Contents
Part One:
How Are You Showing Up as a Leader?
1 • Where Have You Been?
Document Your Leadership Journey
2 • Build a Spider Web
Evaluate Your Working Relationships
3 • Spin Around in a Circle
Make 360° Feedback Work for You
4 • Your Own Private Detective
Ask a Peer to Track Your Development
5 • When the Student Is Ready
Find a Mentor
6 • Just Like the CEO
Create a Personal Board of Directors
7 • Get in the Weight Room
Identify and Leverage Your Strengths
8 • Go Back in Time
Ask Past Colleagues about Your Leadership
9 • Is There Another Way?
Confront Your Hardest-Held Positions
10 • How Am I Driving?
Develop a Vision, Mission, and Strategy
Part Two:
Add Something New to Your Game
11 • Break Out the Dictionary
Craft Your Own Definition of Leadership
12 • Put It in Writing
Prepare a Leadership Development Plan
13 • One Year at a Time
Develop One Leadership Skill a Year
14 • What Is It That Only You Can Do?
Learn to Delegate
15 • The Whistle and the Clipboard
Practice Your Coaching Skills
16 • Hit the Books
Read Three Business Titles a Year
17 • The Best Thinking Tools Ever Invented
Keep a Journal
18 • I Have a Theory
Study Great Leadership Thinking
19 • Once Upon a Time
Become a Great Storyteller
20 • This Is Me
Share Your Leadership Foundations
Part Three:
Get Curious about the World Around You
21 • Take a Trip Around the World
Learn about Other Cultures
22 • So This Is What We Do
Learn the Business
23 • Keep Tabs on Your Friends
Document Your Network
24 • That Thing Called the Internet
Leverage Technology
25 • Who Are These People?
Get to Know Your Team Members
26 • Ask the Experts
Tap Vendors and Consultants for New Ideas
27 • Scout the Enemy
Know Your Competitors
28 • Go Back to School
Attend a Conference or Seminar
29 • Road Trip!
Visit Innovative Companies
30 • Bring It Home
Learn Something New–Outside of Work
Part Four:
Step Out of Your Comfort Zone
31 • Get Outside the Circle
Practice New Leadership Behaviors
32 • You’re Right and I’m Wrong
Admit Mistakes and Limitations
33 • Become a Member
Join a Professional Network
34 • Share Your Story
Organize an Internal Speaker’s Bureau
35 • Tell the Boss You’re Bored
Take Charge of Your Own Career
36 • Love the Numbers
Learn to Read Financial Statements
37 • Build the Business Case
Give Great Presentations
38 • A Healthy You
Bring Energy to Your Work
39 • Write Your Own Screenplay
Imagine Yourself in Future Roles
40 • Question Everything
Review Your Strategy Twice a Year
41 • It’s All about Them
Showcase Your People
42 • Give Something Back
Help a Nonprofit Organization
43 • What the Boss Needs to Hear
Provide Feedback Up the Ladder
44 • Extend Your Reach
Spend Time with Your Broader Team
45 • Your Most Precious Resource
Set Priorities for Your Time
46 • Step Up to the Podium
Teach a Course Inside Your Company
47 • Talk to Yourself
Ask Three Questions Every Day
48 • Join the Volunteer Army
Donate Your Leadership Skills
49 • The Best Advice Ever
Become a Better Listener