Bridging The Leadership Gap in You

Leadership executive coach, Lolly Daskal identifies seven gaps – and how to fix them

• “It is these gaps that … keep us from the doing the things we really want to do”

After decades of coaching powerful executives around the world, Lolly Daskal says even the top leaders can have gaps that prevent them, and thus their organizations, from realizing their full potential.

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“All of us have gaps and all of us have imperfections, but sometime we are not aware of them,” Ms. Daskal says. “Sometimes you want to do something wonderful in the world but it is these gaps that do exist that keep us from the doing the things we really want to do.”

Ms. Daskal says she has developed a powerful system to help top executives harness the virtues of their leadership style.

“There are seven archetypes that come with seven distinctive virtues that I have seen,” she says. “This is true for everyone.”

But while there are virtues, each archetype also can have a negative side. That’s what she works on with her clients.

(Lolly Daskal talks about the seven archetypes she sees in top leaders and the hidden impediments.

Ms. Daskal has expanded on his system in a new book, published this month by Penguin Portfolio, called “The Leadership Gap: What Gets Between You And Your Greatness.”

She is also founder and CEO of Lead From Within, a leadership development consultancy that uses her proprietary mix of modern philosophy, science, and what she’s learned from nearly thirty years coaching top executives.