Welcome back! This week we are taking you back to 2017 when Tess’s first book: The Leadership Blueprint: Becoming the Architect of Your Life & Work was published. Tess had a vision that the principles of the book would be the foundation for TC&A and her life moving forward. Not surprisingly, her intuition was correct.
I’m excited to share how I, Chelsea, went ALL IN with the 5 C’s when I chose to transform my life back in 2016. I was at a crossroads after an all-consuming work and life adventure led me to complete burn out. I had a difficult choice to make.
Keep going as I was….succeeding in important hotel roles and achieving external success
OR
Take the path less traveled…go inward, learn more about the core of who I was and start to pave a new path forward where true success was found internally from my own being
What happened next was almost… unbelievable!
Tess and I did not originally have an intention of building out TC&A together (although, being a mother/daughter team was always a dream of hers). Yet, I was experiencing one of the biggest transitions of my life at the time and The Leadership Blueprint became the SOP I needed to lay a new foundation (and many of you know I love a good SOP!). As Tess and I combined her foundation with my new foundation, we moved forward, deeply rooted with the 5 C’s of Leadership and Leading ourselves, first. We were committed to:
Shutters on the Beach, 2017
The unwavering dedication to our integrous Character
Building upon our unique Competencies and identifying where we need to unlearn to grow
Staying Consistent in our support of our clients and our messaging
Being open to Creatively building relationships as they are the bedrock of our business
Exuding the Confidence we feel from the inside and letting it radiate to everyone we have the opportunity to impact.
What started with me planning the book launch of The Leadership Blueprint at Barnes & Noble, to me taking the book nearly everywhere (see photo above); we can confidently confirm that over seven years later, the 5 C’s of Leadership have not only impacted our lives and those we coach, but transformed them.
You may be one of the many people positively impacted and we celebrate you!
We’re curious, what is standing out to you about the 5 C’s mentioned above? Are you consciously utilizing them in your daily life? If so, great, we’d love to hear how, please share with us here!
If this concept is new to you, begin by tuning into your Character – the core of who you are. Your Character is the foundation of your strengths. Character is built with intentional mindsets, behaviors and taking the action needed to be who you are meant to be and make the impact you are called to make. Having this self-knowledge and understanding of why you do what you do is invaluable.
Next week we’ll be expanding upon Competence, Consistency and Creativity followed by the focus of what every leader desires… Confidence. Stay tuned for more story, learning and choosing to grow!
We are here to support you, your team and your organization as you build or strengthen your foundation. You can download our full Catalog of Services here. We are grateful for the opportunity to be of service to you!