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The Courageous Leader: How to Face Any Challenge and Lead Your Team to Success

The Courageous Leader: How to Face Any Challenge and Lead Your Team to Success

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  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
  • ISBN: 9781119331612
  • Published In: March 2017
  • Format: Hardback , 240 pages
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    Tap into everyday courage for extraordinary results

    The Courageous Leader presents a much-needed reminder for leaders everywhere: it takes courage. Courage is not just about heroic acts in grandiose situations—it's about everyday, solid-as-a-rock support and leadership that motivates, inspires, and delivers. It's about taking a risk on a great idea, and it's about seeing opportunities in the day-to-day. Courageous leaders aren't necessarily the bold "Navy SEALS" of the workplace; they're the everyday people who lead steadily through rough waters. They don't seek out discomfort, but accept it as part of the process when it occurs, and still deliver exceptional results. This book shows you how to tap into your courage reserves and build your steel. Real stories of everyday leaders show you how it's done, and provide a new lens for seeing real strength in adversity—and practicing it yourself.

    Tough situations do arise, but great leaders show courage every day. Keeping your strength in reserve for the big problems leaves you operating at less-than-full capacity the rest of the time—and your people deserve better. This book shows you how to exercise courage every day in small situations to build the unshakeable foundation of a great leader.

    • Move beyond your comfort zone
    • Develop your ability to focus through tough times
    • Tap into your natural courage and hone your leadership ability
    • Leverage your strength in situations large and small

    The more you exercise courage, the stronger it gets; this book shows you how to use it every day to more effectively navigate small challenges—when the big problems arise, you'll face them with The Courageous Leader.

  • Foreword xi

    Introduction xiii

    Courage Is the Way

    The Three Components of Courage: Diversity, Pain, and Choice

    The Intention of the Author and This Book

    1 The Business Case for Courage 1

    The Fear of Discomfort and Pain

    Pain Thresholds

    Common Reactions to Tough Times

    Uncommon Choices

    The Big Temptation

    Honoring the Courageous Leader in You

    Assessing the Risks

    2 The Courage to Get Unstuck 27

    When Life Kicks You out of the Workplace

    Stuck in a Paradigm

    Pain During the Transition

    Making Sense of Our Pain

    3 The Courage to Take a Stand 45

    So, What Exactly Are Values?

    Actual and Aspirational Values

    Why Values Matter in Leadership

    Clarity on Values

    Activating Our Values

    4 The Courage to Be Humble 63

    Arrogance in the Workplace

    Intentions, Behaviors, and Arrogance

    Arrogance Is the Birthplace of the Humbling Experience

    Why Humility Matters

    Minimize Self and Maximize Our Bigger Purpose

    5 The Courage to Be Confident 83

    Those People Complex

    Confidence Comes from Self-Trust

    Your Vote Counts, and You Get to Vote for You!

    Confidence in the Workplace

    Strategies and Tools for Building Confidence

    6 The Courage to Delegate 105

    Delegation Takes Too Much Time

    I Feel Guilty Giving My Team More Work

    I Love Doing It All—or at Least Being the Superstar

    I Am Afraid My People Won’t Do It as Well as I Would

    My Customer Wants Only Me

    I Don’t Have People to Delegate to

    7 The Courage to Give and Receive Feedback 123

    The Big Temptation and Courageous Feedback

    The Feedback Trifecta—Giving Feedback

    The Feedback Trifecta—Receiving Feedback

    8 The Courage to Be in the Middle (and Not Be in the Middle) 147

    Much Th at Seems Personal Is Not Personal at All

    Be a Bottom When You Should

    Middle Between Two Ends

    Middle Space and Courage

    9 Grow, Recover, Repeat 169

    Recovery in the Workplace

    Indications We Need Recovery

    10 Big Dreams, Big Moves 181

    Big Dreams

    Big Moves

    Expect Success

    Plan for the Worst

    Build Your Board of Directors

    Recalibrating

    Making Your Big Move

    Acknowledgments 197

    Epilogue 199

    About the Author 201

    Index 203

  • ANGELA SEBALY is cofounder and CEO of Personify Leadership. She has more than twenty years' experience in leadership development working with thousands of leaders around the world, assessing their unique talents and guiding them to the next level of performance. A natural leader, entrepreneur, sought-after coach, and trainer, she has held senior roles with leading organizations in the telecommunications, construction, hospitality, and oil and gas industries.

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