Make It To the Top

1 Define Your Top

DOI: 10.4324/9781003439134-2

At every conference that I speak and in every boardroom where I do team coaching, I ask the participants to write their Professional Aspiration Statement (P.A.S.) in one clear sentence. This chapter is the book’s foundation as it emphasizes that you cannot reach the top if you have no idea what your deep professional aspiration looks like.

And so, before you dig further into this book, I would like you to take a moment and write your Professional Aspiration Statement (P.A.S.) in one clear sentence.

And let me warn you, almost ninety percent of the leaders do not know their P.A.S. They confuse their P.A.S. with their goals.

During my coaching sessions and workshops, when I ask people to think and ...