True North

A

Accepting yourself

Acknowledging mistakes

Alchemist, The

Aligning around a mission

Archetypes: Glory Seekers Imposters; Loners; Rationalizers; Shooting Stars

Aronson, Martha Goldberg

Authentic leaders: defined; development of; effectiveness of

B

Balance; balancing motivations. See also integrated life

Bennis, Warren; balance; crucibles; finding his sweet spot; learning from others; mentoring; personal support groups

Board of directors, personal

Browne, John (Lord)

Buckets of your life. See also integrated life

Building your support team

C

Carlson Companies

Center for International Leadership

CEO, leadership after

Challenging leaders

Claris Software

Community, as part of an integrated life

Complementary skills

Conflicting values

Connecting with others

Consensus leadership

Contrasting mentors

Craving success

Crystal Dynamics

Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly

D

De Rothschild, Lynn Forester

Development plan as a leader exercise

Donahoe, Eileen

Donahoe, John; integrated life; measuring success; spending time with family

Doochin, Jonathan

Dubinsky, Donna; intrinsic motivations; motivated capabilities

E

Effectiveness, optimizing

Emotional intelligence

Empowering others: building an empowered culture; exercise; to lead; through a crisis; through mutual respect

Engaging people

EQ. See emotional intelligence

Ethical boundaries

Exercises: Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7 Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; Chapter 11; Epilogue; Introduction

External validations

Extrinsic motivations; balancing with intrinsic motivations

F

Failure: fearing; turning into success

Families: as part of a support team; staying grounded with

Family life, exercise in integrating

Flannery, Julian

Frederick, Ryan

Friends: as part of a support team; as part of an integrated life

Fulfillment of leadership

G

Geeks and Geezers

Getting back on track

Goleman, Daniel

Grasso, Richard

H

Haberkorn, Judy

Hazeldon Foundation

Helping teammates

Hitting the wall

Honing your leadership effectiveness exercise

Hooper, Michelle

I

Infosys Technologies

Integrated life; buckets of your life; family; finding time for yourself; friends and community; leadership; living with integrity; making choices and trade-offs; measuring success; sabbaticals; spiritual and religious practices; staying grounded; staying true to your roots

Integrity; exercise concerning

Interview subjects; selection criteria

Intrinsic motivations; balancing with extrinsic motivations; discovering

Introspection. See also self-awareness

J

Journey to authentic leadership; exercise; giving back; leading; preparing for leadership

K

King, Reatha Clark

Komisar, Randy; having a purpose; mentors; the most important person; reflection leading to self-awareness

Kovacevich, Dick

L

Leadership: after being a CEO; consensus leadership; defining using life stories; discovering in your life story; discovering True North; effectiveness; exercises; fulfillment of; integrated; journey to authentic leadership; phases of; preparing for; principles; purpose of; styles of

Leadership relationships

Leading; with principles; by values

Learning from people

Life stories: sharing; using to define leadership

Lincoln, Abraham

Litton Microwave

Losing a loved one

Losing sight of True North; craving success; fearing failure; glory seekers; imposters; loners; losing touch with reality; rationalizers; shooting stars

Losing touch with reality

Losing your way

M

Mandela, Nelson

Mentors; contrasting; mentorship example; recruiting

Missions, aligning around

Mistakes, acknowledging

Morgridge, John

Motivated capabilities

Motivation; avoiding traps; balancing motivations; exercise in understanding, extrinsic; intrinsic

Murthy, Akshata

Murthy, Narayana

N

Nelson, Marilyn Carlson

O

O’Connell, Chris

O’Leary, Denise

Optimizing leadership effectiveness; exercise

P

Passions; aligning your purpose; case studies; exercise in identifying sources; purpose of business; purpose of leadership

Paying it forward

Personal board of directors

Personal life, exercise in integrating

Personal support groups. See also support team

“The Poetry of Self-Compassion,”

Porter, Michael

Positive Coaching Alliance

Pottruck, David

Power: linking leadership style and; using wisely

Preparing for leadership

Principles; acknowledging mistakes; defined; discovering True North; ethical boundaries; exercise in practicing; leading with. See also values

Professional life, exercise in integrating

Professional support networks

Purcell, Philip

Purpose of business

Purpose of leadership; aligning your purpose; exercise in

Q

Qronos Technology

R

Reality, losing touch with

Recruiting mentors

Reflection. See also self-awareness

Religious practices

Remmereit, Arild

Responsibilities, taking on additional

Reynolds, Paula Rosput

Rogers, Joe Jr.

Roles leaders play

Roosevelt, Theodore

Rosso, Jean-Pierre

Rothschild, Steve

S

Schultz, Howard; avoiding traps; defining leadership using life story; friends; mentors; showing up

Schwab, Charles “Chuck,”

Self-awareness; accepting yourself; becoming self-aware; blind spots; case studies; emotional intelligence; exercises; importance of; peeling back the onion; reflection and introspection

Self-confidence

Sharing life stories

Skills, complementary

Spiritual practices

Staying grounded. See also integrated life

Stretching people

Style of leadership; adapting to the situation; adapting to your teammates; and power

Success: craving; measuring

Support team; close friends; exercise in building; families; helping teammates; mentors; the most important person; personal board of directors; personal support groups; professional support networks

Sweet spot for leadership

T

Taking on added responsibility

Testing values under pressure

Time for yourself

Toldalagi, Marianne

Transformation from “I” to “We,” case studies

Traps, avoiding

Treating others as equals

True North: discovering; losing sight of

Twin Cities RISE!

U

V

Values; acknowledging mistakes; conflicting; discovering True North; ethical boundaries; exercise in practicing; leading by; testing under pressure. See also principles

Vasella, Daniel

Vredenburgh, Judy

W

Watergate cover-up

Weinberg, Sidney

“The Well of Grief,”

Whitehead, John

Woodwark, Alice

Y

Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO)

Your Development as an Authentic Leader, exercise

Z

Zinn, Jon Kabat