Whichever your personal style, you can be an excellent leader. Being aware of your natural style can help you stand between a situation and your response.

Core values live where identity and goals overlap—they touch into who you are at your depths and how you express what is important to you through your actions. Take the time to start identifying what you value and communicate that and your company’s values through all levels of your organization.

Personal mission touches into the fundamental ways you operate and your professional and life goals. Developing even a rudimentary sense of your mission helps you navigate the pressures of leading. It acts like a compass, something you can check in on, to see if you’re still on track.

Real growth comes only after the dark night of the soul, when they feel they don’t have what it takes and choose to persist, to reflect on themselves, learn from their mistakes, and struggle to apply what they’ve learned.

You’re a high performer. It’s time to shed the doubt.

Most plans or formulas force you to fit into their molds, imposing their structures on you.You can create your own “curriculum”.

That doubt you are trying to suppress is a precious gift. It is an invitation to become a better, more integrated, and effective leader than you ever imagined possible.

Leadership is a journey that includes four stages of development: 1) copying what you see others doing, 2) seeking out experts, 3) listening to your own hunches and gifts, and 4) becoming a whole leader by blending both external and internal sources.

The motivation is already inside of you, and it has been trying to get your attention for a long time.