Reclaim Your A-Game:

Overcome Critical Leadership Injuries

Break through barriers from leadership breakdowns to thrive like never before

Break through barriers from leadership breakdowns

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Critical Leadership Injury (CLI):

noun

Lasting negative effect of interaction with a leader or authority (or in one’s role as such)

Signs & Symptons of

Critical Leadership Injuries (CLI)

Feeling

✓ Overlooked
✓ Undervalued
✓ Devalued

Feeling

✓ Micromanaged
✓ Misunderstood
✓ Mistrustful

Feeling

✓ Disempowered
✓ Disillusioned
✓ Disengaged

Lack of

✓ Confidence
✓ Motivation
✓ Trust
✓ Respect

Difficulty

✓ Speaking up
✓ Making decisions
✓ Taking risks
✓ Taking direction

Avoiding

✓ Conflict
✓ Confrontation
✓ Criticism
✓ Rejection

Strong Need For

✓ Control
✓ Self-determination
✓ Recognition

Strong Need For

✓ Approval
✓ Affirmation
✓ Validation

Strong Need For

✓ Direction
✓ Others to agree
✓ Pleasing others

Other Signs & Symptoms

✓ Insecurity
✓ Second-guessing
✓ “Never good enough”
✓ Driven to prove oneself

Other Signs & Symptoms

✓ Blind spots
✓ Power plays
✓ Knee-jerk reactions
✓ Self-perception skewed

Other Signs & Symptoms

✓ Stagnation
✓ Not promoted
✓ Burnout
✓ Job-hopping

Even if you’ve suffered a setback from poor leadership, you can:

Restore

CONFIDENCE

in yourself

Rebuild

TRUST

in others

Rediscover

PASSION

in your work

You can even learn to protect yourself and others from future injuries associated with leadership breakdowns.

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Are you suffering from a Critical Leadership Injury (CLI)?

You were in the game. Giving your all. But then you took a hit.

Maybe it was something that happened. Your boss ripped you a new one in front of the whole team. You got thrown under the bus and took the heat for something that wasn’t your fault. Or you’ve been micromanaged into the ground.

Or maybe it was something that didn’t happen. You got passed over for a promotion (and raise) that should have been yours. You got thrown to the wolves without the support or resources you needed to get the job done. Or you’ve been just a cog in the wheel where nobody really cared or recognized your contribution.

Even the best players can be discouraged, disheartened, and disillusioned when injustices like these occur.

Confidence takes a hit, trust is eroded, and the passion we once had drains right out of us.

We tend to avoid certain situations–or adapt in ways that are actually hurting us and our chances of advancement.

You might even consider quiet quitting or joining the Great Resignation.

But will you really be happier if you just mail it in or take your toys and go home?

That’s not going to solve the underlying problem…and could open you up to a whole set of new ones.

If you don’t deal with this now, it could haunt you for years to come–even if you find a new job or decide to do your own thing.

But you don’t have to be held back or hindered by lingering leadership injuries…

Reclaim Your A-Game in 3 Steps

1. IDENTIFY The Injury

Assess the impact of Critical Leadership Injuries (CLI) across 5 key areas:

Safety & Security
Trust in Yourself & Others
Power & Control
Confidence & Self-Esteem
Connection with Others

2. TREAT The Injury

Address the effects of CLI on:

Body and physiological response to stress
Emotional & psychological well-being
Thoughts, beliefs, & attitudes
Choices, decision-making, & behavior

3. PREVENT Future Injury

Adopt an Exponential Mindset® to protect yourself and others by making key perspectives shifts such as:

Focus on WHO before DO to stay anchored in identity apart from performance
Turn ME to WE to be a leader who cares about and brings out the best in others
Move from CONTROL to INFLUENCE to be an empowering leader others want to follow

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April Minatrea, Ph.D.
Director of Leadership Excellence
The Exponential Mindset Group

The techniques I’ll teach you have been forged in the fire of my work as a clinical psychologist treating combat trauma with military veterans for over a decade. Whether the trauma is from the battlefield or the boardroom, the process is similar.

After witnessing transformation for veterans and others seeking treatment for PTSD, I became curious about applying the same concepts that helped them to those who were being hindered by bad experiences with leaders. Not just bosses but also other authority figures: parents, teachers, coaches, and pastors. Combining expertise in trauma recovery with wisdom on parenting styles, attachment, and the science of human relationships, I developed the Critical Leadership Injury Protocol (CLIP) to alleviate the pain of these experiences, heal the soul, and remove the barriers that hold people back from living their best lives.

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