One : Where does leadership fit in your life? -- Did you choose a career in leadership? -- Focus on five significant areas -- An ongoing process -- Whats to come -- The exercises -- Summary and synthesis -- Two : Consider the current realities and expectations -- How organizations are changing -- What the changes mean for leadership -- Expanding views and images of leadership -- Costs of leadership -- Summary and synthesis -- Three : Ground your leadership vision in personal vision -- Personal vision and its connection to leadership -- Exercises to clarify your personal vision -- Your leadership vision -- Summary and synthesis -- Four : Base your leadership values on personal values -- Vision, values, and behavior -- Understanding your core values -- Values, conflicts, and careers -- Summary and synthesis -- Five : Get to know yourself as a leader -- The importance of self-awareness to leadership -- Your personal leadership profile -- Your motivation to lead -- Your leadership competencies -- Your leadership roles -- Your personal characteristics -- Your capacity to learn and your learning styles -- Your responses to change -- Career history and lessons learned -- Summary and synthesis -- Six : Balance your work life and your personal life -- The importance of balance to leadership -- Interactions between work and other areas -- Balance, mastery, and parenting -- Achieving balance -- Beginning to balance -- A continuous process -- Summary and synthesis -- Seven : Take steps toward self-aware leadership -- Summarizing the relevant facts -- Finding patterns and labeling themes -- Choosing bell ringers -- Weighing costs and benefits -- The leadership decision ladder -- Next steps -- Getting the help you need -- Summary and synthesis -- Appendix A: Program participant questionnaire -- Appendix B: Leadership resources.