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A Taste of Leadership |
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How do you
bring together a diverse group of people for a
common purpose? |
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In what ways have you led using
food and eating in order to build a sense of
community among a diverse group of people? |
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Accomplishments |
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It’s time to
“toot your own horn.” Acknowledge your strengths
and accomplishments by listing 3 – 5 successes,
accomplishments, talents or abilities you have
or have experienced. Do not let modesty and
humility get in the way. |
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Accountability |
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Do you have
goals you struggle to reach? Are you effective
at following through with your plans and
actions? What do you need to do in order to
successfully hold yourself accountable for your
plans and goals? |
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Action Plan |
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In order
to meet my personal/professional/business goal(s),
I need an Action Plan and I need to follow it.
The barriers I need to overcome and areas in
which I need support in order to accomplish this
are: |
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Attitude |
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How would you
rate your attitude? Circle one: Good. Needs
adjustment. Great. Do you have an attitude
others want to emulate? If your answer is yes,
why would they? If your answer is no, why would
they not? |
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Authenticity |
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I maintain
my authenticity by:
_____________________________________ .
Times I find it difficult to be real and
authentic make me feel _______________ |
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Being Me |
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In order to
be my best self, I want to/need to/ will… |
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Bold Choices |
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I find it
difficult to develop my personal/business brand
because: _____ This is what I want it to be, but
hesitate: _____ |
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Branding |
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I find it
difficult to develop my personal/business brand
because: _____ This is what I want it to be, but
hesitate: _____ |
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Creativity |
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How do you
express your creativity? Are you satisfied with
how and when you use your creativity? If not,
how can you make the most of it? |
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Changing
Careers |
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What career
change would you make if you could do what you
most want to do? What is holding you back from
making this change? And why? |
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Courage |
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How do
you rate your courage? What does lack of courage
keep you from doing?
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When have you exhibited
extreme courage? ___________________________ |
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Decisions |
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The decisions
I make are important to my future. Decisions I
am facing and that are challenging me are : |
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Dream, Impossible |
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What great,
big dream do you have but feel it is impossible
to reach? |
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What legacy will you leave
because you pursued and realized your ultimate,
impossible dream? |
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Dreams and Vision |
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We have both dreams and a vision
for our future. Combine your dreams with your
vision. Be creative. Express what that looks
like for you. |
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Dreams, Ultimate |
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What big, bodacious dream(s) do
you have but are hesitant to share much less
pursue? |
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What legacy
will you leave because you pursued and realized
your ultimate dream(s)? |
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Empowerment |
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What is it
you want to do, but do not, because you don’t
feel as if you can/should/ could: What do you
think it would take for you to feel empowered to
do those things? |
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Entrepreneurial Spirit |
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How do you
rate your “entrepreneurial spirit”? How do you
practice it? What holds you back from being
entrepreneurial? If you could do anything, be
anything, how would you use your entrepreneurial
spirit? |
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Expansion |
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Currently,
I am bringing expansion and enhancement to my
professional and personal life by:
__________________________________ .
I am
intimidated by “expansion” and because of this
barrier, I’m missing out on the following:
_______________________________ . |
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Financial
Stewardship |
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The financial
decisions I make are important to my future and
the future of my family. Financial stewardship
challenges me in the following ways: _____I’m working
to keep that in control by: _____ |
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Finding Time |
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What is it
that you need to do, want to do, but finding the
time to do it challenges you the most? Why do
you think you don’t do it and how do you feel
when you don’t?
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Flavorful Leadership |
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How do you
bring together a diverse group of people for a
common purpose? |
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In what ways have you led using
food and eating in order to build a sense of
community among a diverse group of people? |
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Focus |
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Are you
staying focused on your goals and dreams? If so,
what are you doing to maintain focus? If not,
what’s distracting you and how damaging are the
distractions? |
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Gratitude |
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What are you
most thankful for in your life? What should you
be grateful for that you often neglect or
overlook? Why do you think you overlook things
you should appreciate more? |
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Healthy Eating |
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My eating
would be healthier if I would... What keeps me
from healthy eating is… |
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I Can |
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There are
many things I do successfully that further my
personal and professional goals. However, there
are some things I would like to do and feel I
can’t, they are: ___________ |
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Image Impact |
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Image is
more than how I look, it’s how I feel, act and
contribute. My image impacts many things,
including taking care of myself. I take care of
myself by: _______________.
Taking
care of my image and me allow me to better take
care of others. I do this by:
___________________________. |
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Inner
Strengths |
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Think about
your inner strengths. Be generous with yourself.
