Category: Fundamentals for Greatness

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Knowing Yourself First, Part II

Last week in Part I, I discussed a simple exercise to help you name your values. Expressing those core values at work is the crucial step toward leadership credibility. While having completed this exercise myself in different ways through the years, this time when writing about “I believe” and “My ideal life looks like” I made ...

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Knowing Yourself First, Part I

There is no magical formula to leadership, but one thing that many leadership “models” or courses will encourage is to know yourself first. One of my favorite leadership books is “The Leadership Challenge” by James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner. This popular executive leadership process is based on 30 years of research and millions of users ...