The Self-Aware Leader

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As Founder and CEO of Gallagher Leadership LLC, Dan Gallagher is a transformative, inclusive, and self-aware leader with success in accelerating the growth of leaders, the performance of teams, and the scaling of organizations. He currently works on consulting, coaching, and development engagements with clients including Fortune 1000 corporations, start-ups, and nonprofits. Dan spent 19 years at Comcast, focusing mainly on inclusive leadership development and training strategies. He holds a Master of Science in Training and Organizational Development and a Bachelor of Science in Sociology from Saint Joseph’s University. He lives in suburban Philadelphia with his wife, Suzanne, and their four sons.

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Grow Your Self-Awareness, Become a Better Leader

Written by leadership expert and coach Dan Gallagher, The Self-Aware Leader is designed to sharpen the self-awareness of middle-managers to drive their career growth and roles as leaders. These leaders often find themselves in the unenviable role of buffering between employees and upper management. While being a middle manager takes patience and loyalty, most middle managers become overly entangled in just getting things done. Self-awareness is an enduring business skill that, when developed successfully, can free managers from the day-to-day weeds and allow them to master their own destiny, reinvent their teams, and achieve their business goals.

Gallagher presents a leadership model that new up-and-comers, journeymen veterans, and even senior leaders can use as a catalyst to propel their careers. Based on empirical research involving on 700+ middle managers and more than two decades of use, the model highlights two key principles of leadership self-awareness: reinvention to remain relevant and proactive (not reactive) action. It is the first to fully integrate the idea of reinvention, servant leadership, and business transformation into a single framework.

Topics addressed in this second edition include leadership health and well-being, artificial intelligence, the digitization of work, the connection between employee and customer experiences, trust, and leading remote teams. The final chapter highlights how self-awareness has risen to the forefront of business skills. The book includes thought exercises, role-specific insights for leaders in various functions, and real examples of how increased self-awareness grows a leader’s value.

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Foreword 

 Introduction 

 Section One: The Foundation 

 Chapter 1: The Self-Aware Leader’s Advantage 

 Chapter 2: A Proven Path for Becoming a Self-Aware Leader 

 Chapter 3: The Four Pillars of Reinvention 

 Section Two: The Application for Individuals 

 Chapter 4: Professional Authenticity 

 Chapter 5: Profitable Imagination 

 Chapter 6: Generosity Quotient 

 Chapter 7: Think Like a General Manager 

 Chapter 8: Feed a Family vs. Solve World Hunger 

 Section Three: Scaling the Application 

 Chapter 9: Who You Know and Who Knows You 

 Chapter 10: Connect the Dots and Spur Innovation 

 Chapter 11: Models for Strategically Scaling 

 Conclusion 

Appendix