Leader Performing Requires Leader Becoming
Identity-first leadership development is the most underleveraged performance strategy in people-as-leader growth- at work, at home, wherever you have influence.
In a world where leaders—supervisors, managers, parents, executives, boards, founders, entrepreneurs— are constantly pulled between external expectations and internal truths, Dr. Natalie Pickering’s first book—Leading Becomes You: A Real-World Framework for Leading from the Inside Out—offers a transformative journey to rediscover and reclaim your authentic self-as-leader. Drawing from psychology, emotional intelligence, and leadership development, this book dismantles the illusion that leadership success requires sacrificing who we truly are.
Blending research, personal insights, and actionable exercises, Leading Becomes You: How to Lead from the Inside Out guides leaders through a four-phase process of awareness, acceptance, assimilation, and authentic activation. It begins with honest exploration of your inner leader terrain and charts a personalized course toward flourishing, where identity and connection realign the self-as-leader. Along the way, readers explore their own “Root-Bound Self,” challenge outdated scripts, and cultivate the courage to lead with purpose and wholeness.
This is where Soul and Story meet Strategy for every manager, supervisor, Mom, Dad, teacher, coach, executive, and individual contributor. As they navigate the day-to-day challenges of their roles, no human as leader-influencer can lead and manage effectively without this foundational work of building their very own self-as-leader blueprint. This is the game-changing, live and lead from flourishing how to!
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Praise for Leading Becomes You
Dr. Natalie Pickering is the kind of person who, if you met her in line in the grocery store, would strike up an animated, humorous conversation with you, all the while offering curative advice that you would later, sitting in your car realize, significantly impacted your life and wellbeing. I know. I’ve had that conversation with her. The next best thing to calling her for an actual appointment, is to read her animated, skillfully written practical guide to becoming the kind of leader who knows how to lead from their own skin. Five stars!
–Jamie Winship, Author, Speaker, Founder, Identity Exchange
Wow! Instead of the usual book detailing symptoms of leader discontent Leading Becomes You offers a tested and true blueprint from an experienced Psychologist and Coach’s clinical expertise. It is a deep work but an easy and enjoyable read. I have personally seen the dramatic impact Dr. Pickering’s work has on the wide variety of managers, supervisors, and leaders with whom she works. I compiled a list of gift recipients as I read this book!
–Cynthia Mealer, PhD Clinical Psychologist
Leading Becomes You both challenged and encouraged me. Engagingly written, with stories from the author’s own life story as well as her years of practice helping clients discover their authentic self-as-leader. Having recently completed a career chapter in non-profit executive service, I’m looking ahead to my next chapter. Leading Becomes You has given me the language and tools to navigate this next phase of leadership successfully. I wish I could have read it thirty years ago. You won’t regret this read.
–Tim Rickel, VP WGM, Retired
Identity-First Leadership : Next Steps!
Bring Leading Becomes You into your organization with keynotes, workshops, and emerging leader or executive offsites that turn identity clarity into measurable performance.
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