List them here: How are you using them? If you
aren’t, why not? |
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Joyfulness |
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I’m most
happy and joyful when I? The things I’m not
happy about or keep me from really enjoying my
life and my work are? To bring more happiness
and fun in my life, I’m going to? |
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Limitations |
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Do you impose
limitations on yourself and what you can do?
What are some things you want to do, but
something, probably yourself, keeps holding you
back?
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If you had no limitations, what would/could you
do? _____________________ |
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Leading |
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How do you
rate your leadership ability? High? Medium? Low?
Why did you give it that particular rating? And
how do you feel about that? |
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Life's Dreams |
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What is your
life’s dream? What are you not doing to realize
it, and why? |
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Marketing Myself |
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I market
myself in my business and my career by: _____ My
marketing strategies are unclear because I… |
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Mentoring |
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I want a
mentor to help me learn/become/accomplish/focus
on? The strengths/ abilities I have and want to
share as a mentor are? |
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Money Relations |
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What is
your relationship with money? How does it affect
the way you view your potential for financial
success? |
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Networking |
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I don’t
network more/enough in my career/business
because I… |
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The
networking I’ve done and the positive results
I’ve had include: __________ |
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Overcoming Negativity |
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When I’m
surrounded by negativity, I _______? In order to
control my own negative thoughts and statements,
I_______? |
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Power and
Influence |
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I’m uncertain
of how and when to use my power and influence.
For example, some opportunities I’ve missed
doing so are? I’ve used my power and influence
wisely and effectively to accomplish the
following? |
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Priorities |
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Raise your
awareness of your own priorities, aspirations,
goals and potential. |
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Relationships |
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Do you build
and nurture successful relationships? If so,
what works well for you? If not, what are the
barriers keeping you from doing so? In the blank
spaces below, list how you build relationships,
or what you are going to do to build
relationships. |
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Remaining Optimistic |
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It is
sometime challenging for me to be optimistic
because: _______________ The areas that
challenge me most and what I do to counteract
the negativity are: __________. |
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Responsibilities |
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I feel as if
I handle my responsibilities to others well when
I…? I feel as if there are some responsibilities
to my family or community I neglect because...? |
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Risk Taking |
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As a
result of being willing to take a risk, I have … |
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Or, I am not
willing to take risks and wish I could… |
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Role Models |
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An important
role model in my life is This role model
influenced me to do/be/become because? I think I
am a role model who provides / presents the
following for others to emulate: |
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Self-Acknowledgement |
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Women have
skills, talents and experiences they do not give
themselves credit for. How do you currently
acknowledge your abilities and accomplishments?
Consistently acknowledging your abilities and
accomplishment leads to greater success. How are
you going to maintain self-acknowledgment in the
future? |
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Self-Awareness |
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I’m
self-aware in that I know and make the most of
my strengths and weaknesses by...? I’m having
difficulty knowing and accepting what I need to
do to be more self-aware because…? |
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Self-Image |
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I see my self
as a woman who...? I want to see myself, and for
others to see me, as a woman who___? |
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Self-Renewal |
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I am or am
not (circle one) aware of the need for
self-renewal. I don’t seem to have time for
self-renewal because...? What I want to do /
should do / will do is: _ |
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Selling |
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How do you
rate your “ability to sell”? High?
Medium, low, or very low? Why did
you rate your ability as you did? If
you rated it low, what makes you
think you are not good at selling? |
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Small Victories |
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I recognize
the small victories by:
___________________________________
I neglect to appreciate my small
victories when I:
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Speaking Up and Out |
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When I feel
strongly about a cause, action, and/or what’s
right or wrong, I have difficulty speaking up
about it because… I’m not comfortable about
standing my ground about something because:
_____ |
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Success |
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Do you
consider yourself successful? If your answer is
“yes,” briefly define your success. If your
answer is “no,” what makes you think you are
not? |
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Trends and Trend Setting |
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I consider
myself to be on the cutting edge of trends and
keep that way by _____ I want to be a
trendsetter and am working to accomplish that by
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Taking Charge |
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The area(s)
or aspect(s) of my life I need to “take charge”
of is (are): _________ |
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Using My
Power |
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I’m aware of
the positive power I possess and use it wisely
by: _____
I need to work on using my power, however, I’m
challenged to do so because and by: _____ |
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Uniqueness |
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Everyone is
unique. Your uniqueness makes you memorable.
List and share the unique qualities, experiences
and talents you have. |
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Valuing Myself |
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I find it
challenging to value myself because
____________________________ Some of
the ways I work to maintain
self-value are
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What Do You Want?
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What specifically do you want to do,
have and be? Why do you want
to do, have and be these? |
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