Dedication 6
Preface 7
Your Leadership Narrative through Stories 11
Visions and Destinations 13
Leadership Patterns 15
Emergent Leadership 15
Servant Leadership 17
Assigned Leadership 17
Adaptive Leadership 18
Leadership Dispositions 19
Non-Starter & Finisher (NS&F) 21
Quick Starter & Finisher (QS&F) 24
Resilient Starter & Finisher (RS&F) 27
Leadership Personas 29
Persona Mental Profiles 30
Lean Thinking and Agility 32
Lean 32
Value Stream Mapping 33
Agility 36
Plan–Do–Inspect–Adapt: Transforming Your Leadership Character 42
Plan–Do–Inspect–Adapt Validators 43
Plan 45
Do (Executing) 48
Inspect 48
Adapt 48
The Culture Shift 49
Hypothesis Testing: What-If Questions (Shawn) 50
Shawn’s Plan 52
Shawn’s Do (Executing) 53
Shawn’s Inspect 53
Shawn’s Adapt 53
Shawn’s Retrospective 54
Shawn’s Summary 55
Reciprocal If–Then Questions (Chase) 57
Chase’s Plan 58
Chase’s Do (Executing) 59
Chase’s Inspect 60
Chase’s Adapt 61
Chase’s Retrospective 61
Chase’s Summary 62
Circular Questions (Mario) 63
Mario’s Plan 64
Mario’s Do (Executing) 65
Mario’s Inspect 65
Mario’s Adapt 65
Mario’s Retrospective 66
Mario’s Summary 67
Remain Intentional 68
Epilogue 69
References 72