This document appears to be from a leadership workshop focused on emotional well-being, authentic leadership, courageous purpose, and mapping horizons. The summary is: The document provides exercises and discussions around defining one's authentic leadership signature, managing burnout, finding purpose in one's work, and visualizing future goals. It encourages participants to reflect on their strengths and blind spots to maximize their leadership impact and influence over others. Various leadership archetypes like collaborator, sage, warrior, and pioneer are explored to help people understand their natural leadership style.

1. Dr. Sam Collins
Inspirational
Leadership Toolkit

3. My main intention for coming
to the workshop is ________.

4. One thing that always makes
me laugh is _______.

5. Something that concerns me
deeply about our world right
now is ______.

6. One thing I might do to get in my
own way of getting everything I can
out of this workshop is ______.

7. Something I commit to do to
get the most out of today is
______.

9. COURAGEOUS PURPOSE
AUTHENTIC SIGNATURE
EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING
MAPPING HORIZONS

10. Session 1: Emotional Well-Being

13. Burnout Defined
Emotional
Exhaustion
Lack of Efficacy,
Meaning
Depersonalisation
Fatigue from emotions of life,
work and world
Not feeling able to complete the job
Not able to feel meaning in work
Loss of sense of identity in the job
Unfeeling or uncaring stance

15. FIND YOUR FIRE

16. Energy psychology is
based on the broad
theory that mental
health and physical
health conditions are
related to altered flow
and function in the
body’s electrical energies
and energy fields.

17. www.fastcompany.com
An-atlas-of-the-
human-body-that-
maps-where-we-feel-
emotions

18. Redefining Happiness
Awe
Wonder
Joy
Contentment
Purpose
Meaning
Love
Verve
Spark
Exuberance

19. IS JOY THE
FUEL TO
INSPIRATION?

21. A feeling of extreme gladness, delight, or
exultation of the spirit arising from a sense of well-
being or satisfaction.
Passive joy involves tranquillity and a feeling of
contentment with things as they are.
Active joy involves a desire to share one’s feelings
with others.

22. • We feel joy in our bodies because
of the release of dopamine and
serotonin.
• “Joy is a high energy form of
happiness” - Greater Good
Science Center at UC Berkeley.
• You don’t have figure out how to
lead a stress-free “perfect” life. Joy
can live alongside whatever else
you’re experiencing.
• You can learn to expand your
capacity for joy.

23. COLLECTIVE JOY
• Personal
Achievement
• I and me
• Collective
Transformation
• Us and We

24. What
BRINGS
YOU JOY?

25. The 7 most essential changes
to create more joy:
1. Where you locate yourself (home/work)
2. How you define yourself (who am I, am I enough?)
3. How you approach life experiences (inner and outer)
4. How much you live your life and career aspirations
5. Who you spend your time with
6. Your balance of ‘other’/we/us and self
7. Expression of positive emotions like love, freedom, gratitude

26. What can
you do to
create
more joy?

27. Visualisation is important
because it helps to prepare
and to teach you how to
respond to a situation
before it happens. It also
helps you achieve your
goals by conditioning your
brain to see, hear, and feel
the outcome in your mind.

28. Science of Visualisation
• Beneficial for tension-type headache, recurrent abdominal pain in children,
and musculoskeletal pain, reduce length of hospital stay, reduced
postoperative pain, anxiety, while increasing patient satisfaction. (Delia
Chiaramonte, Brian Morrison, in Practical Management of Pain (Fifth
Edition), 2014)
• Significant reductions in depressed mood and fatigue and showed
significant gains in physical and mental health/quality of life
(https://www.mcbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5871039/)
• Guided imagery in women with breast cancer led to altered immune system
functioning, including increased natural killer cells and lymphokine
activated killer cells (10.1016/j.breast.2008.09.002)

30. #rebelliousbook
Aspire For Equality
A aspireforequality
aspireforequality
drsamcollins
Dr Sam Collins

31. Break
(come back and sit
somewhere new)

32. Sit somewhere
new. Introduce
yourself & share
a learning,
insight or action.

33. COURAGEOUS PURPOSE
AUTHENTIC SIGNATURE
EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING
MAPPING HORIZONS

34. Session 2: Authentic Signature

35. Authentic
signature = Your
natural way of
leading and
inspiring others.

36. What is your
authentic signature?
What is the inspiring
impact?
What are your blind
spots?
How do you inspire
others?

37. • Inclusive
• Diplomatic
• Democratic
• Warm
• Nurturing
Collaborator

38. • Harmonising
• Develops trust, teamwork
and empowerment
• People feel listened to,
understood and able to be
themselves
• Motivating
Collaborator Inspiring Impact

39. • Can over consult
• Decisions not
made/procrastinate
• Works really hard/says
‘yes’ a lot so has too much
to do
Collaborator Blind Spots

40. • Knowledgeable/wise
• Egoless
• Calm
• Thinks things through/detail
Sage

41. • Respected for knowledge
• Reassuring and wise (not about age)
• Resourceful thinker
• Expertise opens up new ideas and
thinking
Sage Inspiring Impact

42. •Not speaking up or too late
•Assumes their view is not valid or too
simple
•Gets frustrated and can feel excluded
leading to a dip in confidence
Sage Blind Spots

