SELF AWARENESS

• Insight: The Power of Self-Awareness in a Self-Deluded World
• The Self-Aware Leader: Discovering Your Blind Spots to Reach Your Ministry Potential
• Self-Aware: A Guide for Success in Work and Life

INTEGRITY

• Integrity: The Courage to Meet the Demands of Reality
• Dear Work: Something Has to Change
• Work: Its Purpose, Dignity, and Transformation

SELF REGULATION

• Emotional Agility: Get Unstuck, Embrace Change, and Thrive in Work and Life
• Stop Overreacting: Effective Strategies for Calming Your Emotions
• The Radical Emotional Regulation and Self-Love Workbook for Adults

TENACITY

• Truth, Trust + Tenacity: How Ordinary People Become Extraordinary Leaders
• Tenacity: A Vegas Businessman Survives Brooklyn, the Marines, Corruption and Cancer to Achieve the American Dream
• Thrive! The Creative’s Guidebook to Professional Tenacity

INGENUITY

• The Ingenuity Gap: Facing the Economic, Environmental, and Other Challenges of an Increasingly Complex and Unpredictable Future
• Ingenuity in Practice: A Guide for Clear Thinking

EMPATHY

• The Empathy Effect: Seven Neuroscience-Based Keys for Transforming the Way We Live, Love, Work, and Connect Across Differences
• The Empathetic Workplace: 5 Steps to a Compassionate, Calm, and Confident Response to Trauma On the Job
• Everybody Matters: The Extraordinary Power of Caring for Your People Like Family

TENACITY

• Carrots and Sticks Don't Work: Build a Culture of Employee Engagement with the Principles of RESPECT
• RESPECT IN THE WORKPLACE: You Have to Give it to Get it
• We Started with Respect

RESPECT

• The Truth About Employee Engagement: A Fable About Addressing the Three Root Causes of Job Misery
• The Power of Full Engagement: Managing Energy, Not Time, Is the Key to High Performance and Personal Renewal
• Elevating Engagement: Uncommon Strategies for Creating a Thriving Member Community

DELEGATION

• Deep and deliberate delegation:
• A new art for unleashing talent and winning back time
• The 4 Disciplines of Execution: Revised and Updated: Achieving Your Wildly Important Goals
• Let It Go!: How to (Finally) Master Delegation & Scale Freedom Across Your Organization

COMMUNICATION

• Crucial Conversations Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High, Second Edition
• Simply Said: Communicating Better at Work and Beyond
• Words That Work: It's Not What You Say, It's What People Hear

VISION

• The Vision Driven Leader: 10 Questions to Focus Your Efforts, Energize Your Team, and Scale Your Business
• The Work of Leaders: How Vision, Alignment, and Execution Will Change the Way You Lead

NETWORKING

• Networking For Dummies
• Relationships at Work: How to Authentically Network within Your Company

RESOURCEFULNESS

• The Slow Professor: Challenging the Culture of Speed in the Academy
• The Microstress Effect: How Little Things Pile Up and Create Big Problems--and What to Do about It
• Figure It Out: How to Harness the Power of Resourcefulness and Achieve Success!

COLLABORATION

• 10 Laws of Trust, Expanded Edition: Building the Bonds that Make a Business Great
• Revolutionize Teamwork: How to Create and Lead Accountable Teams (Ignite Reads)

OWNERSHIP

• Ownership: Reinventing Companies, Capitalism, and Who Owns What
• Networking For Dummies
• Relationships at Work: How to Authentically Network within Your Company

ARTICLES SELF AWARENESS

• Working with People Who Aren’t Self-Aware
• What Self-Awareness Really Is (and How to Cultivate It)
• Advance your self-awareness

INTEGRITY

• How to Build a Company That (Actually) Values Integrity
• The Thing About Integrity

SELF REGULATION

• Social Media Companies Should Self-Regulate. Now.
• What is Self-Regulation? (+95 Skills and Strategies)

TENACITY

• The Two Traits Every Entrepreneur Needs
• What Makes an Entrepreneur? (1/11) — Tenacity

EMPATHY

• Building Empathetic Leadership
• Want to feel more connected? Practice empathy
• Empathetic Leadership: How to Go Beyond Lip Service

RESPECT

• 7 Ways to Make Employees Feel Respected, According to Research
• Do Your Employees Feel Respected?
• Begin with Trust

ENGAGEMENT

• How Companies Can Improve Employee Engagement Right Now
• Four Ways to Increase Your Personal Engagement
• It’s Not Just Your Company – Your Personal Engagement at Work Matters

TENACITY

• To Be a Great Leader, You Have to Learn How to Delegate Well
• HOW TO DELEGATE EFFECTIVELY: 9 TIPS FOR MANAGERS
• 3 Elements of Delegation All Managers Should Know

COMMUNICATION

• How Great Leaders Communicate
• 8 Ways You Can Improve Your Communication Skills
• Is Your Workplace Communication Style As Effective As It Could Be?

