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

MIDLIFE


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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

ELDERHOOD


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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

ELDERHOOD


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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

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