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Telling Fairy Tales in the Boardroom

Author : Manfred F.R. Kets de Vries
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137562749
Total Pages : 139 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (375 download)

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Download or read book Telling Fairy Tales in the Boardroom written by Manfred F.R. Kets de Vries and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-30 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We know where we are with a fairy story. There is a cast of predictable characters, the hero or heroine is submitted to terrible trials, cruelty, and injustice but in the end the baddies get their comeuppance, good triumphs, and everyone lives happily ever after. In this book Manfred Kets de Vries, one of the world's leading authorities on the psychology of leadership, and a pioneering practitioner in the field of psychodynamic executive coaching, draws on the format of traditional fairy tales and tells us five stories that dramatize five key themes of dysfunctional leadership. The accompanying commentaries analyze each tale and examine the ways in which it applies to leadership behavior and organizational practices. This diagnostic element is supported by self-assessment tests that reinforce the main lessons of each tale and guide the reader's interpretation of the results. With Kets de Vries's guidance you'll be able to help your clients create best places to work, where everyone is the best they can be, and lives 'happily ever after'.

You Will Meet a Tall, Dark Stranger

Author : Manfred F.R. Kets de Vries
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137562684
Total Pages : 103 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (375 download)

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Download or read book You Will Meet a Tall, Dark Stranger written by Manfred F.R. Kets de Vries and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-11-03 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kets de Vries profiles a range of toxic executives the narcissist, psychopath, cold fish, obsessive-compulsive, and many more, offering coaches examples of interventions that have worked and those that haven't, to help coaches deal with difficult people and become more effective.

Insight

Author : Tasha Eurich
Publisher : Currency
ISBN 13 : 0451496817
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (514 download)

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Download or read book Insight written by Tasha Eurich and published by Currency. This book was released on 2017-05-02 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn how to develop self-awareness and use it to become more fulfilled, confident, and successful. Most people feel like they know themselves pretty well. But what if you could know yourself just a little bit better—and with this small improvement, get a big payoff…not just in your career, but in your life? Research shows that self-awareness—knowing who we are and how others see us—is the foundation for high performance, smart choices, and lasting relationships. There’s just one problem: most people don’t see themselves quite as clearly as they could. Fortunately, reveals organizational psychologist Tasha Eurich, self-awareness is a surprisingly developable skill. Integrating hundreds of studies with her own research and work in the Fortune 500 world, she shows us what it really takes to better understand ourselves on the inside—and how to get others to tell us the honest truth about how we come across. Through stories of people who have made dramatic gains in self-awareness, she offers surprising secrets, techniques and strategies to help you do the same—and how to use this insight to be more fulfilled, confident, and successful in life and in work. In Insight, you'll learn: • The 7 types of self-knowledge that self-aware people possess. • The 2 biggest invisible roadblocks to self-awareness. • Why approaches like therapy and journaling don't always lead to true insight • How to stop your confidence-killing habits and learn to love who you are. • How to benefit from mindfulness without uttering a single mantra. • Why other people don’t tell you the truth about yourself—and how to find out what they really think. • How to deepen your insight into your passions, gifts, and the blind spots that could be holding you back. • How to hear critical feedback without losing your mojo. • Why the people with the most power can often be the least-self-aware, and how smart leaders avoid this trap. • The 3 building blocks for self-aware teams. • How to deal with delusional bosses, clients, and coworkers.

