44.0 Why It Works: Book review - First Lead Yourself
Do you know why leading yourself is more effective than a class in leadership theory? Are you comfortable being out of your comfort zone long enough to grow? Do you know what it means to become better at decision-making integration?
In today's episode of “Why It Works Book review" we speak with leadership expert Stacey Ashley about her book First Lead Yourself, where she shares insights, stories, and practical techniques you can use to unlock your full leadership potential.
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MEET THE AUTHOR
Stacey Ashley
Stacey Ashley is a High Performance Leadership expert. With over 30 years’ experience, Stacey has helped 1000’s to develop their leadership competence, confidence and credibility. The author of two books on leadership, including Amazon bestseller, The New Leader, Stacey has four international Stevie awards, including Coach of the Year 2019, has been nominated for the Telstra Business Women’s Awards 5 times and in 2018, she was named in the Global LinkedIn Top Voices.
Stacey is obsessed with leaders leading in possibility.
Contact Info
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/staceyashley/
Facebook (business page): https://www.facebook.com/thestaceyashley/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/staceyashleycoaching/
website https://ashleycoaching.com.au/
ABOUT THE BOOK
WOULD YOU CHOOSE TO FOLLOW YOURSELF?
People choose to follow those who lead. It’s that simple. Do you have the courage to live your leadership, rather than just talk about it. To be a true leader you need to own your leadership. To choose how you will know, be and do leadership. Are you being a leader? Would you choose to follow yourself? Are you brave enough to first lead yourself? To be a leader who will face up to their current leadership, show up at their best every day and proactively step up their leadership.
This book offers practical tools, ideas, and strategies for leaders to elevate their own daily practice of leadership, to become and to be leaders. Drawing from a range of fields, you will find easy to implement opportunities for you to build your toolkit and grow your leadership of self. To become a more focused, more equipped, more confident and more courageous leader. A leader others will choose as their leader and aspire to emulate.
MUSIC
Opening features the song “Morning” by Cambo Smith, available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License.
Promo features the song “Corporate Business" by scottholmesmusic.com.
The BIG LIE intro music feature the song “Portal” by Evan Schaeffer, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Closing book promo features the song “Suicide express for 2 Pianos” by Bladiator, licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
Closing features the song “Siesta” by Jahzzar under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 International License.