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