Lead2Flourish (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780986401527)

In ranking their top three human-capital priorities, executives say leadership development was included as both a current and a future priority. Peer research shows 89% of executives have experienced symptoms of mental health in the last 12 months-up from 77% in 2021, and rising cost of living and work-life balance are the biggest day-to-day worries for board directors. Traditional leadership development meant to remedy problems like these but are reluctant to address the root causes of why leaders are easily stressed and sometimes behave irrationally. This exists because we often ignore our derailing behaviors or assume we are always on our A-game until it takes a toll on our wellbeing. Then once we notice ourselves floundering, we don't generally seek help until it is too late. That's not leadership growth and development - that's shirking the development.

This book is your easy-to-read guide to experiencing real leadership growth and personal mastery. This is your guide to uprooting those derailing behaviors. This book shows you how to identify some of the deepest, below the surface thoughts, feelings, assumptions, and beliefs restricting your growth and progress - the precondition of behavioral change and leadership development.

In Lead2Flourish, award-winning author and former corporate leader, Dr. Deana Murphy connects the business of wellbeing and behavior, grounded in behavioral science and applied psychology. Supported by her person experiences, this book is packed with real-world narratives, illustrations, case studies, and a bonus hands-on mini-workbook within each chapter to show you how to bring your highest self to every moment, challenge, and relationship whether you're the leader of your home, church or business.

In Lead2Flourish you will:

• Expand your awareness of defensive and proactive ego behaviors
• Learn how to identify your hidden personal survival mechanisms
• Learn why your greatest potential doesn't hinge on new skills
• Give your life and leadership more meaning by removing inner conflict and defense mechanisms
• Discover how deepening your knowledge of your thinking style and fears helps you with emotional wellbeing and goal achievement
• Learn how living life as a behavioral fighter allows you to experience a more rich, focused, and efficient leadership style
• Discover what it means to keep a guiding foundation to help you express your purpose, direction and motivation
• Handle work more efficiently with more mental energy
• Learn how to navigate disruptions, alleviate stress and frustration having a "Vehicle of a Plan" at your disposal, and bounce forward with emotional resilience
• Create meaningful relationships by modeling this flourishing capacity to other leaders
• Access the wellbeing, alignment and efficiency needed to flourish in life, at work and in the community
• And so much more!

It is a tool that you can use today at home, work and in the community. An essential read.