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Lead like you: how authenticity transforms the way women live, love, and succeed

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: John Wiley & Sons Melbourne 2024Description: xx, 299 pISBN:
  • 9781394248704
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 158.2  WAG
Summary: Is the life you’re leading true to you? Do you feel like you’re endlessly striving in a world that never stops asking for more? Too often, we exhaust ourselves in pursuit of supposed ideals. We give everything in search of ‘success,’ while struggling with stress, guilt, self-doubt, and burnout. It’s time to dismantle the illusion of external validation. It’s time to embrace your inherent worth as a woman and a leader. Lead Like You is a roadmap for rediscovering the authentic you and realising a new way to live and lead. The key to true transformation, radical resilience, and deep fulfilment lies within: learning to know yourself, care for yourself and truly be yourself, at work and in life. Lead Like You will show you how to ignite this personal and professional revolution. Through courageous stories, evidence-based practices and insights from psychology, author Jo Wagstaff shares indispensable tools for forging a profound connection with — and caring for — the self. Learn how you can lead your career and lead yourself with more purpose and power. Understand and overcome the external and internal forces that limit your potential Increase your self-awareness and identify your motivations, limiting behaviours and boundaries Discover the strength and power in mindfulness, self-care and self-compassion Learn how to forge authentic connections and healthier, more meaningful relationships Access and leverage the advantages of authentic leadership to make a difference within your organisation and the world Lead Like You shares the tools and knowledge you need to feel calm, confident, and empowered as a female leader. You’ll discover how to find power in vulnerability and return to your true values and purpose. This book will inspire you to do the inner work and redefine your vision for success — so you can live and lead true to yourself. (https://www.wiley.com/en-be/Lead+Like+You%3A+How+Authenticity+Transforms+the+Way+Women+Live%2C+Love%2C+and+Succeed-p-9781394248704)
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Table of contents:
Preface xi

Introduction xv

Part I: Know yourself 1

1. Why is it so hard to live true to ourselves? 3

2. Learning to get our needs met 25

3. Learning to dance in relationships 53

4. The many forces that hinder our authenticity 75

Part II: Care for yourself 105

5. The challenge and gift of being our own best friend 107

6. Finding our boundaries 125

7. Tuning into our needs 137

8. Getting practical with self-care 149

9. Financial self-care 167

Part III: Be yourself 187

10. Finding our authentic selves 189

11. Finding our authentic values and purpose 199

12. Translating our values and purpose into vision 211

13. Being ourselves in relationships 223

14. The art of being both soft and strong 241

15. Redefining success 257

16. Leading true to ourselves 273

A final reflection 289

Acknowledgements 291

Resources 293

References 295
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Is the life you’re leading true to you?

Do you feel like you’re endlessly striving in a world that never stops asking for more? Too often, we exhaust ourselves in pursuit of supposed ideals. We give everything in search of ‘success,’ while struggling with stress, guilt, self-doubt, and burnout. It’s time to dismantle the illusion of external validation. It’s time to embrace your inherent worth as a woman and a leader. Lead Like You is a roadmap for rediscovering the authentic you and realising a new way to live and lead.

The key to true transformation, radical resilience, and deep fulfilment lies within: learning to know yourself, care for yourself and truly be yourself, at work and in life. Lead Like You will show you how to ignite this personal and professional revolution. Through courageous stories, evidence-based practices and insights from psychology, author Jo Wagstaff shares indispensable tools for forging a profound connection with — and caring for — the self. Learn how you can lead your career and lead yourself with more purpose and power.

Understand and overcome the external and internal forces that limit your potential
Increase your self-awareness and identify your motivations, limiting behaviours and boundaries
Discover the strength and power in mindfulness, self-care and self-compassion
Learn how to forge authentic connections and healthier, more meaningful relationships
Access and leverage the advantages of authentic leadership to make a difference within your organisation and the world

Lead Like You shares the tools and knowledge you need to feel calm, confident, and empowered as a female leader. You’ll discover how to find power in vulnerability and return to your true values and purpose. This book will inspire you to do the inner work and redefine your vision for success — so you can live and lead true to yourself.

(https://www.wiley.com/en-be/Lead+Like+You%3A+How+Authenticity+Transforms+the+Way+Women+Live%2C+Love%2C+and+Succeed-p-9781394248704)

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