INGENUITY

• Ingenuity: How to Use it Effectively

NETWORKING

• Learn to Love Networking
• A Beginner’s Guide to Networking
• What is networking and why is it so important?

RESOURCEFULNESS

• The Importance of Resourcefulness
• What is Resourcefulness? Meaning, Examples & Importance
• Resourcefulness: A Core Competency for Challenging Times

COLLABORATION

• Become a Better Collaborator
• When Leaders Struggle with Collaboration
• Collaboration, the Harvard Business Review, and a personal example

OWNERSHIP

• 14 Ways That Employees Can Take Ownership at Work
• 7 ways to encourage employees to take ownership of their work
• 5+ ways to establish taking ownership as a core value at work

SELF AWARENESS

• What is Self Awareness and Why is it Important at Work
• Career Growth Made Easy: Mastering Self-Awareness in the Workplace
• Signs You Are Not Self Aware

INTEGRITY

• 5 Ways To Demonstrate Your Workplace Integrity
• How To Build Integrity In The Workplace
• Want More Integrity At Your Workplace? Become an Advocate | Rich Sheridan l Freedom at Work Talks

SELF REGULATION

• Self Regulation: What is it and How to Build It?
• Ready to explode at work? Watch this first. Seriously.
• Self Regulation and Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace

TENACITY

• TENACITY - What is it? Do you have it? Can you get it?
• Entrepreneurs Must Develop TENACITY! Here's How To Do It

INGENUITY

• Tips For Employers To Enhance Ingenuity At Workplace | CIO VIEWS.

EMPATHY

• How To Be Empathetic in the Workplace in 7 Steps | Indeed.com
• The Importance of Empathy in the Workplace

RESPECT

• How to Earn Respect at Workplace (Respect Must Be Earned)
• How to Make Employees Feel Respected
• How to Gain Respect at Work | Indeed.com

ENGAGEMENT

• Mika's Management Minute: How to Stay Engaged at Work
• What it Means to be Engaged at Work
• Does anyone else struggle to stay engaged at work? How do you overcome it? : r/cscareerquestions

DELEGATION

• How to Delegate Tasks Effectively (and Why It’s Important)
• How to Delegate Tasks Effectively

COMMUNICATION

• How to Improve Communication Skills at Work [FOR WORKPLACE SUCCESS]
• How To Communicate Effectively At Work

VISION

• 5 Ways To Vastly Improve Your Strategic Visioning and Leadership
• How to ensure that all team members will follow your vision - Quora

NETWORKING

• How to Network Like a Pro [Easy Networking Tips]
• Best Networking Tips: How to Make a Connection | Indeed

RESOURCEFULNESS

• How to Be Resourceful Using a Can-Do Attitude at Work - Mark Graham
• C&T Scene: Resourcefulness in the Workplace, April 2021 | It's Your Yale

DELEGATION

• 12 Crucial Strategies for Promoting Team Collaboration — Plus, The Biggest Collaboration Roadblocks, According to ClickUp’s CEO
• How do we create a collaborative workplace? - Quora

OWNERSHIP

• The Explainer: How to Collaborate Effectively If Your Team Is Remote
• What is taking ownership at work?

References by lesson

MODULE 1

Lesson 1: The importance of balance

• Beyond Business Instinct, Prats & Aguiles (2012), Article
• Action-Centered Leadership, an overview of Adair (1973), Article
• Leadership Styles When East Meets West, Bridge Partnership (2014), Blog Post

Lesson 2: How to engage and motivate others

• The Head, Heart and Hands of Transformation, Boston Consulting Group (2018), Article

Lesson 3: Aligned and consistent leadership is key

• Say-Do-Reinforce Leadership Scorecard

MODULE 2

Lesson 2: How I Assess my Leadership

• Lars Sudmann, Great Leadership Starts with Self Leadership (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlpKyLklDDY_)
• MasterClass Live with Sara Blakely (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ml35J1s0gCI)
• Salmony “Individual entrepreneurial orientation: Considering a transition from corporate leadership to entrepreneurship”
• Entrepreneurship as a State of Mind, Ankur Warikoo
• Mentoring 101 - How to establish a Mentoring Relationship

Lesson 3: My Unique, Special & Different

• My Ikigai (Exercise)

MODULE 3

Lesson 1: How I Assess my Leadership

• From Values to Action: The Four Principles of Values-Based Leadership (Jansen Kramer, Jr, 2011)
• The Value of Core Values (Lisa Huetteman, 2012)
• Master Class: Leadership Values

