From the South Side to Fortune 500 CEO: Embracing Challenges and Change

Develop your leadership skills with help from this Thirty Minute Mentors: Former Aetna CEO Ron Williams course.

In this course, Adam Mendler interviews Ron Williams, the former CEO who led the turnaround of the healthcare giant Aetna (subsequently acquired by CVS), and current board member of American Express, Boeing, and Johnson & Johnson. Williams recounts his journey from the South Side of Chicago to the top of corporate America while offering insights into what he has learned throughout his life and career. Listeners will learn more from Williams about the importance of diversity and inclusion, the importance of taking risks and leading your own life for career development, how failures can lead to success, the value of honesty in the professional world, and more.