What do you really believe? What do you truly want? What are you here to do?

Many of us start our careers with satisfying answers to these questions but stray off course. We stop finding time to revisit our goals. We stop asking the big questions. But no matter how talented we are, we can only work to our full abilities if we take the time to know ourselves. With more than twenty years of experience as an executive coach, Melissa Williams-Gurian has found that truly effective leaders share a key strength: the ability to realize their inner truths and use that knowledge to communicate more effectively. Through stories and lessons gathered from her decades of consulting work, Williams-Gurian reveals the strategies she uses to help leaders develop that strength and use it to achieve high performance in the workplace for themselves and their teams. Whether you’re a longtime leader, a rising star looking to develop your talents, or an employee struggling to communicate with your executives, How Do You Want to Show Up? will help you use your internal values and beliefs as a guide in the workplace—and in life.

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Praise for How Do You Want to Show Up?

This is a compelling book that furthers our understanding of our own internal barriers and how each of us can overcome them. Melissa’s vibrant storytelling ability keeps you turning the pages and deepens your self-awareness. She’s one of the best in the coaching business and will help you succeed.

Mark A. Finkelsteinformer general counsel and executive vice president of corporate development at Emeritus Corporation

At the first of the year, Melissa and I first started talking about what success would look like for me and my team. Success looks like yesterday, how you all showed up during the meeting and how you are all jelling as a team. Thank you.

Senior Vice PresidentHealth Service Organization

Melissa’s superb storytelling and incredible insight takes the reader on a powerful journey toward greater self-knowledge and what it means to be human. The wisdom infused throughout this book is relevant and hugely beneficial to any reader!

Suzi Skinner, MCC

This must-read book teaches critical leadership skills through people stories that keep the pages turning. Readers can use this book to strengthen their self-knowledge and improve communication at work and in the rest of life.

Marshall Goldsmithinternational bestselling author and editor of thirty-five books, including What Got You Here Won’t Get You There and Triggers

Every reader will find inspiration and tools in Melissa’s book. Her coaching has been instrumental in my career, and now she can share her expertise with the masses!

Distinguished program manager executive at a leading tech company in Seattle

My most valuable takeaway from the 360 experience was the time spent with Melissa. I find the feedback and comments useful, not biased, and very constructive.

Vice PresidentManufacturing Organization

Melissa’s examples of executives’ challenges are relevant, while her solutions are practical and realistic.

Former executive and current board member at an independent review board

Melissa’s perceptive and masterful coaching help clients unlock their inner truths, which opens the door to self-knowledge, confidence, and ultimately power.

Former vice president of marketing at a leading coffee retailer

After two decades of leading teams and organizations (and despite some skepticism on my part), Melissa helped me break through and become a more effective leader. It was a very difficult but enlightening journey.

Executive at a Fortune 50 company

Melissa’s warm, wise coaching helps clients understand their barriers to leadership. The stories and tools in her book can do the same for readers.

Marty Diklich

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