CHAPTER 21
Engineer Legacy
The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.
—WILLIAM JAMES,psychologist and philosopher
REVERSE ENGINEERING
How do you need to develop so you maximize your leadership impact in times of crisis and beyond? To get a sense of developmental priorities, it helps to imagine you are at the end of your career. It can be a bit odd to think about your professional life coming to an end, but that approach allows you to reverse engineer the steps needed to achieve your desired impact. So imagine, you are looking back on your time as a leader, what legacy do you hope to leave? What do you want people to say about your contribution?
Before you answer those questions, let’s look at how a broad cross ...
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