The Courageous Leader: How to Face Any Challenge and Lead Your Team to Success

"Courage is the willingness to do something in the face of adversity, fear, and pain. As a result, courage is what separates those of us who want something and those of us who actually achieve it. Courageous leadership is a choice."
ANGELA SEBALY

PRAISE FOR
THE COURAGEOUS LEADER

"Sebaly writes with unassuming transparency and refreshing authenticity. As a leader working to grow my company, I felt exposed, encouraged, challenged, and inspired. Any leader will find value somewhere among the seven aspects of courageous leadership. For me, the chapters on The Courage to Take a Stand and The Courage to Delegate were transformative."
Dr. Nathan Regier, CEO of Next Element and author of Conflict without Casualties

"Angela has written a courage handbook. The messages from her experienced case studies are as powerful as the dilemma posed by her daughter at the neighborhood chili cook–off. Terms like the feedback trifecta, delegation doom loop and those people complex help define dilemmas facing every effective leader."
Larry Simkins, CEO and Chairman of Washington Companies

"Angela′s gift for relating to people and helping them through challenges is what makes this book so important for anyone who wants to be a better leader at work and a better person as a whole. Chock full of stories and practical how to′s from her personal life and consulting work."
Midge LaPorte Epstein, Executive Vice President Southwest Affiliate at American Heart Association

Foreword

Introduction

Courage Is The Way

The Three Components of Courage: Diversity, Pain and Choice

The Intention of the Author and this Book

The Business Case for Courage

The Fear of Discomfort and Pain

Pain Thresholds

Common Reactions to Tough Times

Uncommon Choices

A Message from Father Bob

The Big Temptation

Honoring the Courageous Leader in You

Assessing the Risks

The Courage to Get Unstuck

When Life Kicks You Out of the Workplace

Stuck in a Paradigm

Pain During the Transition

The Courage to Take a Stand

So, What Exactly are Values?

Actual and Aspirational Values

Why Values Matter in Leadership

Clarity on Values

Arrogance in the Workplace

Intentions, Behaviors and Arrogance

Arrogance is the Birthplace of the Humbling Experience

Minimize Self and Maximize our Bigger Purpose

The Courage to be Confident

Those People Complex

Confidence in the Workplace

The Courage to Delegate

The Courage to Give and Receive Feedback

The Big Temptation nd Courageous Feedback

The Feedback Trifecta Giving Feedback

Receiving Feedback Well

The Courage to be in the Middle (And not be in the Middle)

Much That Seems Personal is not Personal at all

Be a Bottom When You Should

Middle Between two Ends

The Middle Space and Courage

Grow, Recover, Repeat

Recovery in the Workplace

Big Dreams, Big Moves

Big Dreams

Big Moves

Expect Success

Plan for the Worst

Build Your Board of Directors

Recalibrating

Making Your Big Move

Epilogue

Bibliography

Index

ANGELA SEBALY is cofounder and CEO of Personify Leadership. She has more than twenty years′ experience in leadership development working with thousands of leaders around the world, assessing their unique talents and guiding them to the next level of performance. A natural leader, entrepreneur, sought–after coach, and trainer, she has held senior roles with leading organizations in the telecommunications, construction, hospitality, and oil and gas industries.