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Elena Botelho, co-author of the New York Times & WSJ Bestselling Book "The CEO Next Door," which takes an in-depth look at how leaders make it to the top of their professions — and stay there.

The book points out that many myths surrounding corner-office occupants--for example, they are Ivy League grads laser-focused on business success from an early age--arise from the public's focus on Fortune 500 CEOs, a skinny slice of the leadership pie. By including CEOs from startups and small-to-midsize companies in their data, the authors trace a more accessible path to leadership.

Botelho and Powell identified four behaviors associated with CEO success. Entrepreneurs have "inimitable advantages" in three of those behaviors, Botelho says--and "dangerous gaps in one."

Botelho is the founder and co-leader of the CEO Genome Project. The book, which is based on the project's research, is filled with tips and stories about great CEOs, shattering some of the myths about the path to leadership in the process.

In an analysis of 2,600 leaders over a 10-year period, Botelho and Kim R. Powell found, for example, that the actions and attitudes that exemplify successful CEOs are not gender specific.

“(S)tatistically, gender has no impact on the probability of delivering strong results as a CEO,” she said.

The 50-60 women CEOs the authors interviewed shared a similar mindset, Botelho said.

"They certainly are savvy and aware of the challenges of being a woman, but in the professional context, they first and foremost most define themselves with a professional identity. They say 'I’m a turnaround CEO,' or 'I am a growth-oriented leader.'"

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