The Superior Edge of Authentic Leaders

Develop self-awareness by examining strengths, weaknesses, triggers, and defense mechanisms to manage your emotions, influence others, align values with behavior, and pursue improvements.

Explore your authentic self beyond roles, ground yourself in the here and now, and capture insights to lead more authentically across work, family, and life.

Explore the Johari window to boost self-awareness and align how you see yourself with how others perceive you, by seeking feedback, increasing open area, and reducing blind spots.

Identify and label your emotions with the feelings wheel to build emotional vocabulary, trace thought triggers, and respond meaningfully for better self-awareness and effectiveness.

Consolidate a week of learning into a self-awareness reflection answering three questions to capture insights, correct beliefs, and your most valuable takeaway for authentic leadership.

Align your morals with your purpose by cultivating a strong moral compass, core values, and character strengths to guide ethical leadership.

Rank your top ten life domains from 1 to 10 and explain why each matters. Examples include money and finance, career and work, health and fitness, and growth.

Explore the wheel of life by placing ten domains on the outer rim, rating satisfaction from center to rim, and forming an inner wheel to reveal the top five values.

Identify your top five core values that resonate with your current life domain using the wheel of life and workbook list, then define what they mean in that domain.

Identify your top five character strengths via the VIA character strengths survey, then apply them daily to align with the six virtues of wisdom, courage, humanity, justice, temperance, and transcendence.

Explore how to align your top five values and character strengths with daily behaviors, using practical, creative applications to live integrity, creativity, and love of learning each day.

Reflect on your top five values, life domains, and character strengths to implement insights into daily leadership and stress management. Prepare for balance processing next week.

practice balanced processing by examining diverse perspectives before decisions, integrate emotional intelligence with authentic leadership, encourage employee input, share reasoning, and use supportive evidence to foster trust and collaboration.

Identify and standardize your decision making process to assess objectivity and avoid emotional subjectivity. Compare your steps to the standard of best practice or adopt it as your new model.

Expand your perspective by viewing disagreements from multiple angles, practicing empathy, and recognizing others' interests to build trust, bonding, and authentic leadership through emotional intelligence.

Verify your perspectives by gathering feedback from two others over three days, describe a shared event, compare perceptions, reflect on differences, and adapt your approach for deeper learning.

Engage in week three reflection to solidify self-awareness and how you interact with others, using written reflections to turn mind chatter into actionable goals and practice relational transparency.

Lead with relational transparency; admit faults, share strengths and weaknesses, and model humility to deepen bonds and connect through authentic emotions.

Learn to express emotions by starting small, writing feelings and reasons, expanding your emotional vocabulary, and practicing transparent communication by writing and saying statements aloud.

practice day two activities with a trusted family member to articulate your feelings and why you felt them, building emotional expression and healthier relationships through continuous practice.

Practice with a trusted colleague to improve workplace communication using the 'I feel blank because of blank' reflection template, and track emotional progress to accelerate success.

Develop authentic leadership by practicing introspection and self-development to identify strengths, weaknesses, values, and morals, and communicate your true feelings to followers to build deeper connections.

Explore relational transparency as a path to authentic leadership, reflecting on this week's lessons, embracing the challenges, discovering your true self, and resisting manipulation by staying true to your values.

Master your authentic leadership journey and become a transformational leader while building a transformational culture, focusing on performance, employee wellbeing, and continuous improvement through original processes and practical workbooks.