Performing leadership requires the right instruments and a guide to follow.

A musical performance requires the musicians to have their various instruments so they can produce pleasing sounds and create a meaningful song. A person performing leadership also needs the right instruments so they can produce pleasing tones and create a meaningful experience.

Harmonic Instrument Collage

The Instruments

In the world of leadership development, the term “instruments” is used to describe the various assessments, models, guides and other tools that are used to develop the knowledge, skills and abilities of leaders. The Harmonic Leadership book is filled with dozens of instruments that guide you on how to tune your leadership in a way that creates a meaningful experience for those who you live and work with.

The book was designed to provide information to help in most every leadership situation that you may encounter (specifically people-leadership… the practice of leading others). When you are entering into a situation with another person where you’re not sure how best to approach it, you can find a tool within the book to help inform and guide you on how to best approach the other to have a positive outcome.

The graphic to the left highlights some of the models that you will learn, and below is a detailed listing of the instruments and the intended usage.

The Models

A Sampling of Some of the Models

  • Mindful Caring

    Balance the act of caring in all four areas of life.

  • Balanced Leadership

    Remain balanced between managing work and leading people.

  • Harmonic Leadership Wheel

    Discover six uniquely special leadership styles.

  • CARE Conversation

    Communicate with CARE to have inclusive conversations.

  • FLEX

    Flex your leadership style to meet the needs of others.

  • FOAM

    Clean up the mess when negativity has been shown.

  • Influence Styles

    Reach people through their preferred influence style.

  • Influence Target

    Aim for your influence target to reach your goals.

  • Influence Rings

    Utilize the three areas of effective influence.

  • RESOLVE Resolution

    Navigate successfully through conflict to create resolution.

  • AIR Motivation

    Reach intrinsic motivators that lift people to greatness.

  • TEAMS Development Stages

    Take the five steps to team-strengthening.

  • Harmonic Coaching

    Create a coaching culture to develop each person.

  • ACCORD Coaching Conversation

    Lead effective coaching conversations to reach accord.

  • Trust Triangle

    Deepen the levels of trust in each of the three areas.

The Assessments

You will complete many self-assessments within the book to deepen your understanding of how you approach your leadership. Many of them can also be used as a simple 360-Degree assessment tool for gaining the perspective of others to deepen the understanding of how your leadership is perceived.

 

Harmonic Leadership Style

Inclusive Leader Mindset

Balanced Leadership

Extroversion/Introversion

Inclusive Communication

Mindful Communication

Positive Influence Style

Persuasion Preference

Motivation Drivers

Development Tool

Values Compass

Trust Index

Worksheets & Self-Reflections

Throughout the book you will find dozens of practical and pragmatic worksheets to use in your day to day leadership practice, helping you to lead others in a way that is viewed as being an inclusive, mindful caring leader. The worksheets provide you with guidance on analyzing situations to help in your decision-making as you lead others.

The key to developing as a leader is to increase self-awareness.

This book provides the key.  

You will also find many self-reflection activities that you can complete to explore how you approach your leadership. Leaders at all levels, and at all experience-levels can benefit from increasing self-awareness, and the activities provided in the book guide you in your reflection.