A Personal Guide to Finding Your Authentic Leadership
NICK 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.
Preface 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