The Daily Perils of Executive Life

Author : Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030917606
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book The Daily Perils of Executive Life written by Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-03-09 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During a period of enforced solitude during the Covid-19 pandemic, Manfred Kets de Vries became introspective, reflective, and considered how executives could emerge from unprecedented global events. The result is a collection of 23 thought-provoking and focused chapters to help executives take stock and re-evaluate their path during a time of uncertainty. Beginning with essays on ‘Managing Self,’ Kets de Vries starts with people’s search for meaning and how we can deal with this important question. Given our need for meaning, the question of human energy is discussed. What gives executives energy? What makes them feel alive? How best to use this energy? Several essays in this section deal with the effects of the pandemic on people’s perception and management of time. The second section focuses on leadership and highlights several executive types you’ve probably encountered at work and struggle to deal with; complainers, belligerent people, and borderlines, will be part of this parade. Also touching upon mental health issues and how organizations should deal with this, this section gives a deep insight into the leadership issues that we now face in what might be termed ‘the new normal.’ Finally, Kets de Vries places societal issues under the microscope. Tackling a multitude of interrelated topics, he explores the challenges of bringing in democratic processes into organizational settings, as well as the perils of loneliness and the issues faced by women in organization – and how society can better deal with it. Littered with Manfred Kets de Vries’ trademark wit and psychological insight into the pressing issues of today, these essays can be read independently or as part of a guided tour around the daily perils of executive life.

Advances in Global Leadership

Author : Joyce S. Osland
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1838670742
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (386 download)

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Download or read book Advances in Global Leadership written by Joyce S. Osland and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2019-11-18 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Advances in Global Leadership, Volume 12 updates researchers and practitioners on the state of the field and ongoing research gaps. Part I presents new empirical studies; Part II features pioneering scholars and trainers in the Practitioner's Corner. Contributors range from well-known voices to newly minted scholars with fresh perspectives.

The Path to Authentic Leadership

Author : Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031046994
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (31 download)

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Book Synopsis The Path to Authentic Leadership by : Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries

Download or read book The Path to Authentic Leadership written by Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-10-10 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The unprecedented challenges of today—a world-wide pandemic, climate disruption on a global scale, and an economic instability that knows no boundaries—require a leadership grounded in a profound and unflinching awareness of our interconnectedness and the existential stakes before us. The Path to Authentic Leadership frames the dilemmas of leadership within the insights provided by the Ouroboros, the mythic snake willing to destroy parts of itself so that it can be renewed. Like the Ouroboros, today’s leaders must be prepared to enter into a dynamic, uncertain, and ever-changing environment with the capacity to reflect, adapt, let go of what is no longer working, and create solutions that are not only renewing, but sustainable. Drawing from his decades of training in psychoanalysis and the systems-psychodynamic method, Kets de Vries discusses the effects of the pandemic in the context of the seven deadly sins, the impact of shame, evil, the lure of charisma and even the perils of procrastination. Also, he explores the inner theatre of white-collar criminals and the super-rich. He comments on the role of magic in management and the paradoxical role of koans, serving as catalysts for change. From there, he goes on to outline a path toward organizational transformation, turning again to the self-renewing process presented by the Ouroboros. This dynamic is applied to his 7C sequence for organizational transformation—Context, Confrontation, Clarification, Crystallization, Cascading, Consolidation, and Continuity. Its enactment is brought to life through the story of a troubled CEO and the careful, step-by-step advice offered by an experienced executive consultant. Throughout, Kets de Vries reminds us that the path to authentic leadership will be meaningless unless it is guided by a deeply held commitment to serve as a force for good.

Riding the Leadership Rollercoaster

Author : Manfred F.R. Kets de Vries
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319451626
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (194 download)

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Book Synopsis Riding the Leadership Rollercoaster by : Manfred F.R. Kets de Vries

