14 Jan 2010 Houston Presentation

1. Caterpillars obliterate themselves to produce the butterflies that dazzle us. McCleary thoughtfully and without apology asks you to obliterate yourself to liberate your leadership and give it wings. If you are looking for easy 1-2-3 leadership, look elsewhere. This is deep and necessary provocation. Ron Crossland, co-author of The Leader's Voice and former Vice-Chair, Tom Peters Company

21. “A bold guide for leaders courageous enough to engage in serious self-reflection; an invitation to explore what is perhaps the last frontier for excellence – self-interference.” Timothy Gallwey, author of The Inner Game of Tennis, The Inner Game of Work, and The Inner Game of Stress

23. Courageous Voices of Truth 6 – Judging Judgment Fears, Control, Decision Making 8 – Painless Prisons Pain Avoidance, Unhelpful Kindness 9 – Fear’s Sentencing Hiding, Ivory Towers, Dehumanizing, Power Distance 11 – Apprehended by Appearances Masks, Authenticity, Hypocrisy, Ego-Death 19 – The Seditious Undertow of Silence Truth, Freedom, Collusion of Silence 20 – Exiled in Action Meaningless Motion

24. Wounded Healers 2 – Unresolved Grief Past Wounds, Angry Hero, Victimization 5 – Scaling Walls of Wounds Hiding, Ivory Towers, Dehumanizing, Power Distance 8 – Painless Prisons Pain Avoidance, Unhelpful Kindness 13 – Captivity of Indecision Indecisive, Worthless, Hesitation, Helpless 14 – Corked in a Bottle Emotion Avoidance, Disproportionate Response 17 – Deserts of Disavowal Rejected, Disavowed, Disempowered, Shame

25. Powerfully Irrelevant 3 – False Sense of Freedom Dehumanizing, Tyranny, Projecting Incarceration 4 – Ties that Bind Leadership is Relationship, Community, Isolation 7 – Arrested by Adoration Worship and Following, Humility, Equality 12 – Confined in Blindness Blindness, Desensitizing, Vulnerability, Domination 15 – Desensitized Detainment Numbness, Coercion, Supremacy, Impersonal 16 – Trapped in Competence Deceitful, Disloyal, Self-Protective, Ends/Means 18 – Cells of Solipsism Omnipotence, Omniscience, Questions

26. Self-Acceptance Self-Awareness Self-Accountability Meaningful Connection Avoidance of Reality Defensiveness & Blame Fear & Self-Protection Isolation & Loneliness Rejection & Judgment Vulnerability & Openness Self-Interference, the Last Frontier of Excellence © 2009 David McCleary. All rights reserved.

27. What courage is required of me now? What choices would set me free? What is my contribution to my frustrations? What music is trapped inside me?

28. Change-Facilitative Leadership… Collaborative Leadership All change is a self-inflicted wound All significant change involves choice, discomfort, vision, & movement All group/organization change is preceded by personal change Pause Challenge Choose Partnering to Release Trapped Value in Leaders, Teams, and OrganizationsSM

35. “To develop oneself as a leader, turn away from the familiar, the comfortable, and even the sources of existing power. That’s the message of this book, and David McCleary makes it sound not just possible, but compelling.” Art Kleiner, author of The Age of Heretics and editor-in-chief of Strategy+Business