What Is Leadership Legacy?

Character, choices, conduct, consistency, confidence and compassion – these six pillars of your leadership legacy can determine how you build, how you create, how you grow, and how you are remembered. Lead from within. Creating a leadership legacy is not leaving something for people. It is leaving something in people:
  • Your character will leave an impression.
  • The choices you make will leave a mark.
  • The way you conduct your behaviour will make an impact.
  • The consistency with which you do things will be remembered.
  • The confidence with which you lead will be admired.
  • The compassion you show others will be highly regarded.

How Do You Define Your Leadership Legacy?

  • Decide who you want to be as a leader and then show up accordingly.
  • Create a positive work environment built upon a foundation of trust.
  • Determine what your unique contribution will be.

What Are the Key Principles of Leadership Legacy?

  • Keep employees engaged.
  • Stay people focused.
  • Spin the spiral.
  • Set the conditions.
  • Use uncertainty to inspire.
  • Let others know where you stand.

Key Questions to Reflect on as a Leader

  • What is your role in life?
  • What are you good at? (What are your unique gifts and abilities?)
  • How do you want to be remembered?
  • What legacy do you want to create in the world?
  • What legacy have you left in previous workplaces?
  • When you leave your current role/ employer, what legacy do you want to be leaving?
  • How can you take stock?

Articles

Chris Cebollero for Forbes

How to Build Your Story of Legacy

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Doug Meyer-Cuno for Forbes

Your Legacy

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Jeff Boss for Forbes

Six Principles of Leadership Legacy

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Kimberly Wade-Benzoni for the Harvard Business Review

How to Think About Leaving a Legacy

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The Learning Network for the New York Times

What Students Are Saying About: Leaving a Legacy, Fighting for a Cause and Looking at the Stars

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Lolly Daskal

How to Leave a Great Leadership Legacy

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Natalie Proulx for the New York Times

What Legacy Do You Want to Leave Behind?

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Sinive Seely for Forbes

How to Define Your Leadership Legacy

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Steve Krupp for the Harvard Business Review

How to Leave a Legacy

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Books

Brown, Brene

Atlas of the Heart

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Coyle, Daniel

The Culture Code

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Daskal, Lolly

The Leadership Gap

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Kerr, James

Legacy

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Marquet, David

Turn the Ship Around

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Sinek, Simon

Start With Why

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Walrond, Karen

The Lightmaker’s Manifesto

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Listen

The Legacy Matters Podcast

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The Legacy Pod

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The Legacy Podcast

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The Live the Legacy Podcast

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The Road to Legacy Podcast

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Watch

Ayan Aden

What Is the Legacy You Want to Leave?

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Gerry Creighton

Legacy: Remembering to Be a Good Human

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Gloria Burgess

Legacy: The Current of Life

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Gwen Madiba

What Will Be Your Legacy?

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Jake Weidman

In a World of Instant Gratification, Don’t Forget Your Legacy.

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Lori Butterworth

Live Your Legacy

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Louis (Kiyoun) Lee

How to Leave a Legacy.

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Minka Haveman

The Importance of Leaving a Legacy.

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What People Say

If you are looking to work with someone who has an infectious passion for making positive change happen, you will love working with Hannah. She has a wealth of experience at a senior leadership level and is hugely committed to the diversity agenda. I have benefitted personally from Hannah’s wisdom and guidance on these issues on a number of occasions.

Andy Buck

Founding DirectorLeadership Matters

When it comes to authentic and courageous leadership, Hannah is unbeatable. Her value-driven approach allows her to be precise and focused whilst taking an empathic approach. One of the leadership traits I admire the most in Hannah is her commitment to asking the difficult questions that others avoid, and this has been evident in her work encouraging Diverse Leaders. She is fearless and highly skilled at driving change, even in complex situations. Hannah is a catalyst and can cause a mindset shift in one conversation. Her leadership creates leaders.

Jaz Ampaw-Farr

Author & Speaker

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