43. • Bold/direct/challenging
• Sees constructive conflict as
important
• Fiercely protective
• Soft centre
Warrior Leader

44. • Can bring safety and security
• Stabilising in uncertain times
• Works well with other warriors
• Stretching for people
• People have clear jobs to do
Warrior Inspiring Impact

45. • High stress as trying to do a lot on
own
• Micro managing
• Can be seen as scary or aggressive
• Feels misunderstood
Warrior Leader Blind Spots

46. • Presence
• Big picture/strategic
• ‘Swan Like’
• Self assured
• Regal
Sovereign

47. • Credibility and authority inspires
respect
• Provides stability in periods of change
• Gives clarity and understanding
• People know what’s expected
• Calm in a storm
Sovereign Inspiring Impact

48. • Can be seen as aloof
• Feels lonely
• Puts high pressure on self/finds it
hard to ask for help
• Can get stuck in a rut and find it
hard to change
Sovereign Blind Spots

49. • New ideas/innovation
• Visionary
• Risk taker
• Unconventional/wildcard/weirdo
• ‘What’s next?’
Pioneer

50. • Charismatic, inspiring and energising
• Gets people into action
• A feeling that anything is possible
• Can see what other can not
Pioneer Inspiring Impact

51. • Seen as too risky/idealistic
• Needs to bring people along with them
• Tiring for people to follow
• Goes fast and can burn out
• Can get bored easily
Pioneer Blind Spots

52. Sovereign Pioneer Warrior
Sage Collaborator

53. Authentic
Leadership
Signature
Maximise your inspiring
impact
Mitigate your blind
spots

54. Group Exercise
1. What is great about our
authentic signature?
2. The best ways for others to
inspire us are:
3. Things we can do to manage
our blind spots are:

55. Top Tips for Inspiring Collaborators
“Allow them to connect”
Ø Communicate regularly
Ø Focus on the person
Ø Guide / steer without telling
Ø Let them work with others
Ø Be compassionate & empathetic
Ø Soften your tone

56. Top Tips for Inspiring Sages
“Allow them to think”
Ø Respect their opinions, give equal voice
Ø Ask for their opinion
Ø Share information with them
Ø Give them thinking time
Ø Tap into their experience and knowledge

57. Top Tips for Inspiring Warriors
“Allow them to protect”
Ø Be brief & direct
Ø Focus on results and outcomes
Ø Focus on the headlines, not detail
Ø Challenge them, they love it
Ø Don’t take it personally

58. Top Tips for Inspiring Sovereigns
“Allow them to reign”
Ø Ask about the bigger picture
Ø Involve them in high visibility projects
Ø Paint pictures of how things could be
Ø Let them strategise the best way forward
Ø Stay calm, rational, and level headed

59. Top Tips for Inspiring Pioneers
“Allow them to fly”
Ø Set challenging goals and new
projects for them
ØAccept that failure is about learning
and bouncing back
Ø Empower them and leave them to it
ØAllow for ‘out of the box’ thinking

61. #rebelliousbook
Aspire For Equality
A aspireforequality
aspireforequality
drsamcollins
Dr Sam Collins

62. Lunch
(come back and sit
somewhere new)

63. Sit somewhere
new. Introduce
yourself & share
a learning,
insight or action.

64. COURAGEOUS PURPOSE
AUTHENTIC SIGNATURE
EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING
MAPPING HORIZONS

65. Session 3: Courageous Purpose

67. What is courage
for you?
Where in your life
and career is
courage calling
you?

69. “Having a larger
purpose boosts company
performance, drives
higher employee
engagement and
stronger capacity for
innovation”
- EY Beacon Institute and
Harvard Business Review

70. Purpose Exercise
1. What were your passions as a child?
2. What are 2 or 3 of your most inspiring qualities
or values as an adult?
3. List 2 or 3 ways you enjoy expressing those
qualities/values.
4. Discuss why your work matters and who it
benefits.
5. What is the change you want to see in the world
and why?

72. My purpose is to use my ___________and ______________
(Insert 2 or 3 passions or inspiring qualities from Q1 & Q2)
to ___________________and ____________________________
(Insert 2 ways you enjoy expressing those qualities as a leader from
Q3)
so that ____________________________________________________
(Insert why your work matters and who
benefits from it from Q4 and/or Q5 the change you want to see in
the world)

75. #rebelliousbook
Aspire For Equality
A aspireforequality
aspireforequality
drsamcollins
Dr Sam Collins

76. Break
(come back and sit
somewhere new)

77. Sit somewhere
new. Introduce
yourself & share
a learning,
insight or action.

78. COURAGEOUS PURPOSE
AUTHENTIC SIGNATURE
EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING
MAPPING HORIZONS

79. Session 4: Mapping Horizons

80. 65% of earth is
unexplored

82. THE NEXT
SToP

85. The Aspire UK 2022
Inspiration
Programme
• Workshops – The Leadership Presence (October)
• Webinars – Time & Life Leadership, Resilience Boost
• Aspire Global Village Network – Monthly help exchange
forum

86. WISH HOPE LIKE TRY WANT COMMIT