FOREWORD

Leadership starts with you. To be truly effective, you need to know who you are and who you wish to be as a leader. You have to have a clear sense of what moves you to lead. You need a strong inner compass to ensure that you are consistently making the right choices. Without this inner clarity, you’ll be pulled in directions that are unlikely to harness your potential or the potential of those who follow you. Metaphorically, it’s like navigating a new city without the map app on your phone. You’ll experience one misstep after another. You will not arrive at the aspirational end point each of us wishes to achieve over our lifetime.

So the journey to leading begins with you—discovering and making the most of personal passions, preempting ...

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