Unleashing Your Inner Leader: An Executive Coach Tells All

About the Book

Are you excited to see what comes next? Are you ready to take on the challenges that await you in the following pages to make some very big changes in your leadership life? A cautionary question: What is going to be the biggest barrier to you making some of the changes suggested in the book? The answer is simple; change is hard. You might hear my suggested actions and think to yourself, “Oh yeah, I know that I need to do this, but (you fill in the blank) gets in my way of fully committing to take action.” Remember that you did not get to this place of leadership by taking the easy road. These exercises will require the hardest thing for anyone to do, to change your behavior from the inside out.

Just as in my coaching practice, I am not going to let you off the hook so easily. I encourage you to act. Just as in a coaching engagement, doing the exercises in this book is critical. I have set them apart and made them easy to spot and understand. The exercises are designed to result in some learning and profound change for you.

While reading this book, I request that you take it a step further. For that special thing that you want to do this year, figure out what is holding you back and address it … head-on. Pull on your Inner Leader and understand your values, strengths, skills, and past accomplishments to build a platform for future success. Drag all those positive attributes that you have kicking and screaming to center stage; let the world see what you can really ...