Unleashing Your Inner Leader: An Executive Coach Tells All

PARTTHREE

Inspire Your Inner Leader

As you have traveled this leadership journey in this book, the hope is that you have gotten inspiration from the case studies and coaching stories associated with each chapter. These examples were meant to augment your understanding of the techniques and concepts being discussed.

Part Three presents another type of inspiration.

I sent a request to my community for their inspiration. The invitation was to share what moment in time, personal encounter, saying, or quotation gave them the inspiration that they needed then. I am honored and grateful that so many took the time to share their personal insights and tales.

The following pages tell their stories. There is a lot in each of these chapters. You might want to read them all at once, or you might want to take it in small bites, perhaps whenever you need a dose of inspiration from one of the chapters. Take your time, read them, think about the concepts, and then reread them. Once you have become familiar with what is in each chapter, you can also save it for those special moments when you need to hear of a success story, or potentially refer to these stories when you need to encourage a friend or colleague in one of these categories.

The fun thing about inspiration is that it can inspire many times over. I sincerely hope that these chapters give you the encouragement when you need it most and that you find some favorite stories that you turn to often.