We talk a lot about self-awareness in this newsletter and for good reason — research shows that self-awareness (defined as the delta between how others see you and how you see yourself) is the primary leadership difference between successful leaders and less successful ones.

In my work, I’ve come across two tools that are the most impactful on the journey to self-awareness: meditation and the 360° review.

As a reader of this newsletter, you’re probably well-versed in both the how and the why of meditation (here’s a primer if you’re not), but many people don’t have the resources to commission a full-on 360° review.

Until now.

The Impact of a 360° Review

Today we’re releasing Inside-Out’s comprehensive guide to conducting your own 360° review.

Among my clients, there’s a big difference between working with a founder/CEO who knows something is off but isn’t sure what they want to do about it, and working with a founder/CEO who has commissioned a 360° review and is clear on the specific changes they want to make.

With clarity, everything just moves faster.

If your business has the resources, hiring a firm (like our team at Inside-Out) to conduct a review is the way to go. It’s a high leverage investment and a key tool for charting the future for the CEO and the company.

However, a commissioned 360° review can run anywhere from $3-10k (or more). So if you’re not there yet but still want to accelerate your growth a leader and professional, this guide is for you.

Inside you’ll find:

• Step-by-step instructions for building your list and asking  interviewees to participate

• A guide to conducting your own interviews, including questions to solicit the most helpful feedback (instead of people telling you only what you want to hear)

• A framework for analyzing responses and interpreting feedback to prevent unnecessary (and sometimes unhelpful) changes

• A process to identify your specific growth areas, and get to work

The guide is built as a Notion template to make it easy to navigate as you go through your journey. If you don't already have a Notion account, it is a free online platform anyone can use. We include instructions for you on how to sign up for a Notion account, and duplicate our template into it.

Why wouldn’t you do a 360° review?

There are typically two reasons that people don’t take the plunge and get a 360° review done. 1) It’s too expensive or 2) it’s too scary. Or both.

With this guide, we’ve eliminated #1.

But #2 is real. Especially if you’ve never done it before, it can be deeply scary to consider finally finding out how other people experience you.

It feels easier to simply stay in your CEO bubble, believing that everyone thinks you’re great because nobody’s said anything different.

It’s hard to develop self awareness. Doubly so if you’re a leader.

But if you’re here, I know you can do hard things.

And I promise it’s worth it.

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Executive Coaching for Entrepreneurs

There’s a reason every elite athlete in the world works with a coach. You need more than one perspective to see your best work.

I’m an executive coach and the founder of Inside-Out Leadership, a boutique leadership development agency that supports entrepreneurs to step fully into their lives, and transform their companies into their masterpieces.

Leveraging 15-years as a founder/CEO, along with deep training in mindfulness, psychology, Neurolinguistic Programming, psychedelic integration and more, I have helped leaders from some of the fastest growing companies and VC funds in the world design a more conscious life and make key changes to improve their performance and satisfaction.

I coach leaders how I want to be coached:

• Focused on the person, not the role.

• Focused on results, without the fluff.

To learn more about working with me, click here.