https://www.harmonicleadership.net/home daily 1.0 2026-02-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6154838d9457a100ad820170/1641763626445-S08VCYB3DM95YUQELA43/Bass-Bridge-Pickups-150d-1000x733.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6154838d9457a100ad820170/1641764081157-TWCGEFAQT0AGAVYHGGA5/Conga-P1000138-150d-1000x733.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6154838d9457a100ad820170/1641764356891-XKG6TEBO8VI66ZLDHW71/Piano_Keys_Angle_150d_1000x733.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6154838d9457a100ad820170/1641764520384-DLVBBMI3EICDTKTAH3LG/AKG-Mic-150d-1000x733.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6154838d9457a100ad820170/1641764649443-4NOXH73EA4THWAAYFBGN/Trumpet-full-150d-1000x733.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6154838d9457a100ad820170/1641764802849-BIK7OSY6N71WDPCHTG7E/Guitar_Hole-Bridge_150d_1000x733.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6154838d9457a100ad820170/1641764946423-V4VFARMBH3OIY2RJSX1S/Headphones-150d-1000x733.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6154838d9457a100ad820170/1641765061916-DKXVZA5NZDCKV7G9HKUD/Standing-Bell-150d-1000x733.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6154838d9457a100ad820170/1641765225898-X9DR9WI68C6Y0ICMLJ9Y/Triangle-150d-1000x733.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6154838d9457a100ad820170/a0195466-d0fa-491a-8e1e-c8be18995b3f/Introducing+the+Harmonic+Leadership+Channel.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6154838d9457a100ad820170/9c56b4d4-c96e-4100-94b6-dbb6f3f57b8a/Harmonic-Leadership-PDF-Cover-2024-711x1000.png Home - The Book Create Greatness in Self and Others Through Inclusive, Mindful Caring A Harmonic Leader creates an environment where every person feels fully valued, fully motivated, and fully cared for. Imagine being in that kind of environment… we all deserve to be. Harmonic Leadership is for those who want to be a more positive, inclusive and mindful caring leader, manager, team-member, coach, teacher, community-member, parent, spouse/partner, and friend. It's for those who want to make a positive impact on the world. Everyone in the world has the opportunity to be a leader and make the world a better place. So, this book is for everyone. The key to developing as a leader is to increase self-awareness. This book provides the key through the many reflection activities, self-assessments, guides, and models that will be used to unlock greatness. The printed and eBook versions of the book are available for traditional purchase on the BookBaby Bookshop site, where authors receive a fair share of the profits. It’s also available at all major book retailers (Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Apple Books, and others). The PDF-Version of the book is available on The Downloads page. We offer this as a free gift to help create more harmony in the world. The book is written by Brian Lowell French who is available for speaking, teaching, and coaching engagements. https://www.harmonicleadership.net/contact daily 0.75 2024-03-02 https://www.harmonicleadership.net/chapter-1-establish-baselines daily 0.75 2022-02-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6154838d9457a100ad820170/1641763626445-S08VCYB3DM95YUQELA43/Bass-Bridge-Pickups-150d-1000x733.jpg Chapter 1 - Establish Baselines - Chapter 1 - Establish Baselines The Baseline of Leadership In a band, the bass guitar player lays the foundation of the music by playing the root note of the chords and establishing the key, rhythm, syncopation and style of the music. The deep reverberation is both heard and felt by the other musicians, creating a physical connection between the players. Like the bass, a leader reverberates through the team to establish the baseline of how the team should play together in the right syncopation and style, which we call culture. https://www.harmonicleadership.net/the-keys daily 0.75 2023-08-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6154838d9457a100ad820170/2f8fde09-0612-443d-8291-4ba841a83476/Harmonic-Leadership-Keys-2021-2000w.png The Keys - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6154838d9457a100ad820170/1645376851730-1R8BUGSJFKHJ0GJ796WD/Mindful-Caring-Model.png The Keys - Inclusive, Mindful Caring The 8 keys are wrapped around the central theme of inclusive, mindful caring, where you care for the others, care for the group, care for the work, and care for the self in balanced, equal measure. As we live our lives, we naturally place intentional, dedicated effort on those people, groups and activities that we care about. Throughout each day we find opportunities to share the act of caring through our personal relationships, group interactions, work performance, and the elements of self-care that we allow ourselves to have. The acts of caring can be categorized into the four areas seen in the Mindful Caring Model. This categorization helps us to ensure that we are remaining inclusive and balanced in the way that we utilize our focused energy. https://www.harmonicleadership.net/the-styles daily 0.75 2023-08-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6154838d9457a100ad820170/1646580133093-DWFDQF5SMEEUT2Z71DFA/Engager-Smiley-500w.png The Styles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6154838d9457a100ad820170/1646580232502-Z6S6WVUH502EVR69YPU4/Encourager-Smiley-500w.png The Styles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6154838d9457a100ad820170/1646580290190-MFI4JQDA265IRAHARHYN/Speaker-Smiley-500w.png The