The document outlines principles for creating powerful relationships, teams, and cultures through personal development and leadership. It discusses 3 key principles: 1) Know thyself in order to avoid tripping up results and harming the enterprise. 2) There are no silver bullets, leadership takes time and hard work. 3) Getting "there" means starting now rather than procrastinating on a journey of self-improvement. It provides tips on how to begin a personal development process through finding a trusted guide or consultant and starting small. Personalized and engaged approaches that involve sharing one's process tend to be most effective. A typical engagement involves assessment, feedback, goal setting, and building organizational capacity.

1. Wheelwright Associates
L e a d e r s h i p & P e r s o n a l D e v e l o p m e n t
3 Principles for Creating and Sustaining
Powerful Relationships, Teams and
Cultures
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2. Principle 1—Know Thyself
"What can we gain by sailing to the moon if we are not
able to cross the abyss that separates us from
ourselves? This is the most important of all voyages of
discovery and without it, all the rest are not only
useless but disastrous"
Thomas Merton
What we don’t see in ourselves trips us up.
What trips us up affects our results
When our results suffer, the enterprise suffers
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3. Principle 2—No Silver Bullets
“The Way Through the World is More Difficult Than
the Way Beyond It”
Wallace Stevens
Leadership and personal development take time
Becoming more conscious can be hard work
There are non-invasive ways to do this right
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4. Principle 3—Getting ‘There’
What ever you can do, or dream you can do, begin
it! Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.
Goethe
Things don’t ‘fix themselves’. Start now.
Its easier earlier than later. Don’t procrastinate.
It’s a journey, not a destination.
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5. How to Begin
Choosing The Right Approach
Find a guide—coach or consultant that you trust
Don’t be seduced by the quick fix
Get your needs met
Start small. Investigate options.
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6. What Works
Its Different for Everyone, But.........
Get a true, customized approach
Get engaged, stay engaged. It works.
Share your own process, it pulls others along with you
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7. A Typical Engagement
What It Often Looks Like
Personal needs assessment
Develop profile through feedback & analysis
Coaching and goal setting a mutual enterprise
Involve others in the organization to build capacity
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