Journey Workbook Proof v3
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2 0 0 7 , A c t i o n L e a r n i n g A s s o c i a t e s , L L C D e s i g n & I l l u s t r a t i o n b y M i k e D a y m o n
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L E A D E R S H I P J O U R N E YW O R K B O O K
Personal Leadership Stories
Leadership is autobiographical.If I dont know your life story,
I dont know a thing about you as a leader.
Noel Tichy
A C T I O N L E A R N I N G
R I C H A R D O. K I M B A L L, P h. D.
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H E A D W A T E R S
I have drunk deep the waters of my ancestors.
Larry Neal, poet
Every man is a quotation from all his ancestors.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
What do you know about your ancestral headwaters?
When you think of your ancestors, do you think of a few
individuals, or do you think of an extended clan?
What were their challenges?
Do you have any special memories of your ancestral elders?
Did they pass down any family traditions or customs?
Ancestral History
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T R A I L H E A D
Although present on the occasion, I have no clear recollection
of the events leading up to it.
Winston Churchill, on his birth
I am born. To begin my life with the beginning of my life, I record
that I was born (as I have been informed and believe) on a Friday,
at twelve oclock at night. It was remarked that the clock began
to strike, and I began to cry, simultaneously.Charles Dickens, David Copperfield
Everyone has a story. How does your journey begin?
Birth
EARLY YEARS
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B A S E C A M P
A family is a place where principles are hammered and honed
on the anvil of everyday living.
Charles Swindoll, theologian
What memories do you have of your early family
circumstances?
Did you have siblings? What was your birth order? Think about
and describe your mom and dad or the adults who raised you.
What key messages did they teach you?
Where did you grow up? How did that area shape you? Did
you and your family spend vacations or summers together in a
favorite spot or with extended family?
Family
EARLY YEARS
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F I R S T T R A C K S
The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of
childhood into maturity.
Thomas Huxley
Recall your formative years.
When you played, what did you like to do?
How did you organize or spend your free time?
Think about best friends, hobbies, and interests.
What were your early dreams and ambitions?
In first grade, how would you have completed this sentence,
When I grow up, I am going to...
Growing Up
EARLY YEARS
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L E A R N I N GT H E R O P E S
Most of what I really need to know about how to live, and
what to do, and how to be, I learned in kindergarten. Wisdom
was not at the top of the graduate school mountain, but there in
the sandbox at nursery school.
Robert Fulghum
Teachers can change lives with just the right mix
of chalk and challenges.Joyce A. Myers, business executive
Who were the teachers, coaches, or adults who impacted your
young life?
How did they make a difference or what did they pass on to you?
Have you ever thanked them? Should you? Will you?
Schooling
EARLY YEARS
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P A T H F I N D I N G
First Jobs, First Loves, and other Firsts that Shaped You
While I had originally learned much as a camperskills of
teamwork, self-reliance, initiative, leadershipI picked up much
more during my years as a staffman.
It is during those years when life is finally molded into
actionwhen you start to plan where to work, where to live,
with whom to spend your life.It is during those years that you figure out your path.
Michael D. Eisner,
on his first job as a camp counselor
Discovering your path doesnt usually involve walking a straight
line, but rather it involves a series of excursions wherein you
test the waters and figure out who you really are, what you
want, and what you dont want.
What were some of your early jobs and life experiences that
directionally shaped you?
Firsts
EARLY YEARS
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P E A K S
I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything,
but still I can do something. I will not refuse to do the something
that I can do.
Helen Keller
It is the ultimate wisdom of mountaineering that a person is
never more human than when he is striving for what is beyond
his grasp, and that there is no conquest worth the winning savethat over his own weakness and ignorance and fear. Have we
vanquished an enemy? asked Mallory. And there was only one
answer: None but ourselves. It is not the summit that matters,
but the fight for the summit; not the victory, but the game itself.
So it was that mountains would become the anvil upon which I
would forge my character.
James Ramsey Ullman, High Conquest
What are some of your proudest prouds (i.e., awards,
recognitions, service contributions, or expressions of your
talents and character)?
Personal Highs orAccomplishments
YOUNG ADULTHOOD
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V A L L E Y S
We are all in a spiral path. No growth takes place in a straight
line. There will be setbacks along the way. There will be shadows,
but they will be balanced by patches of light. Awareness of the
pattern is all you need to sustain you along the way.
