We do not need loads of leadership or managerial training classes to teach people to be leaders.

What we need is to help people find the leadership that lives within them.

Leadership is an inside job.

I’m talking about discovering the deeper purpose, passions and presence that is already inside all of us. Once we know our strengths and potential that dwells within, we can bring more of our whole self and make a deeper impact.

It also means understanding what doesn’t work so well for us, shuts us down or triggers us to act in ways that are not our best selves.

One of the things that most holds everyone back from being their best and brightest selves is what’s going on inside their heads.

The stories that they tell themselves, the boxes that others have put them in and the issues of the past.

I had a client, Christine, who just could not believe that she was a leader of people. Although she was already leading people informally and had huge potential, she was stuck in her own limited thinking. We had to bust through the mindset that other experienced people always knew better than she did. Once Christine created an empowering paradigm that she could trust herself and her own judgement, she stepped into truly owning her leadership skills and role as a leader. She began implementing new ideas and enrolling others and was on fire!

For you personally, what holds you back from being your best self? What would set you free?