Table of Contents
Introduction 9
Ready to make a start? 17
Chapter 1 Would you have employed you? 25
How well are you doing?
Chapter 2 What is a Leadership Journal? 81
We need a better definition.
Chapter 3 Good journaling is like a good pension 105
You get lots more out than you put in.
Chapter 4 Thomas Jefferson was wrong 151
Information is not power.
Chapter 5 The truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. 183
The truth is in short supply.
Chapter 6 Be the CEO of you. 221
Building a leader is just like building a business.
Chapter 7 Who coaches the boss? 239
Your journal is your executive coach.
Chapter 8 Self-coaching-session one 247
First, let's define the scale of the issue.
Chapter 9 Gratitude changes your attitude 259
Attitude changes everything.
Chapter 10 Are you proactive or reactive? 307
Task-focused or people-focused?
Chapter 11 Is it a rabbit? No, it's a fox 325
Spotting patterns in the clouds.
Chapter 12 You don't know what you don't know 337
You are on a learning journey.
Chapter 13 Thinking on paper 353
Modelling your way to success.
Chapter 14 How's the weather today? 367
Are you more interested in the weather or the climate?
Chapter 15 A memo to the CEO 393
From one leader to another.
Chapter 16 Get your mind right 411
Ready to make an intentional start?
Chapter 17 Putting it all together 433
A month of leadership journaling prompts.
Postscript 469
Acknowledgments 475
About the Author 477