Acknowledgements
Foreword by Suma Chakrabarti
Introduction
Section A: Take Stock
1 Develop your strengths
2 Understand your least strong areas
3 Embed your values
4 Create an equilibrium
Section B: First Steps
5 Address your self-doubt and your fears
6 Believe you can do diffi cult things
7 Know who your supporters and stakeholders are
8 Take some risks
Section C: Up the Pace
9 Stretch your muscles
10 Influence others and convert your critics
11 Understand how you respond to problems
12 Warm down thoroughly
Section D: Grow the Momentum
13 Keep your focus
14 Grow your resilience
15 Build your team
16 Renew your freshness
Section E: Where Next?
17 Keep an open mind
18 Recognise when the tide turns
19 Know what matters to you
20 Renew your vision
Section F: To What End?
21 What is fulfi lment for you?
22 How do you want to be remembered?
23 What about family and friends?
24 Where does joy fit in?
Conclusion: Next Steps
Selected Bibliography
Index