Download or read book Riding the Leadership Rollercoaster written by Manfred F.R. Kets de Vries and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-12-09 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of short, bite-sized nuggets of insight into the psychological ups and downs of the leadership journey from one of the world’s top thinkers on leadership. Leadership often means living on the edge, living a life less ordinary, leaving the straight and narrow to take a more exciting path. Like riding a roller coaster, there will be moments that take our breath away but it is in those moments that we feel truly alive. Although we may not know what is coming round the next bend or after the next rise, we have a great time on the ride. Kets de Vries’s examination of the “inner theatre” pushes leaders and their coaches to become a personal and organizational detectives, to look beyond the obvious and discover the deeper meaning of their own and others’ actions. Doing so can prevent leaders becoming prisoners of their own past, failing to recognize the repetitive patterns in their behavior, making the same mistakes over and over again. Leaders are more likely than followers to experience ups and downs, successes and failures, happy days and sad. The intensity of the experience depends on the “rider.” They can scream or enjoy the ride—or, indeed, do both. They can make the best out of the beginnings and endings, the good times and bad, or they can sink beneath them. In Riding the Leadership Rollercoaster Kets de Vries provides leaders and their coaches with the insights that can help them take some control of the ride.

The Darker Side of Leadership

Author : Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1040021123
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)

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Book Synopsis The Darker Side of Leadership by : Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries

Download or read book The Darker Side of Leadership written by Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-05-29 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Manfred Kets de Vries is one of the most authoritative voices on organizational dynamics, leadership, executive coaching, and psychotherapy today. In all his roles, he has noticed that questions are now, increasingly, coming back to one thing – the wider state of the world. Using an engaging and highly readable style throughout the book, Manfred helps us to make sense of the confusing and, some might say, psychotic times in which we now live. Revealing the darker side of leadership, Manfred explores the tendency for people to adopt ‘sheeple’ or herd-like behavior, the populist threat that we are facing, the dangers that come with feelings of perceived injustice, the rise of dictatorships, and the impact of Leviathan (neo-authoritarian) leadership behavior. Guided by theoretical concepts, the book provides readers with a better understanding of the underlying forces that drive these phenomena to the surface. What are the psychological dynamics at play? Why do groups of people behave in this manner? Beyond merely diagnosing what’s happening, Manfred introduces various coping strategies to counteract the emergence of these regressive forces. The book offers a unique and original approach to answering the micro- and macro-psychological questions of how to mitigate against populism and autocratic leadership, and will be of interest to the general reader as well as the key audiences of organizational leaders, psychoanalysts, coaches, psychotherapists, sociologists and social psychologists.

Down the Rabbit Hole of Leadership

Author : Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319924621
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (199 download)

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Download or read book Down the Rabbit Hole of Leadership written by Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-10-10 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the previous book in this series, Manfred Kets de Vries observed the experiences of leaders on a rollercoaster ride through their professional and personal lives. Now, he follows them down the rabbit hole into the unknown, where, like Lewis Carroll’s Alice, they find a dystopian Wonderland in which everyone seems to have gone mad and life functions according to its own crazy logic, throwing up all kinds of obstacles in the search for truth. Understanding what is happening around us has become more difficult than ever in the Age of Trump. Don’t imperatives like “build that wall” sound very much like “Off with his head”? Unfortunately, and unlike Alice, we are not going to wake up from a bad dream and discover that everything is “nothing but a pack of cards”. The first part of this book looks at the psychodynamics of leadership in both a business and a political context. The second focuses on the psychopathology of everyday life in organizations and the seemingly endless ways people can make a mess of things – including mega pay packages, acting out, digital addiction and other dysfunctional behaviour patterns. Each chapter ends with a brief anecdote to illustrate the dilemma it presents. In short, sharp nuggets, Kets de Vries helps make sense of how the madness of the present has affected leadership in organizations and the workplace.

Leadership Unhinged

Author : Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030793451
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book Leadership Unhinged written by Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-09-01 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The recent proliferation of populist movements worldwide — along with the often dangerous, demagogic leaders that accompany them — have prompted questions about the underlying conditions that give rise to such troubling developments. Leadership Unhinged: Essays on the Ugly, the Bad and the Weird examines what is going on at a deeper level, both collectively and individually, between leaders and followers. Employing theories derived from psychoanalytic psychology, developmental psychology, neuroscience and evolutionary psychology, these essays help to unravel and expose the pathological leader-follower dynamics that generate such movements. The book is infused with Kets de Vries’s now famous and inimitable style of analysis, which draws from myths, creates fairy tales, and uses irony and metaphor to bring his conclusions into greater relief and trigger new insights. As Kets de Vries explains, effective leaders have the capacity to bring people together and even make them better, stronger. Doing so suggests that those leaders are value driven, able to set a moral tone. Yet, when such a tone is absent or, at worst, twisted toward the destructive, leadership quickly becomes dangerous. History has shown the devastation left in the wake of unhinged leaders who have gone unchecked. To become fully conscious of the conditions that allow for the emergence of such leaders has become a moral requirement of our time. In ways both moving and entertaining, Kets de Vries’s new contribution puts us in a better position to fulfil that requirement.

A Life Well Lived

Author : Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1003802354
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book A Life Well Lived written by Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-12-13 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Manfred Kets de Vries wears many “hats”—psychoanalyst, executive coach, consultant, management educator, researcher, writer—but he has noticed that whichever hat he is wearing, every question he is asked boils down to one thing: “How can I live a well-lived life?” Over many years of practice in all these disciplines, Professor Kets de Vries has realized the unsurpassed value of stories in tackling human dilemmas and providing answers to this question. The book is, therefore, one of the most important books he has written for coaches, students, leaders, managers, educators—or anyone seeking a more reflective text to guide them through the multitude of questions that we face in work and in life. He draws on a long literary tradition of the unexpected encounter with a wise “other,” fantastic or magical—think The Little Prince, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, The Once and Future King, the Harry Potter novels—to animate an exploration of the deepest questions and concerns of human beings. He constructs an extended Socratic dialogue between his two “selves”; the first a naïve traveler, lost in the Siberian wilderness, and the second a reflective avatar who comes to his aid. The avatar takes the form of a “kabouter,” a familiar figure in Dutch folklore whose counterpart can be found in different cultures around the world and throughout centuries of storytelling. Through stories, riddles, and puzzles, the kabouter challenges the traveler to question and reflect upon his life and values, guiding him—and readers—toward the insights that will help them achieve a life well lived.

Fairy Tale: A Very Short Introduction

Author : Marina Warner
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0191060194
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Fairy Tale: A Very Short Introduction written by Marina Warner and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-02-13 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From wicked queens, beautiful princesses, elves, monsters, and goblins, to giants, glass slippers, poisoned apples, magic keys, and mirrors, the characters and images of fairy tales have cast a spell over readers and audiences, both adults and children, for centuries. These fantastic stories have travelled across cultural borders, and been passed on from generation to generation, ever-changing, renewed with each re-telling. Few forms of literature have greater power to enchant us and rekindle our imagination than a fairy tale. But what is a fairy tale? Where do they come from and what do they mean? What do they try and communicate to us about morality, sexuality, and society? The range of fairy tales stretches across great distances and time; their history is entangled with folklore and myth, and their inspiration draws on ideas about nature and the supernatural, imagination and fantasy, psychoanalysis, and feminism. In this Very Short Introduction, Marina Warner digs into a rich hoard of fairy tales in all their brilliant and fantastical variations, in order to define a genre and evaluate a literary form that keeps shifting through time and history. Drawing on a glittering array of examples, from classics such as Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, and The Sleeping Beauty, the Grimm Brothers' Hansel and Gretel, and Hans Andersen's The Little Mermaid, to modern-day realizations including Walt Disney's Snow White, Warner forms a persuasive case for fairy tale as a crucial repository of human understanding and culture. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

Folk and Fairy Tales - Fifth Edition

Author : Martin Hallett
Publisher : Broadview Press
ISBN 13 : 1460407075
Total Pages : 538 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (64 download)

