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Phase one · Leading SelfBefore you can develop anyone else
Leadership Assessment
Score yourself honestly across the core leadership behaviors.
Life Balance Success Wheel
Eight areas, scored once a quarter, so drift shows up early.
Master Action Plan (M.A.P.)
Turn a goal into dated steps with an owner attached.
10 Key Questions
The questions worth asking yourself before you lead anyone.
Goal Setting for Success
The full workbook, start to finish.
10 Steps to Conquer Debt
Financial pressure follows you to work. This is the reset. Six companion worksheets below.
Personal Financial Statement Household Budget Template
Phase two · Leading PeopleDeveloping the individuals who report to you
Role Clarity Template
Most performance problems start here, not with effort.
Performance Coaching Toolkit
Decide whether to coach, then run the conversation and track what changed.
Coaching Conversation Worksheet Performance Appraisal Toolkit
The form, the guide for running the conversation, and the log that feeds it.
Coaching Review Log · shared with the coaching toolkit My Favorite Things
Ask people what they value, then remember it.
360 Degree Feedback
Collect input without anyone bracing for it.
Management Development Assessment
Find the gap between where a manager is and needs to be.
Business Letter Templates
Sixteen letters, each with a worked example.
Phase three · Leading TeamsRunning work through other people
Growth Roadmap Template
Capture every improvement opportunity before you commit to any.
Project Prioritization Toolkit
Sort the list, defend the choices, then tell people what you decided.
D.A.R.T. Analysis Worksheet Communication Plan Worksheet Project Tracking Toolkit
Owner, date, status. Then the calendar view, then the update your stakeholders read.
Project Calendar Template Succession Planning Toolkit
Name the successors before you need them.
Succession Planning Review Business Plan Template
Structure for a plan someone will actually read.
Skip-Level Review Template
What your leaders' teams would tell you if you asked well.
Employee Exit Survey
The one conversation most organizations waste.
Total Compensation Worksheet
Show people the full value of what they earn.
Leadership Jeopardy Game
Product knowledge and training, in a format people show up for.
Team Building at Work
Exercises that don't make grown adults cringe.
Business Planning Course
The long-form version, chapter by chapter.
Executive & Life Coaching Course
The coaching frameworks, written out in full.
More Leadership Tools Beyond the Framework
Material outside the three phases that has earned its keep.
Classic Self Growth Library
Public domain works from Marden, Smiles, Conwell, Hubbard, Allen, Hill, and others. Free and complete.
Open the libraryThe Leadership Series for Successful Living
Five volumes, each with the book, a companion workbook, and the full audio edition read chapter by chapter.
Volume I · AmbitionBook, workbook, 11 audio chapters
Ambition · companion workbook Volume II · CharacterBook, workbook, 11 audio chapters
Character · companion workbook Volume III · The Hour of OpportunityBook, workbook, 9 audio chapters
The Hour of Opportunity · the book The Hour of Opportunity · companion workbook Volume IV · Diligence: Do It To A FinishBook, workbook, 11 audio chapters
Diligence: Do It To A Finish · the book Diligence: Do It To A Finish · companion workbook Volume V · Persistence: An Iron WillBook, workbook, 9 audio chapters
Persistence: An Iron Will · the book Persistence: An Iron Will · companion workbook
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