Kristin Zambucka
Were there ever times when you felt you were defeated or
lost, and perhaps the storm clouds seemed so ominous that youwerent sure of the way forward?
Personal Lows,Hardships, orDisappointments
YOUNG ADULTHOOD
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B A D L A N D S
In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me
there lay an invincible summer.
Albert Camus
Have you ever had a defining moment or crucible wherein
there appeared to be No Way Out? How were your values
tested, and how did you summon wisdom and leadership
courage?
Defining Moments
YOUNG ADULTHOOD
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F O R K S I NT H E R O A D
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
Robert Frost, The Road Not Taken
Can you identify key turning points in your life where yourlife path significantly diverged, and if you had taken the other
fork, much would have been lost?
Turning Points
YOUNG ADULTHOOD
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T R A I L B L A Z E R S
None of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up
by our bootstraps. We got here because somebodya parent,
a teacher, an Ivy League crony, or a few nunsbent down and
helped pick us up.
Thurgood Marshall
Who were the elders, particularly in your business career, who
positively influenced you and mentored you?
How did they approach leadership?
How did they make a difference for you?
Mentors
YOUNG ADULTHOOD
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I N T E R N A LC O M P A S S
Leadership is what moves the human spirit forward.
We dull our lives if we dont view it against a grand
backgrounda larger destiny.
David Oldfield
What are your own beliefs about leadership?
As a leader, I believe...
As a leader, I will not tolerate...
Leadership Philosophy
MIDLIFE
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U N C L I M B E DH E I G H T S
Even on the top of Mt. Everest, I was looking at the other
mountains and thinking how to climb them.
Sir Edmund Hillary
For peak performers, there is always the next mountain, the
next challenge, or the next opportunity. What are yours?
What NewChallengesAwait You?
MIDLIFE
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C U R R E N T SO F C H A N G E
The mastery of the art of leadership comes with the mastery
of the self. Ultimately, leadership development is a process of self
development.
Kouses and Posner
The important thing is this: To be able, at any moment, to
sacrifice what we are for what we could become.
Charles Dubois
Complete the following:
I have been successful because of...
I have been successful in spite of...
In order to get ready for the next level of leadership, I need to...
Growth Edge
MIDLIFE
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B R I D G EB U I L D I N G
How am I doing as a leader? The answer is, How are the people
you lead doing? Do they learn? Do they manage conflict? Do
they initiate change? Are they growing and getting promoted?
When confused as to how you are doing as a leader, find out
how the people you lead are doing. You will have the answer.
Larry Bossidy
The greatest leader is not the one with the most followers, butrather the one who has developed the most leaders.
Tom Peters
How are you growing and developing the next generation of
leaders?
As you have been helped by your mentors, how are you
growing and developing your team and your direct reports?
The Hand-Off
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F I E L D O FD R E A M S
Most of us go to our graves with our music still inside us.
Oliver Wendell Holmes
I have a dream...
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Create a personal Dream List that would identify at least five
things that you want to do in the years remaining in your life.Your list might include a father-son or mother-daughter trip to
an adventurous place; it might involve learning a new language;
it might involve a service commitment; it might be imagining
and cultivating a new garden; or it might be a qualitative dream,
such as building a deeper relationship with a spouse, child, or
grandchild.
Dream List
MIDLIFE
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T E R R I T O R YA H E A D
The only joy in the world is to begin.
Cesare Pavese, Italian writer
To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go
on creating oneself endlessly.
Henri Bergson, French philosopher
What new adventures lie ahead for you?
New Beginnings
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W E L L S P R I N G
This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose you
consider a mighty one; the being thoroughly worn out before you
are thrown on the scrap heap.
George Bernard Shaw
Articulate your deepest purpose...keep it simple...dont worry
about word-smithing.
The Power ofPurpose
ELDERHOOD
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J O U R N E Y SE N D
When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live
your life in such a manner that when you die, the world will cry,
and you will rejoice.
Anonymous
Our lives are a journey between birth and death, two miracles
were guaranteed. Our earth journey...we determine by individual
choices, choices affecting the entire universe.Chuck Robinson, Dakota elder
What personal values or wisdom do you want to pass on to
those you care most deeply about?
Legacy
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S A F E H A V E N
Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family.
Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one.
Jane Howard
Share your personal photographs with your team.
Your Loved Ones
ELDERHOOD