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Download or read book Folk and Fairy Tales - Fifth Edition written by Martin Hallett and published by Broadview Press. This book was released on 2018-07-04 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This bestselling anthology of folk and fairy tales brings together 54 stories, 9 critical articles, and 24 color illustrations from a range of historical and geographic traditions. Sections group tales together by theme or juxtapose variations of individual tales, inviting comparison and analysis across cultures and genres. Accessible critical selections provide a foundation for readers to analyze, debate, and interpret the tales for themselves. An expanded introduction by the editors looks at the history of folk and fairy tales and distinguishes between the genres, while revised introductions to individual sections provide more detailed history of particular tellers and tales, paying increased attention to the background and cultural origin of each tale. This new edition includes a larger selection of critical articles (including pieces by J.R.R. Tolkien and Marina Warner), more modern and cross-cultural variations on classic tales (including stories by Neil Gaiman and Emma Donoghue), and an expanded selection of color illustrations.

Folk and Fairy Tales – Second Concise Edition

Author : Martin Hallett
Publisher : Broadview Press
ISBN 13 : 1770488375
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book Folk and Fairy Tales – Second Concise Edition written by Martin Hallett and published by Broadview Press. This book was released on 2021-12-15 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Folk and Fairy Tales: Concise Edition is designed to provide a more compact and versatile collection for teaching children’s literature. The second edition features an expanded section of color illustrations, more criticism, and a new section on “Brain over Brawn.”

Storytelling for Leaders

Author : Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1040131514
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book Storytelling for Leaders written by Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-09-10 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stories matter. Written by renowned psychoanalyst, leadership scholar, and executive coach, Manfred Kets de Vries, this book uncovers, explains, and captures the power and art of storytelling at work and in life, and how it can be applied in organizations to powerful effect. Our talent in telling stories makes us more effective. When we talk about events, characters, actions, themes, feelings, and ideas, storytelling is a way to communicate our message. The stories we tell inform, influence, entertain, and shape our lives and those of other people. Using an engaging and storytelling style throughout, the book explores the important role of storytelling, with a particular focus on how it is one of the most important ways to develop leadership skills. Not only does this book present a clear method for improving our storytelling skills, it also explores themes such as the tendency of some people not to live up to their full potential, why people assume an attitude of helplessness, the effects of adversity on human development, why people behave stupidly, the psychological dynamics which affect influencers, the role of sexuality in career management, and what needs to be done to have a fulfilling life. The book is perfect for organizational leaders looking to develop their understanding and skills in the art of storytelling, thereby increasing their effectiveness in positive and powerful ways.

Story Listening and Experience in Early Childhood

Author : Donna Schatt
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030653587
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book Story Listening and Experience in Early Childhood written by Donna Schatt and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-03-22 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book shows connections between oral story listening and unique, enduring educational effects in and outside of the classroom. Using scientific studies and interviews, as well as personal observations from more than thirty years in schools and libraries, the authors examine learning outcomes from frequent story listening. Throughout the book, Schatt and Ryan illustrate that experiencing stories told entirely from memory transforms individuals and builds community, affecting areas such as reading comprehension, visualization, focus, flow states, empathy, attachment, and theory of mind.

What the Owls Told Alex

Author : Suketu Kohli
Publisher : Archway Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1665717157
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (657 download)

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Download or read book What the Owls Told Alex written by Suketu Kohli and published by Archway Publishing. This book was released on 2022-03-10 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leadership is the differentiator between success and failure. Based on years of research on What makes a Great Leader, What the Owls told Alex guides readers on how to be a leader in their sphere of life. The book presents a simple yet comprehensive framework on the traits required for leaders. The book follows Alex on the journey of finding his life’s purpose and becoming a leader of his school football team. During Alex’s journey, he is privy to a host of super story tellers who narrate short stories from history, mythology, and folklore to explain the nuances of leadership. By joining Alex on his quest, you’ll learn how to: • leverage lessons from empires of old to become a better leader; • lean on values when making important decisions; • identify what you love to do and want to get better at; • determine the steps you must take to achieve your vision. Each episode of the book ends with reflection questions that will enable you to chart your personal leadership journey and shine as a leader.