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The Discover Your True North Fieldbook: A Personal Guide To Finding Your Authentic LeadershipStock informationGeneral Fields
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DescriptionA personal guide for becoming an authentic leader Whether you are just starting your leadership journey or leading a large organization, The Discover Your True North Fieldbook will help you find your leadership purpose, that internal Compass that provides direction and keeps you oriented your True North. Through a series of reflective exercises, this Fieldbook helps you become a better leader by learning to be a more authentic one. This Fieldbook both personalizes and unlocks the central lessons of its companion book, Discover Your True North by Bill George. It shares the most powerful insights that coauthors Nick Craig, Bill George, and Scott Snook have learned from helping more than 10,000 leaders discover and live up to their fullest potential. Each chapter contains potent exercises that help you mine your life story for deep insights and important patterns. As you work your way through these reflections, you will gain a clearer sense of who you are and why you lead the essence of an authentic leader. We offer an identity-based approach to leader development. Rather than telling you how to lead, the Fieldbook guides you through an intimate process of personal discovery. Author descriptionNICK CRAIG is the president of the Authentic Leadership Institute. BILL GEORGE, former Chair and CEO of Medtronic, is a Senior Fellow at the Harvard Business School and author of four bestselling books, including True North. SCOTT SNOOK is a Senior Lecturer of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. Table of contentsPreface Why an Updated Fieldbook? ix Introduction Why Authentic Leadership Development? 1 Part One: Examine Your Leadership Journey 9 1 Life Story 11 2 Losing Your Way 25 3 Crucibles 47 Part Two: Discover Your Authentic Leadership 59 4 Develop Your Self-Awareness 63 5 Practice Your Values 81 6 Find Your Sweet Spot 99 7 Build Your Support Team 115 8 Integrate Your Life 127 Part Three: Put Your Authentic Leadership into Action 143 9 The Transformation from I to We 145 10 Lead with Purpose 155 11 Empower Others to Lead 167 12 Become a Global Authentic Leader 187 13 Create Your Personal Leadership Development Plan 199 Afterword 219 Appendix A Ways to Use This Guide 221 Appendix B Form a Leadership Discussion Group 225 Appendix C Course Syllabus for Authentic Leadership Development 229 About the Authors 235 |