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Dare to Lead

Brené Brown

Can courage at work be learned, and if so, how do you put down your armor and build the skills for hard talks, trust and failure?

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Author
Brené Brown

Why read it

  • You will pick up a shared language and tools for hard talks, so you stop hiding behind armor at work
  • You will have a clear way to talk about trust with your team, so it stops being a topic everyone avoids
  • You will get better at taking hard feedback and at turning your values into things people can see you do

Who it is for

  • New managers who feel they must look sure at all times
  • Team leads whose group avoids hard conversations
  • Anyone who flinches at feedback or at admitting a mistake

Contents

  1. It’s Not the Critic Who Counts
  2. Brave Leaders and Courage Cultures
  3. WHAT STANDS IN THE WAY BECOMES THE WAY
  4. The Heart of Daring Leadership
  5. Rumble Tool: The Square Squad
  6. The Four Six Myths of Vulnerability
  7. TO FEEL IS TO BE VULNERABLE
  8. Treasure Hunting
  9. The Power and Wisdom to Serve Others
  10. The Vulnerability Armory
  11. Putting Down the Armor
  12. PEOPLE, PEOPLE, PEOPLE
  13. Digging into Shame
  14. SHAME 101
  15. SHAME, GUILT, HUMILIATION, AND EMBARRASSMENT
  16. HOW SHAME SHOWS UP AT WORK
  17. SHAME RESILIENCE
  18. Empathy
  19. NAVIGATING THE ICEBERG
  20. WHAT EMPATHY LOOKS LIKE
  21. EMPATHY IN PRACTICE
  22. THIS IS US
  23. HOW TO PRACTICE SELF-COMPASSION
  24. EMPATHY AND SHAME RESILIENCE
  25. Grounded Confidence = Rumble Skills + Curiosity + Practice
  26. DRIVING GREATNESS FROM CURIOSITY AND LEARNING
  27. More Rumble Tools
  28. Living into Our Values and Feedback
  29. GETTING GOOD AT RECEIVING FEEDBACK
  30. KNOW MY VALUES = KNOW ME. NO VALUES = NO ME.
  31. THE VALUES OPERATIONALIZINATOR
  32. Trust Talk We Can Actually Hear
  33. The BRAVING Inventory
  34. PUTTING THE BRAVING INVENTORY INTO PRACTICE
  35. The Basics of Self-Trust
  36. The Ham Fold-over Debacle
  37. The Reckoning, the Rumble, and the Revolution
  38. THE RECKONING
  39. STRATEGIES FOR RECKONING WITH EMOTION
  40. The Rumble: Conspiracies, Confabulations, and Shitty First Drafts
  41. THE DELTA
  42. THE STORY RUMBLE
  43. The Revolution
  44. BY BRENÉ BROWN

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