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Praise for The Blueprint
“Doug Conant has long been one of America’s most effective and enlightened leaders. And now he has written an essential book on leadership. Unlike many books in this genre, his is not a collection of wispy platitudes — but an eminently smart and practical guide for building a foundation for your entire professional life.  If you’re hungering to become a better leader, The Blueprint belongs on your shelf and by your side.”
— Daniel Pink, author of  When and Drive
“Longtime Fortune 300 CEO Doug Conant has translated a career’s worth of wisdom into a practical manual on leadership in the face of turbulence. The Blueprint is a rare offering with perfect timing. Leaders at every level in today’s organizations must now be more courageous, well-equipped, and resilient than ever before. Conant’s process will help you to explore your unique strengths—fearlessly. The Blueprint will help you find your own clear voice as a leader (no matter what’s swirling around you). Read this book now – and better yet, buy a copy for everyone on your team.”
— Amy Edmondson, Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management, Harvard Business School
“Doug Conant has proven himself to be a very disciplined CEO – focused, able to let go of what doesn’t fit, building greatness step-by-step, laying foundations for decades down the road while delivering results today. His example shows how effective business leadership can be quiet and bold, studious and decisive, disciplined and creative. Conant has so much to teach, and aspiring leaders at all levels would do well to learn from him.”

— Jim Collins, bestselling author of Good to Great

“Doug Conant and Amy Federman’s brilliant book will change your life – and your leadership – if you incorporate its ideas, using their in-depth six-step approach. The Blueprint shows you the importance of courage, integrity, humility and staying true to yourself as you grow into the authentic leader you are called to be.”
— Bill George, Senior Fellow, Harvard Business School; former Chair & CEO, Medtronic; and author of Discover Your True North
“Doug Conant is a special breed: a hard-edged corporate CEO with an introspective nature who attributes his success to reflection, study, and thoughtful inner work rather than birthright or bombast. In The Blueprint he offers a powerful—and approachable– process for more fully connecting with the unique gifts that will allow your special leadership voice to come alive and impact the world.”
— Susan Cain, bestselling author of Quiet
“As a leader, being self-aware and deliberate are keys to success. The Blueprint provides a simple but powerful opportunity to leverage the experience and wisdom of Doug Conant to refresh your thinking and approach. It can help you maximize your impact.”
— Doug McMillon, President and CEO, Walmart
“Today’s busy leaders often question how they can lift their leadership profile while staying true to themselves. The Blueprint is the answer.”
— Indra Nooyi, Former Chairman & CEO, PepsiCo.
“Doug Conant hasn’t just been a highly successful leader—he’s an unusually thoughtful one.  In this hands-on book, he shares a model that you can apply right away to elevate your impact.”
— Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling author of Originals and Give and Take, and host of the TED podcast WorkLife

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Course Flow & Syllabus Overview

Weekly

Overview

Module 1

Week 1

Overview of The Blueprint Process

Complete Step 1- ENVISION

Class Length: 45 minutes of LIVE instruction + 30 minutes of interactive Q&A

Homework: Complete Pages 1-19 in the Blueprint workbook | Required reading in The Blueprint: Foreword through Page 48; Pages 309-316

Estimated Time Required for Reading, Homework, and Instruction:  2-4 hours

 

Module 2

Week 2

Complete Step 2—REFLECT & Step 3—STUDY

Class Length: 45 minutes of LIVE instruction + 30 minutes of interactive Q&A

Homework:  Complete pages 20-37 in The Blueprint Workbook | Required reading in The Blueprint: Pages 49-90 and pages 151-165

Estimated Time Required for Reading, Homework, and Instruction: 2-4 hours

Module 3

Week 3

Complete step 4—PLAN: Design Your Leadership Model 

Class Length: 45 minutes of LIVE instruction + 30 minutes of interactive Q&A

Homework:  Complete pages 38-44 in The Blueprint Workbook | Required reading in The Blueprint: Pages 93-105

Estimated Time Required for Reading, Homework, and Instruction:  2-4 hours

Module 4

Week 4

Complete Step 5—PRACTICE & Step 6—IMPROVE

Design a Re-entry Approach

Class Length: 45 minutes of LIVE instruction + 30 minutes of interactive Q&A

Homework:  Complete pages 45-58 in The Blueprint Workbook | Required reading in The Blueprint: Pages 109-145

Estimated Time Required for Reading, Homework, and Instruction: 2-4 hours

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The Author, Doug Conant: Former Fortune 500 CEO, NYT bestselling author, a Top 50 Leadership Innovator, a Top 100 Leadership Speaker, and a Top 100 Most Influential Author in the World.
Your Life Story is Your Leadership Story

Many of the problems leaders face today are rooted in compartmentalization. Leaders believe their work life and their “real” life are two different things, so they develop a siloed self-expression: a “work” identity and a “personal” identity. And they’re at odds. Managing this tension becomes yet another task in a crushing litany of expectations and pressures. It does not have to be this way. It’s time to try something else.

Many leadership books teach you to emulate somebody else’s leadership approach; this one empowers you to lead more like you. Leveraging groundbreaking insights from a 40-year leadership journey coupled with the most current science on habit-building, The Blueprint combines true-and-tested exercises for self-discovery with an experience-backed manifesto on the ten foundational tenets of “leadership that works” to create the quintessential treatise and manual on leadership for our times.

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