Inward – Your Leadership

Forget inspiring followers, centered leaders create leaders! Discover the 10 key qualities that propel teams to greatness, not just compliance. Of 33 qualities identified by Bain & Co. Research that inspire team members, one stood above all: centered leadership. A centered leader is the most inspirational quality, embodying values, purpose, and mission obsession. Centered leaders …

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Without confidence there isn’t leadership. Followers need to be confident in their leader, but it starts with the leader being confident in themselves. There are varying opinions on how much confidence is innate and how much can be learned, but there is general agreement that confidence can be learned. Confidence is personal so what can …

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Self-awareness is critical for leaders because it has a significant impact on their ability to communicate clearly, build resilience, develop strong relationships, be authentic, empathetic, and compassionate. It even influences confidence and creativity. According to a Harvard review of studies on the topic, self-awareness falls into the two categories of internal and external. Internal self-awareness …

Self-Awareness: Knowing Your Emotional Triggers Makes You a Better Leader Read More »

The leader people see, and follow is the leader you first develop inside yourself. The challenging work of defining who you are as a leader, what you stand for, and how you relate to others is an ongoing process because the world around you changes, and so do you. Therefore, you must continually add to …

Leadership is an Inside Job: Where to Focus to Improve Your Leadership Read More »

Sometimes we need to do a gut check to make sure that we are all in when it comes to our leadership. It’s a difficult job and therefore it is easy to waver from the required commitment to others. In Frances Frei and Anne Morriss’ book Unleashed, they provide a list of ten warning signs …

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2 MINUTE VIDEO VERSION: UNCOVER THE SECRET TO UNLOCKING YOUR BEST SELF TODAY While polishing a module of my Coaching Style of Leadership program yesterday, I rediscovered a gem of wisdom from Marshal Goldsmith – the six active questions to ask yourself daily in pursuit of growing into the best version of yourself. In a …

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“The greatest tragedy for any human being is going through their entire lives believing the only perspective that matters is their own.” – Doug Baldwin In a recent sermon our pastor highlighted the importance of considering more than one perspective. His visual aid was several pictures of a giant sturgeon taken from various angles, in …

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As humans we are wired to come up with quick solutions. We know when to run from danger, how to take shelter from a raging storm and how to re-set our phone when our favourite social media app locks up. This innate capability is so powerful it ensures that even when we don’t know the …

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We love this article by McKinsey Stepping Up: Becoming a High Potential CEO Candidate. If you do a quick search on the web, it is one of the few articles about becoming a CEO that is not trite. Ok, the Everest analogy is wearing a bit thin, but it remains accurate. The article’s ideas are …

CEO – The Summit of Business Leadership Read More »