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Be Who You Want to Be

Physical qualities such as strength and agility are highly trainable; mental qualities such as joy and calmness are also highly trainable.

—Chade-Meng Tan

You’ve learned how to generate options for the first dimension of leadership when the stakes are high. Now we explore doing it for the second dimension—being the person you want and need to be. While these goals are less tangible, we’ll guide you in to how to develop options to grow yourself. We think of this as your internal development plan.

Gwen was truly shaken. Her 360-degree report was eviscerating. She read some bits aloud to Carol: “Arrogant and contemptuous? ...

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