Styles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6154838d9457a100ad820170/1646580335130-OJJ6UKMVDBZMT6HQCAUG/Doer-Smiley-500w.png The Styles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6154838d9457a100ad820170/1646580380082-J7AZCE8LYIC7XGZ2X6M6/Observer-Smiley-500w.png The Styles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6154838d9457a100ad820170/1646580428564-ULE37MG62HFH2GK9S503/Helper-Smiley-500w.png The Styles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6154838d9457a100ad820170/3712e2f6-4a73-4967-9685-9568818a5db8/Harmonic-Wheel-Strengths-1500x1500.png The Styles - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6154838d9457a100ad820170/c4a6485f-a192-4995-bf7e-c99c28b3030a/Harmonic-Wheel-Strengths-1000x1000.png The Styles - Sharing Strengths The Harmonic Leadership Strengths denote the positive strengths that a leader displays that leads to team-strengthening. When a leader is in a good and positive mood, they naturally tend to share their primary strengths. This is displayed in their daily interactions with team-members, colleagues and their leaders. This positive manner of leading creates a positive culture. Each of the 6 styles can be an equally effective leader by sharing their unique strengths. This leads to building a strong and resilient team that can be highly successfully in completing work and overcoming obstacles. The key to being an effective leader is to intently focus on sharing leadership strengths to increase positivity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6154838d9457a100ad820170/55aa67e4-782a-4ce9-8b12-be044ef4626e/Harmonic-Wheel-Challenges-1000.png The Styles - Limiting Challenges The Leadership Challenges denote the negative traits that a leader shows that causes team-weakening. When a leader is in a bad and negative mood, they naturally tend to show their primary challenges. This is also displayed in their daily interactions with team-member, colleagues and their leaders. This negative manner of leading causes a negative culture. Each of the 6 styles can be equally ineffective by showing their unique challenges. This leads to causing a weak and dysfunctional team that will ultimately fall short of goals and become stuck by obstacles. Another key to being an effective leader is to dedicate yourself to limiting the showing of the challenges to lessen negativity. https://www.harmonicleadership.net/the-book daily 0.75 2025-01-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1618497259178-6XJGK9GR6YAVBQL5L519/20140301_Trade-151_012-2.jpg The Book https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1607694583486-2PQT0LQ193RL7MCB6DX4/20140228_Trade+151_0046.jpg The Book https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1607694644871-IC85FNH781UNZSZEGHDR/Aro+Ha_0428.jpg The Book https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1607638148090-Y6OFDI575CM3NQV732RJ/Large+JPG-Aro+Ha_0387.jpg The Book https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1607628784608-5D22G9GPLHDSAB2IXC2G/Large+JPG-Aro+Ha_0638.jpg The Book https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1589847743861-GWVMBPD7Z7WQRQL9IZZ8/Large+JPG-Aro+Ha_0380.jpg The Book https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6154838d9457a100ad820170/9c56b4d4-c96e-4100-94b6-dbb6f3f57b8a/Harmonic-Leadership-PDF-Cover-2024-711x1000.png The Book - Leadership Like Musicianship By reading this book, you are embarking on a journey of self-discovery that is like learning to play a musical instrument. At first there is no knowledge of how to produce music on the instrument so you’re just making awkward sounds. There is no understanding of the techniques needed to select the right notes, and play them with control and positive effect to create pleasing music. It takes time spent with a teacher, and patience in learning the theory of how the instrument produces the specific notes. It takes daily practice for the muscle memory to build up to the point where it will feel natural. Learning a new instrument is very rewarding, and it can then be shared with others to create positive happiness. Developing leadership skills is also rewarding, and learning to become a great leader has a far-reaching and long-lasting impact that will positively affect everyone who you interact with from this point on in your life, giving you the opportunity to be a positive influence in the lives of everyone you meet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6154838d9457a100ad820170/1f9a0e1a-eff2-4558-b99b-2c804eed1a6b/Intro-Collage.jpg The Book - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.harmonicleadership.net/the-author daily 0.75 2024-10-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6154838d9457a100ad820170/aaea63c2-3209-41a0-b925-51bedb576597/BLF-June-2021-1000x1000.jpg The Author - Brian Lowell French Brian Lowell French is a leadership coach, teacher, and speaker. He uses his 30+ years as a Talent Development and Leadership professional to coach and teach leaders to become inclusive, mindful caring leaders who spread positivity through their leadership. Through the years, Brian has held leadership positions in education, and in corporate settings, leading the global leadership development programs for a fortune 20 company. He creates and facilitates leadership development and mindfulness based learning experiences for organizations, and provides executive coaching to leaders in all industries. He is also a musician, songwriter/singer, mindfulness-teacher, and naturalist who is dedicated to helping the environment, and supporting social causes that create fairness and equity for all people. His personal mission, and what he strives for daily, is to… Create More Harmony in the World. