The Aware Leader Second Edition

She knew exactly what she should have done. She'd known it in the meeting, too - she just couldn't reach it while the meeting was happening.

I've heard some version of that for twenty years now.

It isn't a knowledge problem. Most leaders already know what good leadership looks like. It's a capacity problem. And capacity starts with seeing yourself clearly.

Self-awareness is the rudder of leadership. Without it, even the most capable leaders drift - and their teams drift with them. With it, every other strength compounds.

In this expanded Second Edition, executive coach Richard Metheny makes the case that the real work of leadership starts on the inside, and shows you how to do it. Drawing on two decades of coaching senior leaders and more than 9,000 hours in the chair, he turns a soft-sounding idea into a practical discipline: how to see your patterns clearly, meet your imperfections without judgment, and lead from who you actually are.

It's built around real leaders and the exercises Richard uses with them. A book meant to be marked up.

And it's the first edition that doesn't end at the last page. A companion app turns the reading into daily practice, with an AI Coach in Richard's voice, grounded in your own data. There's a code in the front of the book - scan it, and the work keeps going.

For any leader who senses that the next level of growth isn't one more skill to acquire. It's a clearer view of themselves.