The Learning RoomLeadership & Personal Development

The Discipline of Leading Yourself

Character, attention and habits before titles and teams.

Status: In development
Level: Foundations
Lessons: 13 · about 146 min
Access: Price to be announced

This course is being written. The outline below shows the intended shape and may change.

About this course

Before we lead others, we lead our own mornings, commitments and reactions. This course explores values, attention, habits and honest self-review as the quiet groundwork of leadership. It draws on practical reflection rather than formulas, and asks learners to apply each idea to an ordinary week.

Who it's forPeople who carry responsibility at work, at home or in their community and want steadier ways of managing themselves.

You will be able to

Name the values you want to guide your decisions and test them against your calendar
Plan a working week that protects time for focused, important work
Build and review a small set of habits that support your commitments
Use a simple weekly review to learn from mistakes without excusing or punishing yourself

Curriculum

Module 1Values and character
1. What you stand for when no one is watching
2. Your values and your calendar
3. Keeping small promises
Module 2Attention and time
1. Where your attention actually goes
2. Protecting time for focused work
3. Rest is part of the work
Module 3Habits that hold
1. Starting small and staying consistent
2. Designing your environment
Module 4Responding under pressure
1. The gap before reacting
2. Difficult conversations with yourself
3. Asking for honest feedback
Module 5Reviewing and growing
1. The weekly review
2. Learning from mistakes