
Crucible Leadership
Embrace Your Trials to Lead a Life of Significance
For leaders who believe they may not be maximizing their leadership potential, Warwick Fairfax is the trusted leadership advisor who helps readers uncover their own unique path to living and leading with significance, effectiveness, and authenticity in all areas of life. In Crucible Leadership, he shares the power of embracing the crucible moments: those past trials, failures, and setbacks that can be seen as either roadblocks or as jumping-off points to leading a life of significance and purpose dedicated to serving others. Crucible Leadership comes alive through the unique framework of Warwick’s own story: how his legacy shaped his worldview and drove decisions that eventually led to his own crucible moment. He demonstrates to readers in an honest, self-reflective way how they can make sense of their own talents and trials to lead with authenticity in all areas of life. Warwick empowers readers to become the leader they were designed to be through his unique perspective, which has been shaped by three powerful touchstones:
Hard-won insights and honest, self-reflective lessons learned from his own crucible moment, and the long road back from it Inspiring and instructive stories from his rich and iconic family history Time-honored leadership truths proven out by history’s greatest and most inspirational figures
- Opening Credits
- Introduction
- Part 1: Embrace Your Crucible
- Chapter 1: My Crucible
- Chapter 2: Leadership Forged in the Fire
- Chapter 3: Knowing (and Being) Yourself
- Chapter 4: Anchored in Authenticity
- Part 2: Discover Your Purpose
- Chapter 5: The Governing Power of Faith
- Chapter 6: Faith That Guides Leadership
- Chapter 7: Living What You Believe
- Chapter 8: Growing in Character
- Part 3: Craft Your Vision
- Chapter 9: Finding the Seeds of Your Vision Within
- Chapter 10: Harnessing the Power of Vision
- Chapter 11: Sharing Your Vision with Others
- Chapter 13: Seeking Advice from a Few
- Chapter 12: Listening First to Act Effectively Later
- Part 4: Lead and Live with Impact
- Chapter 14: Cultivating a Thriving Organizational Environment
- Chapter 15: Making It All Happen
- Chapter 16: Staying the Course
- Chapter 17: Moving Beyond Your Crucible
- Conclusion: From Crucible to Significance
- Resources to Help You Move Beyond Your Crucible
- Closing Credits
