As a leader, are you as multi-dimensional as you need to for the benefit of your team members?

While we each have one or two primary strengths, to be the best leader for a variety of team members, other strengths should include these leadership faces: Pioneering, Energizing, Affirming, Inclusive, Humble, Deliberate, Resolute, or Commanding - are you all of those?

Here's a thought... can you be authentic, true-to-yourself, genuine and still be multi-dimensional?

All the people you work with are different, aren't they?
So how can you successfully be one face all the time?

Leadership has more than one dimension and that's what you'll discover in The 8 Dimensions of Leadership. You'll also:

• Discover your primary leadership dimension
• Learn about the psychological drivers, motivations, and "blind spots" typical of leaders with your style
• Reflect on what really matters most in your leadership development right now
• Once you identify the dimension(s) in which you'd like to grow, learn leadership lessons to help you get there

Using the third-generation DiSC® online personality assessment - one of the most scientifically validated tools available - The 8 Dimensions of Leadership helps you identify your primary leadership dimension.

Whether you are a Pioneering, Energizing, Affirming, Inclusive, Humble, Deliberate, Resolute, or Commanding leader, the authors help you understand the psychological drivers, motivations, and "blind spots" characteristic of your style.

But no single style will take you all the way. A Humble leader may have a hard time making tough decisions. A Commanding leader may run roughshod over potential allies. The authors detail the lessons all leaders can learn from each style, enabling you to craft a multidimensional approach to becoming the leader you aspire to be.

The book is terrific, but you don't need to read it all - it's personalized for you based on your Book Mapwhich will guide you through the chapters that apply to you.

What's a Book Map? A one-page assessment that highlights YOUR primary leadership style and determines what more you might need to do for real effectiveness - read on... 

1. Complete the initial FREE assessment- receive a personalized Book Map that describes your primary leadership style. Contact ALD, Inc at bmann@ald-inc.com and we will provide your access code to respond online for this free MAP
   
   

   BTW...here's an example of a personalized Book Map: Use this link to read Bob's Book Map - the map is not a complete profile, it whets your appetite for more detail about your own leadership style and serves as a guide for how to get the most out of the book FOR YOU (remember, you don't have to read this one from cover to cover!) 
    

2. Read the book - the MAP will guide you through the book
    Part l: You'll learn the circumplex leadership model used in Everything DiSC profiles and reports
    
   Part ll: Take a deeper dive into your primary style - you'll read one chapter here based on your Book Map
    
   Part lll: You'll be directed to two chapters here based on your leadership analysis - your lessons from the eight dimensions
    
   Chapter 19: use this chapter to Pull It All Together
    
3. Practice adapting your behaviors to develop multifaceted approaches to leadership...BUT YOU CAN GO FARTHER - SEE NEXT STEPS BELOW