The Enlightened Edge for Leaders
This book will show you how to become a more powerful, expanded, and balanced leader. You could:
- Be more confident, powerful and visible
- Be your best and bring out the best in others when the heat is on
- See your blind spots and recover gracefully from mistakes
- Go into challenging conversations fully prepared
- Influence with integrity, vision, and personal power so others want to join you
Learn how to shift from the defensive and contracted Limited You, to the wise and expansive Essential You. Don't let the Limited You, with its insecurities, stand in the way of your potential as a leader.
When you ignite the power of the Essential You, you have a hotline to a smarter and more balanced you. As you connect rather than react, your ability to influence and inspire others will soar. Others will naturally want to join you.
This book provides a foundation for working with both the light and the dark aspects of who you are. You'll learn to recognize what holds you back from your full power, limits your vision and how you may be sabotaging yourself.
As you liberate your leadership potential, you’ll be able to take powerful, positive action from a feeling of unshakable confidence.
You’ll learn to work creatively with tension, optimize your impact by making focused contact at critical moments.
This book will strengthen the clear thinking and clear feeling that is necessary for effective leadership in any area of your life. By working with your enlightened edge, you can be a leader anywhere, at anytime.
Book Contents
- Introduction
- The Leadership Challenge
- The Limited You & Core Insecurities
- Reactivity & Defensive Strategies
- The Essential You: Core Truths & Anchors
- Reactive Patterns
- Relational Patterns
- Gather Awareness & Learn
- Accept What Is
- Take Care & Take Charge
- Creative Tension & Ignition
- Establish Contact Readiness
- Handle the Heat in the Contact-Zone™
- Lead With Presence & Vision
- The Enlightened Edge of Leadership
- My Vision
Praise for The Enlightened Edge™
“This is a thought provoking, insightful, powerful book. For leaders, for life.”
— Stephen R. Covey, author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and The Leader in Me
“An illuminating book that could change your life.”
— Marshall Goldsmith, author of the New York Times bestsellers, Triggers, MOJO and What Got You Here Won’t Get You There
“The Enlightened Edge is a powerful and illuminating book that will transform your understanding of how to become a true leader. With clarity, depth and inspiration, Barbara Bouchet explains how the path of heart and soul will help you truly make a difference in the world.”
— Barbara De Angelis PhD, #1 NY Times best selling author of How Did I Get Here? and Soul Shifts
“By working with the powerful alchemy of shadow and light, limitation and liberation, The Enlightened Edge gives you the profound and pragmatic resources to become an integrated leader of life!”
— Kevin Cashman, best selling author of Leadership from the Inside-Out and Awakening the Leader Within
“This book shows you how to become the leader you were meant to be, to be more influential and persuasive, and get better results through others than ever before.”
—Brian Tracy, author of How the Best Leaders Lead
Read an Excerpt
Go to the Enlightened Edge™ website to read the Introduction to the book.
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