CEO advisor at ghSMART, Elena L. Botelho uses cutting edge CEO Genome Research to bust the myths about what it takes to succeed and to make the prospect of success more accessible to everyone. Forget the stories of natural born leaders and flawless career paths. This research on the largest data set of CEOs and leaders reveals the actual behaviors and choices that can help anyone advance to their potential. A former Associate Partner at McKinsey & Company, Elena is a senior partner at the leadership advisory firm ghSMART where she advises CEOs of Fortune 500 companies and leading investment firms on the most important leadership priorities: who to put in charge and how to accelerate their success. Through extensive research, spanning 25 years with 4-5 hour-interviews with over 18,000 leaders, the research team has identified the four key characteristics that differentiate successful CEOs. Elena is also the co-author of “The CEO Next Door: The 4 Behaviors that Transform Ordinary People into World-Class Leaders,” a New York Times and Wall Street Journal Bestseller. Partner at leadership advisory firm ghSMART and co-au- thor of New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller, “The CEO Next Door,” Elena Botelho advises CEOs of Fortune 500 corporations and leading investment firms. She co-leads The CEO Genome Project, investigating the surprising insights into the characteristics of successful (and unsuccessful) executives to debunk the myths about what it truly takes to make it to the top. Her findings will surprise you, and her cutting-edge research may have consequences for the CEO in all of us. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx.