Contents

Preface

About Me

About the Book

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1 You and Your Inner Leader

Discovering Your Inner Leader

Part One of the Book

Part Two of the Book

Part Three of the Book

How to Read This Book

Change Model: Unleashing Your Inner Leader

About You

You and Your Inner Leader Chapter Summary

Part One Know Yourself…Authentically

Chapter 2 Strengths: Who Are You?

What Is Strength?

Using and Leveraging Your Strengths

Strengths Exercise 1: Discover Your Strengths

Strengths Exercise 2: Building Your Strengths Statements

Strengths Exercise 3: Communicating Your Strengths Statements

When Strength Becomes a Weakness

Strengths Chapter Summary

Chapter 3 Values: What Do You Stand For?

What Is a Value?

Values Drive Decisions and Behaviors

When Values Are Misaligned

Values Exercise 1: Discover Your Values

Values Exercise 2: Align Your Values and Behavior

Values Chapter Summary

Chapter 4 Impact: What Do You Do?

Get Your Results Noticed

Impact Exercise 1: Build Your CAR Stories—Challenge, Action, Result

What Is Your Career Currency?

Impact Exercise 2: Use CAR Stories as a Record of Career Currency

CAR Stories for Career Leadership and Success

Impact Chapter Summary

Chapter 5 Personal Brand: How Do Others See You?

What Is a Personal Brand?

Personal Branding Is about How Others Perceive You

Are You on the Career Ledge?

Five Steps toward Personal Branding

Personal Brand Exercise 1: Who Are You?

Personal Brand Exercise 2: What Do You Do?

Personal Brand Exercise 3: What Is Your Unique ...

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