Lesson 2: Exploring my Environment & Circumstances

• Everyone Wants to Work Here: Attract the Best Talent, Energize Your Team, and Be the Leader in Your Market (Maura Thomas, 2023)
• “What’s the optimal environment for your workplace?” (HBR, 2022)
• Entrepreneur Magazine’s Top Articles on Work Environment

Lesson 3: The importance of ownership and conviction

• Entrepreneurial Leadership: The Art of Launching New Ventures, Inspiring Others, and Running Stuff (Peterson, 2020)
• 3 Steps to Build the Conviction Every Leader Needs (Han, 2023)

MODULE 4

Lesson 1: Open Minded Leadership

• How to Overcome Self-Limiting Beliefs (HBR, 2023)
• Illuminating the foundational role that mindsets should play in leadership development (Gottfredson & Reina)
• How to choose your mindset: One essential practice all leaders need to know (Blog post, Bridge Partnership 2020)

Lesson 2: How to Recover and Re-Engage

• Calming your Brain during Conflict (HBR, 2015)
• How to stop your amygdala from hijacking your emotions (Neuropsych, 2023)
• 6 Steps to Emotional Self-Regulation (Zahrai, 2020)

MODULE 5

Lesson 1: The relationship of Vision, Brand & Culture

• “Are your company’s brand and culture aligned?” (Thornton, 2019)
• Fusion: How Integrating Brand and Culture Powers the World’s Greatest Brands (Yohn, 2018)

Lesson 2: Leadership’s role in shaping Culture

• Warrick (2017) What Leaders need to know about Organizational Culture
• Rhoades (2017) Creating Organizational Cultures based on Values and Performance (2017)

MODULE 6

Lesson 1: Management vs Leadership: What’s the Difference?

• Leadership Skills for Successful Managers: Proven Strategies for Motivating Teams and Achieving your Goals (Lagrone, 2023)
• Leadership vs. Management; What’s the Difference? (HBR, 2019)

Lesson 2: High Performing Teams

• The Wisdom of Teams: Creating the High-Performing Organization (Katzenbach & Smith, 2015)
• High performing teams: An evidence review (CIPD, 2023)

Lesson 3: The Basics of Team Development

• The Four Stages of Team Development (Silsbee, 2023)
• See & Free Team Experience Survey (2024)

MODULE 7

Lesson 1. Diversity as a Differentiator

• 8 Strategies for Embracing Diversity in the Workplace (DDI, 2023)
• Affirmators at Work (Barrett and Sloman)

Lesson 2. Diversity & Us

• Why Diverse Teams are Smarter (Rock and Grant, HBR 2016)
• Beyond Bias: Move from Awareness to Action (Center for Creative Leadership)

Lesson 3. Diversity & It

• The Inclusive Language Handbook (The Diversity Movement)
• Starbucks' CEO Howard Schultz On Gay Rights And Companies' Social Responsibilities https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAb7rZ1y60Q

MODULE 8

Lesson 1. How to get aligned…fast

• The Communication Catalyst (Connolly & Rioanashek, 2002)
• Conversant Prep Chart (Conversant)

Lesson 2. Listening with Intent

• Coaching Others Uses Active Listening Skills (Center for Creative Leadership)
• The Art of Active Listening (Harvard Business Review)
• 4 Things all Great Listeners Know (TED-Ed)

Lesson 3. How to Give and Receive Feedback

• How to give the most effective feedback (Center for Creative Leadership, 2024)
• The Leader’s Guide to Mastering Feedback ( Hibdon, 2023)

MODULE 9

Lesson 1. How I navigate and adapt to change

• How to get better at dealing with change (Tasler, HBR, 2016)
• How changing your mindset can help you embrace change (Shahi, TEDX, 2019)

Lesson 2. Leading Organizational Change

• See & Free Organizational Transformation Guide
• See & Free Change Sponsor Checklist

MODULE 10

Lesson 1. Strategy-at-a-Glance

• Good Strategy, Bad Strategy (Rumelt, 2011)
• Articulate your Thoughts Clearly: 3 Precise Steps! (Ronin, 2022)
• Quick Study: A Plan is not a Strategy (HBR, 2022)

Lesson 2. Prioritization and Goal-Setting

• How to Set Goals with Kaizen & Ikigai: A Japanese Strategy Setting Guide (Raymond, 2019)
• Do What Matters Most: Lead with a Vision, Manage with a Plan, Prioritize your Time (Shallenberger, 2021)
• Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less (McKeown, 2014)

MODULE 11

Lesson 1. Planning to Pivot

• Bringing True Strategic Foresight back to Business (Webb, 2024)
• Startup Experts Reveal Their Favorite Pivot Stories (Y Combinator, 2023)

Lesson 2. Continuous Improvement and Problem Solving

• The 5 Why’s Explained (Lean Enterprise Institute, 2018)
• Continuous Improvement: How it Works and How to Master It (Clear, 2018)
• Real leaders are forged in Crisis (Koehn, 2020)