Top Highlights

• Leaders face a steady onslaught of internal and external pressures we are not trained to handle. We focus on skill development and hone our gifts but too often neglect the most powerful leadership tool: awareness of what is happening under the surface.
• This book will help diagnose what is causing your anxiety and also provide you with prescriptive tools to help diffuse anxiety—moving you from being managed by anxiety to managing anxiety, both yours and theirs. You will become more self-aware, but becoming aware is only step one in the growth process. We all know people who are self-aware but do t...
• A leader who discovers the cause of anxiety and uses the approach in this book to manage it has an increased capacity for anxious situations, difficult people, and ambiguity. By managing this bubbling cauldron, you can break through recurring patterns and lead in a more effective gear.
• A group of people like a family or a staff can develop a systemic anxiety that keeps them stuck. Once we’ve covered some individual tools that help diffuse anxiety, we’ll focus on group dynamics and how a leader can bring significant health to his or her team by addressing recurring relational patterns.
• If you become not only self-aware but also group-aware and lead beyond awareness, you can create a healthy culture for people to thrive.