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When Your Nervous System Calls the Shots – Workbook

🧯When Your Nervous System Calls the Shots – Workbook<br><br>A leadership-focused diagnostic with a companion article to help you recognize and regulate stress responses at work.<br><br>A leadership-focused diagnostic to help you recognize and regulate stress responses at work.<br><br>This 40-question self-assessment helps leaders identify their dominant nervous system pattern (fight, flight, freeze, or fawn) and understand how it shows up in decision-making, communication, and team dynamics. Includes scoring, leadership behavior breakdowns, reflection prompts, regulation tools, and real-world scenarios. <br>Designed for leaders, coaches, and professionals who want to shift from reactive habits to grounded, self-aware leadership.<br>

Leadership Diagnostic: The 10 H’s of Healthy Leadership

🔟 Leadership Diagnostic: The 10 H’s of Healthy Leadership<br><br>A behavior-based self-assessment to help leaders reflect, recalibrate, and lead with clarity.<br><br>This comprehensive tool guides you through 10 core leadership traits including Honor, Humility, Humor, and Healing by using specific questions, a scoring system, and an interpretation guide. Includes actionable steps for growth in each category and a printable infographic for quick reference. Ideal for leaders, coaches, and HR professionals who want a practical, inclusive framework for strengthening leadership behavior. Not just personality traits.<br>

Team Hawk Leadership Diagnostic Companion Tool for Teams

🦅 Team Hawk Leadership Diagnostic & Workbook<br><br> A practical tool for turning side-by-side workers into aligned, high-functioning teams.<br><br>This diagnostic workbook helps leaders assess team alignment, spot signs of miscommunication or disconnect, and build a culture of trust, accountability, and clear communication. Includes a team alignment scoring tool, guided reflection questions, practical exercises, and a story-rich companion article grounded in real leadership behavior. Designed for managers, coaches, and internal leads who need hands-on tools to strengthen team dynamics. All without a corporate retreat.<br>

How Your Attachment Style Affects Leadership

🧠 How Your Attachment Style Affects Leadership<br><br> A practical assessment that connects emotional patterns to leadership behavior. No therapy degree required.<br><br>This tool helps you identify your attachment style (secure, anxious, avoidant, or fearful-avoidant) and how it shapes trust, delegation, conflict, and connection at work. Includes a 12-question quiz, leadership profiles for each style, team dynamics insights, and growth strategies you can apply right away. Ideal for leaders, coaches, and managers who want to understand the hidden patterns that shape how they show up, and lead, with emotional steadiness.

Leadership Style Diagnostic: Evaluate Your Leadership Approach

🧭 Leadership Style Diagnostic: Evaluate Your Leadership Approach<br><br>A clear, behavior-based tool for understanding how you lead and how to lead more effectively.<br><br>This assessment helps you identify your leadership tendencies across seven distinct styles, including Agile, Servant, Authoritative, and more. Includes a scoring survey, style breakdowns, and real-world strategies for adapting your approach. Designed for leaders, coaches, and managers who want insight they can actually use. Not just a personality label.<br>

Checklist for Leaders to Assess Political Culture

🏢 Organizational Politics & Power Dynamics Checklist<br><br> A no-fluff tool to help leaders identify hidden dysfunction before it turns into deeper damage.<br><br>This checklist guides you through six key areas (communication, power, collaboration, ethics, culture, and leadership behavior) to help you spot political or toxic patterns early. Includes clear, behavior-based prompts so you can assess what's really happening inside your organization and take action. Designed for leaders, coaches, consultants, and HR professionals who need a sharper lens on workplace dynamics.

10 Fresh Alternatives to Traditional Newsletters

✉️ 10 Better Email Formats for Experts Who Hate Email<br><br> Fresh, strategic alternatives to boring newsletters that no one wants to write or read.<br><br>This practical guide offers 10 email formats that help you show up consistently without sounding canned or salesy. Perfect for coaches, consultants, service providers, and small business owners who want to build trust, share expertise, and connect with their audience in ways that feel natural and relevant.<br>

Email Marketing Effectiveness Audit for Leaders

🧠 Email Marketing Effectiveness Audit for Leaders<br><br> A diagnostic tool to assess how well your emails build authority and deliver value.<br><br>This self-assessment helps leaders identify gaps in their email marketing strategy. Whether you’ve launched a list or are just getting started. It frames thought leadership as a measurable skill and offers clear insight into what’s working, what’s missing, and what to improve. Designed for consultants, coaches, and solo business owners who want to use email as a credible, strategic asset.<br>

Email Planning Guide for Leader Success

📧 Email Planning Guide for Leader Success<br><br> A practical framework for building trust and visibility through email without sounding salesy.<br><br>This downloadable template walks you through a step-by-step strategy to help leaders plan and write effective email campaigns. Learn how to define goals, segment your audience, create credibility-building content, and stay consistent with a schedule that works. Ideal for consultants, coaches, and solo business owners ready to use email with purpose and clarity.<br>

10 Proven Leadership Strategies to Grow Your Business

🔟 Leadership Strategies with ✅ Proven Results<br>Practical tips for leading with purpose and effectiveness.<br><br>This downloadable guide walks you through 10 leadership strategies backed by research and real-world experience—from psychological safety to inclusive leadership and emotional intelligence. Designed for managers, business owners, and team leads who want to lead with clarity and impact.