Leadership from the Inside Out: Becoming a Leader for Life - 2nd edition

TABLE OF CONTENTS......Page 12
WHY A NEW EDITION?......Page 16
PREFACE: HOW TO USE THIS BOOK … FROM THE INSIDE-OUT......Page 20
INTRODUCTION: THE BEGINNING OF THE JOURNEY......Page 22
Breaking Free of Self-Limiting Patterns......Page 34
Integrating All of Life’s Experiences into a Meaningful Context......Page 35
Deepening Authenticity for Sustainable Leadership......Page 36
Exploring Beliefs......Page 39
Seven Clues That Bring Shadow Beliefs to Light......Page 43
Leading with Character … Leading by Coping......Page 45
Qualities of Character and Coping......Page 47
Reflection: Character and Coping......Page 51
Understanding Our Owner’s Manual......Page 53
Reflection: Clarifying Our Strengths and Growth Areas......Page 55
Eight Points for Personal Mastery......Page 56
Leadership Growth Plan: Personal Mastery......Page 60
Leadership Growth Plan: Personal Mastery Example......Page 61
CHAPTER TWO: PURPOSE MASTERY: Leading on Purpose......Page 62
Identifying Core Talents......Page 63
Reflection: Core Talents......Page 65
Recognizing Core Values......Page 66
Revealing Core Purpose......Page 68
Diving Beneath the Surface to Our Purpose......Page 71
Purpose Is Bigger and Deeper Than Our Goals......Page 72
Connecting the Inner with the Outer: Purpose, Authenticity, and Congruence......Page 73
Unfolding the Defining Thread of Purpose......Page 74
Six Thousand Days......Page 75
Eight Points for Purpose Mastery......Page 76
Leadership Growth Plan: Purpose Mastery......Page 79
CHAPTER THREE: INTERPERSONAL MASTERY: Leading through Synergy and Service......Page 80
Two Principal Streams of Leadership Development......Page 81
Building Relationship Bridges......Page 83
Balancing Personal Power with Synergy Power and Contribution Power......Page 85
Reducing the Intention-Perception Gap......Page 88
Beyond 360° Feedback to 720° Feedback......Page 89
Intimate Connection of Personal Mastery and Interpersonal Mastery......Page 90
Opening Up Possibilities......Page 91
The Potentially Transforming Power of Presence......Page 92
Moving from Leader to Opener......Page 93
Trusting and Engaging in Constructive Conflict......Page 94
Reflection: Building Relationships......Page 96
Six Points for Authentic Interpersonal Mastery......Page 97
Leadership Growth Plan: Interpersonal Mastery......Page 104
CHAPTER FOUR: CHANGE MASTERY: Leading with Agility......Page 106
Uncovering the Learning and Growth Contained in Change......Page 107
Breaking Old Patterns and Opening Up to Change......Page 110
Developing Present-Moment Awareness to Deal with Change Effectively......Page 112
Bridging the Paradox of Immediate Focus and Broad Awareness for Leading during Turbulent Times......Page 115
Learning to Trust Ourselves amid Dynamic Change......Page 116
Developing the Resilience to Thrive in Change......Page 117
Change Initiatives Rarely Succeed......Page 118
Seven Change Mastery Shifts......Page 120
Reflection: Dealing with Change......Page 122
Measuring Our Ability to Deal with Change......Page 123
Eight Points of Awareness for Leading with Agility......Page 124
Leadership Growth Plan: Change Mastery......Page 127
CHAPTER FIVE: RESILIENCE MASTERY: Leading with Energy......Page 128
Challenges of Resilience for Executives......Page 129
What Happened to the Life of Leisure?......Page 130
Moving from Time and Efficiency to Energy and Resilience......Page 132
Resilience Is a Dynamic Process......Page 134
Ten Signs of Resilience Mastery......Page 135
Nature’s Resilience: Rest and Activity......Page 136
The Eleven Points of Resilience Mastery......Page 137
Reflection: Building Energy and Resilience......Page 146
Leadership Growth Plan: Resilence Mastery......Page 147
Personal Journey into Being......Page 148
Going to Another Level to Resolve Leadership Challenges......Page 149
The Search for Something More......Page 152
Don’t Place “Descartes” before “the Source”......Page 153
Techniques to Unfold Being......Page 154
Reflection: Exploring the Leader Within......Page 158
Connecting with Our Inner Self......Page 159
Being and Executive Presence......Page 161
Leadership Benefits of Being......Page 162
Four Points of Awareness for Leading with Presence......Page 164
Leadership Growth Plan: Being Mastery......Page 165
CHAPTER SEVEN: ACTIOIN MASTERY: Leading through Coaching......Page 166
Merging Three Interrelated Action Mastery Steps......Page 169
Action Mastery Step One: Building Awareness......Page 171
Action Mastery Step Two: Building Commitment......Page 172
Reflection: Building Commitment......Page 174
Action Mastery Step Three: Building Practice......Page 175
Reflection: Building Practice......Page 178
The Art of Coaching Others......Page 179
Coaching Others to Build Awareness......Page 182
Building Awareness in Others......Page 183
Coaching Others to Build Commitment......Page 184
Coaching Others to Build Practice......Page 186
Parting Thoughts for Your Journey Ahead......Page 188
CONCLUSION: THE JOURNY CONTINUES......Page 190
NOTES......Page 194
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 200
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 206
C......Page 210
E......Page 211
I......Page 212
M......Page 213
P......Page 214
T......Page 215
Z......Page 216
ABOUT THE AUTHOR......Page 218
ABOUT LEADERSOURCE......Page 220
ABOUT KORN/FERRY INTERNATIONAL......Page 222