It’s Time to Rise and Shine by Donna Tarquinio is a book about leadership excellence that shines a light on your path to limitless success in any workplace setting you choose. By shifting and uplifting your perspective, you become The Inspired Authentic Leader.
The Inspired Authentic Leader understands the dire need for workplace transformation today and must be prepared to achieve that goal. This author draws from her extensive research, relevant life experiences and her own professional executive leadership background, including a successful 26-year career in Fortune 100 corporations. Her book takes you on a journey through Self-Leadership, Self-Management and Self-Mastery discoveries. Each exploration is laser-focused on integrating your core beliefs with the highest aspects of the Seven States of Leadership Success. Exercises in the book also demonstrate how a renewed perspective resolves perceived obstacles in your path. Then, you are encouraged to share your wisdom, energy and spirit of abundant success with your coworkers, teams, clients and corporations.
This book serves as a roadmap for creating your unique formula for maximized success, reaching beyond traditional ‘I-win’ strategies and developing authentic ‘we-win’ leadership. Replacing demotivating workplace agendas with inspiring opportunities, It’s Time to Rise and Shine supports your goal to lead with ease, poise, confidence, focus, appreciation and a deep sense of fulfillment-ready to show up for work, and for life, as The Inspired Authentic Leader. A life changing experience with increased levels of success!
Table of Content
Section I
WORKPLACE TRANSFORMATION FOR LIMITLESS SUCCESS
1. It’s Time for a Workplace Transformation 15
2. Exploring a New Leadership Model 29
3. The Call to Authentic Leadership 37
4. Learning to Lean In – True Test of Leadership 45
5. Breaking the Traditional Leadership Success Code
to Become Unstoppable 49
Section II
SELF- LEADERSHIP
6. Embracing Self-Leadership 57
7. The Power of Choice – Creating Your Vision of Success 67
8. The Seven States of Leadership Success 81
9. Exploring the Rocks on Your Path to Success 103
Section III
SELF- MANAGEMENT
10. What Type of Energy Are You Using to Create Success 113
11. Communication that Creates or Deflates Success 131
12. Creative Leadership – Uncovering the Four Energy Busters 137
13. From Traditional to Authentic Leadership 157
Section IV
SELF- MASTERY
14. The Power of Self-Mastery 183
15. Establishing a Self-Mastery Mindset 191
16. Six Game-Changing Factors That Determine Success 205
Section V
EXPERIENCING THE ENERGY OF SUCCESS
17. Becoming Empowered through Self-Mastery 233
18. Being Exceptional as the Inspired Authentic Leader 249
19. The Leader’s Edge – Unique Formula for Maximized Success 267
20. Combined Energy of Success Transforms the Workplace 277
21. Inspired Authentic Leaders, It’s Your Time to Rise and Shine! 285
About the author
Donna Tarquinio is an Author, Speaker, and a Certified Executive Leadership Success Coach and Consultant. She is often recognized as a coach with an impact. She is dedicated to helping working professionals win in the workplace and excel beyond traditional forms of success. She is a strong advocate for self-leadership, self-management and building a self-mastery mindset as a platform for inspired, authentic leadership. Donna combines her 26-year corporate career working with Fortune 100 corporations such as Lockheed Martin and Raytheon in the area of Senior Program & Executive Management, with her purpose and passion for executive and leadership success coaching and consulting. She has a tremendous skill at working across the board with professionals who are on the front line of performance and holding a key position that requires extensive commitment and personal engagement to get the job done.
Donna is a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) and Registered Mentor Coach by the International Coach Federation (ICF). She earned advanced certifications as a Certified Professional Coach, (CPC), Certified Energy Leadership Master Practitioner (ELI-MP) and Core Leadership Dynamics Specialist (CLDS), from the Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (IPEC). She is a Certified Transformational Presence Leadership Coach, (TPLC) accredited by the Center for Transformational Presence, a Narrative Coach Enhanced Practitioner by Dr. David Drake, and a Foundations of Great Coaching Enhanced Practitioner by Accelerating Coach Excellence (ACE).