SPECIAL EDITION: Key Insights from the “You’re in the Leadership Chair, Now What?” LIVE Q&A Session

Time, our most precious resource, often forces us to achieve our goals creatively. After publishing my book, “You’re in the Leadership Chair, Now What?” I faced this exact challenge.

Balancing a demanding career with book promotion required innovative solutions, leading me to host a three-session pre-recorded book club complemented by a live Q&A session.

“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other. The capacity to learn is a gift; the ability to learn is a skill; the willingness to learn is a choice.”

– John F. Kennedy

For those who couldn’t join us, I’m excited to share the twelve fundamental leadership principles we explored. These topics form the backbone of effective leadership, from establishing clear priorities that guide decision-making to developing a trusted inner circle that challenges and supports your growth.

Here’s a summary of the 12 essential leadership topics we covered:

1. Establish Your Priorities: Setting clear, intentional priorities is the cornerstone of career success because it enables you to focus your time and energy on what truly matters, eliminate distractions that don’t serve your goals, and make decisions that align with your professional vision.
2. Develop Your Inner Circle: Cultivating a trusted inner circle of mentors, colleagues, and supporters who challenge your thinking, celebrate your wins, and provide honest feedback becomes your personal board of directors, propelling your career growth through their collective wisdom and diverse perspectives.
3. Create a Personal Growth Plan: A well-crafted personal growth plan serves as your career’s GPS, mapping out your professional aspirations, identifying skill gaps, establishing meaningful milestones, and creating accountability checkpoints that transform your dreams into achievable goals through intentional action steps.
4. Maintain a Growth Mindset: Embracing a growth mindset transforms every challenge into a learning laboratory, every setback into preparation for a comeback, and every criticism into constructive feedback, creating an unstoppable momentum that propels your career forward through continuous learning and resilient adaptation.
5. Dress for Success: Your professional attire is a powerful form of nonverbal communication that not only shapes others’ perceptions of your competence and credibility but also influences your confidence and executive presence. It is a strategic tool for building your personal brand and advancing your career trajectory.
6. Become an Influencer: True influence isn’t about amassing followers but about consistently delivering value, authentically sharing your expertise, and purposefully lifting others as you climb. This creates a ripple effect of positive impact that naturally positions you as a trusted voice in your professional sphere.
7. Manage Your Brand: Your personal brand is a deliberate declaration of who you are, what you stand for, and the unique value you bring to the table; it’s not just what you say about yourself, but the consistent actions, expertise, and reputation that make others want to work with, learn from, and invest in you.
8. Strive for IDEAs: Championing inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility is a leadership superpower that enriches decision-making, drives innovation, builds stronger teams, and creates a workplace culture where everyone can bring their authentic selves and contribute their unique brilliance to organizational success.
9. Communicate with Power: Powerful communication transcends mere words to become a transformative force that builds bridges, inspires action, and creates meaningful connections. It’s about mastering the art of listening deeply, speaking with intention, and crafting messages that resonate with both hearts and minds to drive positive change.
10. Transfer Your Vision: Transferring your vision is the art of painting such a vivid and compelling picture of the future that others not only see it clearly but feel personally invested in bringing it to life. It transforms your individual dream into a shared mission that inspires collective action and lasting impact.
11. Manage Stakeholder Expectations: Masterful stakeholder management is about building trust through transparent communication, consistently delivering on promises, and skillfully navigating diverse interests and expectations. It transforms stakeholders from mere observers into invested partners in your success.
12. Lead With Confidence: Leading with confidence isn’t about having all the answers. It’s about embracing your authentic leadership voice, trusting your experience and judgment, acknowledging what you don’t know with grace, and moving forward with measured boldness even in the face of uncertainty.

I was inspired to write this book to extend my reach beyond personal interactions, blog posts, and social media platforms. My goal was to create a resource that could touch lives and transform leadership journeys even when I couldn’t be there in person.

Whether you’re an emerging leader seeking confidence, an established leader looking to expand your influence, or a senior leader pursuing significance, “You’re in the Leadership Chair, Now What?” offers women who lead practical strategies to create success conditions; both for themselves and those they serve.

And while the book is written from a woman’s perspective, its principles transcend gender. The leadership insights and strategies apply universally to all leaders committed to making a difference.

“Leadership is not about being in charge. Leadership is about taking care of those in your charge.”

– Simon Sinek

I hope you were able to join us for the LIVE Q&A Session; it was awesome! If not, I have good news…

You can watch the full 90-minute replay at your convenience!  Just select the following link:

https://kimdmoore.easywebinar.live/event-registration-119

I pray the insights shared will add value to your leadership life.

#EducationalLeader,

Kim

When students are led well, they learn well.

P.S. – Don’t forget to pick up a copy of my brand new book, You’re in the Leadership Chair, Now What? from Amazon.

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