Preface: Why We Wrote This Book
1. The Leadership Challenge of Your Life
Parent with Purpose, Fuel Your Career, and Create a Richer Life
Get Started
Find the Right Support
Part I: Your Partnership
2. Envision Your Future Together
Value Values
Craft a Collective Vision
Picture Tomorrow
3. Embrace the Four-Way View
Examine the Four Domains
Notice How the Strands Weave
Overcome Inhibitions to Creative Thinking
Explore Both of Your Four-Way Views
Take the Leadership Leap

How working parents can lead more purposeful lives, characterized by harmony, connection, and impact. Parents in today's fast-paced, disorienting world can easily lose track of who they are and what really matters most. But it doesn't have to be this way. As a parent, you can harness the powerful science of leadership in order to thrive in all aspects of your life. Drawing on the principles of his book Total Leadership--a bestseller and popular leadership development program used in organizations worldwide--and on their experience as researchers, educators, consultants, coaches, and parents, Stew Friedman and coauthor Alyssa Westring offer a robust, proven method that will help you gain a greater sense of purpose and control. It includes tools illustrated with compelling examples from the lives of real working parents that show you how to: Design a future based on your core values Engage with your children in fresh, meaningful ways Cultivate a community of caregiving and support, in all parts of your life Experiment to discover better ways to live and work Powerful, practical, and indispensable, Parents Who Lead is the guide you need to forge a better future, foster meaningful and mutually rewarding relationships, and design sustainable solutions for creating a richer life for yourself, your children, and your world. For more information, visit ParentsWhoLead.net. ----provided by publisher