Want to know what it takes to be a strong leader? Start by effectively leading yourself. Learn the importance of self-leadership and the power you have within yourself. Learn how leading yourself builds confidence and how your new found confidence makes others notice you and how effective you are in your own life. Being an effective leader to yourself begins to prepare you in leading others. After all, if you can’t lead yourself, how can you lead others?

2. Self Leadership

4. About Laura

5. Expectations

6. Define Leadership

7. Effective Historic Leaders

8. Values

9. Destination

10. Be/Do/Have

11. Self Management

12. Pitfalls

13. Continuous Improvement

15. Finish time

16. Interactive, not a lecture – jump in!

17. My Job

18. Truth telling

19. Intruding/bottom lining

20. Keeping the group focused

21. Holding your agenda

23. University of Illinois at Chicago

24. MBA – International Business

25. Lake Forest Graduate School of Management

26. CPCC (Certified Professional Co-Active Coach)

27. The Coaches Training Institute

28. ACC (Associate Certified Coach)

30. Industry Marketing Specialist

31. AkzoNobel Aerospace Coatings

32. Global Marketing Communications Manager

33. LifeQuest Alliance

34. Life/Success Coach

35. Unified Coaching Concepts

37. Expectations What do you expect to get out of this presentation?

38. Defining Leadership

40. What are the characteristics of a great leader?

41. Fearlessness

42. Positive attitude; especially in the face of adversity

43. Perseverance

44. Admits when wrong

45. Takes action

46. Knows when to follow

47. Humility

48. Inspires

49. Motivates

50. Good listener

51. Honest/Trustworthy

52. Open-minded

53. Great communicator

54. Ability to stay highly focused

56. Effective Historic Leaders

57. Effective Historic Leaders Abraham Lincoln Eleanor Roosevelt Margaret Thatcher Nelson Mandela Mahatma Gandhi

58. Effective Historic Leaders Adolf Hitler Mao ZeDong Pol Pot “Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear.” ~ Albert Camus

59. Values

61. Integrity

62. Open-mindedness

63. Independence

64. Honesty

65. Ambition

66. Harmony

67. Connection

68. Communication

69. Thoughtfulness

70. Trust

71. Clarity

72. Loyalty

73. Humor/Fun

74. Practicality

75. Support

76. Love

79. Personal Vision Statement

81. Destination Personal Vision Statement To be the catalyst and facilitator who champions people in transforming their personal and professional lives into their dream life, and/or, at the very least, someone who inspires delicious thought for the soul!

82. Destination Life Purpose Statement I am the nurturing shockwave that awakens people to ‘what’s important now.’

83. Be/Do/Have

84. Be/Do/Have If I HAVE ______________ I can DO ______________ Then I can BE __________

85. Be/Do/Have If I HAVE (A healthy runner’s body) I can DO (A marathon) Then I can BE (A marathon runner)

86. Be/Do/Have If I BE (A marathon runner) I can DO (A marathon) Then I can HAVE (A healthy runner’s body)

87. Self Management

89. Helps you manage your time.

90. Keeps you focused on what’s important to you. “It's easy to say ''no!'' when there's a deeper ''yes!'' burning inside.” ~ Stephen R. Covey

91. Self Management Time Management What’s Important Now?

92. Pitfalls

93. Pitfalls #1 - Fear of Failure/Success “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” ~ Wayne Gretzky “We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems.” ~Lee Iococca “We are consistently more than we allow ourselves to be.” ~ Abraham-Hicks

94. Pitfalls #2 - Predetermined Attitudes Assumptions Past experiences = beliefs “Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.” ~ Frank Outlaw

96. Pitfalls #5 - Unworthiness “Your problem is you're... too busy holding onto your unworthiness.” ~ Ram Dass “I don't possess a lot of self-confidence. I'm an actor so I simply act confident every time I hit the stage.” ~ Arsenio Hall

97. Pitfalls #6 – Negative Feedback “I've never had negative feedback.” ~ Elie Wade “From the backstabbing co-worker to the meddling sister-in-law, you are in charge of how you react to the people and events in your life. You can either give negativity power over your life or you can choose happiness instead. Take control and choose to focus on what is important in your life. Those who cannot live fully often become destroyers of life.” ~ Anais Nin

98. Pitfalls #7 – Lack of clear direction or purpose “More men fail through lack of purpose than lack of talent.” ~ Anonymous “There are certain things that are fundamental to human fulfillment. The essence of these needs is captured in the phrase 'to live, to love, to learn, to leave a legacy'. The need to live is our physical need for such things as food, clothing, shelter, economical well-being, health. The need to love is our social need to relate to other people, to belong, to love and to be loved. The need to learn is our mental need to develop and to grow. And the need to leave a legacy is our spiritual need to have a sense of meaning, purpose, personal congruence, and contribution” ~ Stephen R. Covey

99. Continuous Self Improvement

101. Gratitude - What can be appreciated about this moment/situation?

103. Respecting yourselfSelfish - Choosing to blatantly disregard another person’s feelings/needs.

105. I am talented

106. I am knowledgeable

107. I have something significant to offer/contribute

108. I can do whatever I set my mind to

110. Believe in yourself

112. Summary

114. Effective Historic Leaders

115. Values

116. Destination

117. Be/Do/Have

118. Self Management

119. Pitfalls