About:
AUTHENTIC LEADERSHIP INTERNATIONAL
It isn’t just our experience as executive coaches that helps us drive change:
The Story Behind “Bolder moves, Higher levels”
You might have noticed our URL, www.boldermoves.com. Wondering what that has to do with our company name, Authentic Leadership International, and our work as change leadership facilitators?
We know – first-hand – how self-doubt and a lack of the right tools and resources can block you from achieving the highest levels that you’re capable of. We also know about the joy, fulfillment, and freedom and the subsequent expanded results that await when you boldly break through barriers to transform into the best you possible.
Please don’t take our word for it. The world’s premiere 360 degree tool, The Leadership Circle, and its accompanying book, Mastering Leadership by Leadership Circle Founders Bob Anderson and Bill Adams, refer to “Courageous Authenticity” as the most powerful trait in determining a leader’s effectiveness.
Who We Are
Authentic Leadership International is a Leadership Development firm specializing in Executive Coaching and Team Facilitation.
We have over 20 years experience driving change for individuals, for small-to-medium enterprises, and for Fortune 500 companies.
We help our clients to exceed prior performance and develop into the leaders they only dreamed they could be.
Our Why
At Authentic Leadership International, we don’t take a mainstream approach when it comes to executive coaching (or anything else, for that matter).
Few would disagree that self-doubt and a lack of the right tools and resources can block us from realizing the highest levels that we’re capable of. Yet, when those barriers are boldly shattered, joy, fulfillment, and freedom await as we transform into our best selves, which creates the best leaders out of us.
The better we feel about ourselves and our lives, the better our leadership will be.
Behind Our Work as Executive Coaches
We believe in passing on the wisdom and knowledge that was given to us and that has profoundly influenced our work and lives. And, however corny it may sound, it just feels good envisaging a world where people are happier, more impactful, doesn’t it? Meaning, given the direction the state of the world keeps heading in, even one more fulfilled person can have a profound ripple effect. So, why couldn’t this be you?!
To understand more about our “why,” let’s talk about the differences between management and leadership, change and transformation…
BOLDER Leadership versus Management
Leadership versus management can quickly turn into a complex discussion. Given our own purpose at ALI, we’ll focus on some attributes of transformational leaders.
While management often deals with tactical and transactional activities, the role of a transformational – or, Bolder – Leader goes much deeper, with these common characteristics:
✓ An open mind.
Bolder Leaders are naturally curious – they love discovering new and creative ways to bust through roadblocks and conquer problems.
✓ A willingness to embrace change.
Life comes with few guarantees. One of them? Change. It’s inevitable. A Bolder Leader embraces the potential for new opportunities that lie hidden in change.
✓ A sense of personal accountability.
Bolder Leaders don’t blame others or wait for change to happen on the outside – they aren’t afraid to look within to initiate better outcomes.
✓ A deep connectedness to their values.
Bolder Leadership focuses on connecting strongly with values to identify – and act from – one’s true place within.
✓ A sphere of inspiration.
Others are inspired by Bolder Leaders and come to them for advice and inspiration not because they have to, but because they want to.
“The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving.”
Our Bolder Leadership Coaches provide executive coaching services that enable you to explore deep within at a soul level to bring out the authentic you. The result? You’re not only leading based on facts and raw data – but from a deep sense of inner knowingness and a trust that who you are is more than enough. Your BOLDER transformation starts today…
“Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love.
It will not lead you astray.”
-Rumi
BOLDER Transformation versus Change
Change. Transformation. What’s the difference? A lot, actually.
Think of it this way: We can change our hair color. Our clothes. Our address. The car we drive. But we can just as easily change our hair back to the way it was, move back to our old home town, and reclaim our former wheels.
Not so with transformation.
Transformation? That’s something different, bigger. It goes deep. It lasts – it’s not here today, gone tomorrow. A caterpillar which becomes a butterfly can never go back to being a caterpillar. It might try, or it might reminisce on its “crawling days” (lol), but it will never succeed in being a caterpillar ever again. For it now has wings and can fly it has become magnificent butterfly.
Like the caterpillar to the butterfly, we as leaders can be sure we’ve made a transformation when returning to “the way things were” mindset and behavior is no longer possible.
Change happens every day – in fact, it’s often said that we live in a constant state of change. At ALI, our transformational leadership coaches are dedicated to facilitating transformation at a deep level so that the shifts you make will stand the test of time and other challenges.
Our purpose is to help ambitious international leaders break through the barriers of their own fears and feedback from naysayers, so they can enter into full alignment with their true desires and talents –thereby enjoying greater productivity, impact and joy in their work.
For more ways you can up your “butterfly game” as a leader, sign up here for first dibs of my new book The Caterpillar’s Journey to Bolder Leadership.
When we’re clear on our “why”, the “how” and the “what” take care of themselves.
Say Hello to a greater, BOLDER Version of You:
Truth be told, it takes a lot of courage to be authentic in today’s world. We’re often asked what it means to be bolder. Our answer is always the same: you get to decide that. It’s different for everyone. That’s part of what authenticity is all about.
Our purpose as change leadership facilitators at ALI is to help you transform into that BOLDER version of yourself. Your skills, your education, your confidence…have taken you this far. Yet deep within, you know that there’s so much more.
Now let’s take those bolder moves – and soar to higher levels – together.