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6154838d9457a100ad820170/197b6e3f-ab8c-46b6-bb5d-56e478606008/RFMA-Breakfast-Session-3-22-23-compressed.jpg The Author - Book Brian Brian is available for keynotes, presentations, talks/panels, classes, interviews, mindfulness sessions and musical performances (and any combination of these for a very uniquely blended experience), for both in-person and virtual-events. 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The Harmonic Leadership book is filled with dozens of instruments that guide you on how to tune your leadership in a way that creates a meaningful experience for those who you live and work with. The book was designed to provide information to help in most every leadership situation that you may encounter (specifically people-leadership… the practice of leading others). When you are entering into a situation with another person where you’re not sure how best to approach it, you can find a tool within the book to help inform and guide you on how to best approach the other to have a positive outcome. The graphic to the left highlights some of the models that you will learn, and below is a detailed listing of the instruments and the intended usage. https://www.harmonicleadership.net/chapter-2-heighten-performance daily 0.75 2023-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6154838d9457a100ad820170/1641764081157-TWCGEFAQT0AGAVYHGGA5/Conga-P1000138-150d-1000x733.jpg Chapter 2 - Heighten Performance - Chapter 2 - Heighten Performance The Tempo of Leadership In a band, the drum is in charge of creating a consistent tempo that allows the other players to clearly know the beat and rhythm of the music. If the drummer can’t be consistent, the music is awkward and confusing to the other players. Like the drum, a leader keeps the rhythm for the team in both managing the work, and leading the people in a way that is consistent and easy to follow along with, driving the beat of the work. https://www.harmonicleadership.net/chapter-3-activate-leadership daily 0.75 2023-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6154838d9457a100ad820170/1641764356891-XKG6TEBO8VI66ZLDHW71/Piano_Keys_Angle_150d_1000x733.jpg Chapter 3 - Activate Leadership - Chapter 3 - Activate Leadership Unique Style A piano has 88 keys that when played in certain combinations create full and rich chords that provide the strong foundation of the music. The unique selection and sequencing of the chords creates the feeling of the composition, providing the core message of the music to the listener. Like the chords on a piano, a leader provides a strong foundation for the team. Each leader has a unique combination of traits that provide the core message of leadership. https://www.harmonicleadership.net/chapter-4-reach-understanding daily 0.75 2023-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6154838d9457a100ad820170/1641764520384-DLVBBMI3EICDTKTAH3LG/AKG-Mic-150d-1000x733.jpg Chapter 4 - Reach Understanding - Chapter 4 - Reach Understanding Being Clearly Heard A singer uses a microphone to amplify the voice so they can be clearly heard above the rest of the band, ensuring that the lyrics of the song are easily understood. If the singer doesn’t enunciate, or if the mic isn’t turned up enough, the message is lost. Like a microphone, we can use communication techniques to ensure that we are clearly heard, and speak in a way that invites the receiver to clearly understand the message that we are conveying. https://www.harmonicleadership.net/chapter-5-motivate-greatness daily 0.75 2023-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6154838d9457a100ad820170/1641764649443-4NOXH73EA4THWAAYFBGN/Trumpet-full-150d-1000x733.jpg Chapter 5 - Motivate Greatness - Chapter 5 - Motivate Greatness Building Motivation A trumpet is used within a band to create energy and build excitement in the music. Being one of the loudest of all instruments, it can be heard above the band hitting the right notes at the right time to inspire the listener. Like a trumpet, a leader hits the right notes at the right time to provide inspiration to the team and motivate them to strive for the highest levels in the work, creating the excitement and energy to work together to succeed. https://www.harmonicleadership.net/chapter-6-optimize-teaming daily 0.75 2023-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6154838d9457a100ad820170/1641764802849-BIK7OSY6N71WDPCHTG7E/Guitar_Hole-Bridge_150d_1000x733.jpg Chapter 6 - Optimize Teaming - Chapter 6 - Optimize Teaming Team Rhythm A rhythm guitar is strummed in a way that supports the chord structure and the beat of the music. The individual strings work cooperatively to create a cohesive sound within the music. Like a guitar, all of the team-members within a group must work cooperatively to be able to create a cohesive team that supports the theme of the overall organization. A leader sets the right chord within the team and creates the right beat to get the team in rhythm. https://www.harmonicleadership.net/chapter-7-nurture-growth daily 0.75 2023-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6154838d9457a100ad820170/1641764946423-V4VFARMBH3OIY2RJSX1S/Headphones-150d-1000x733.jpg Chapter 7 - Nurture Growth - Chapter 7 - Nurture Growth Hearing the Detail A musician uses headphones to hear all of the detail within the music so they can mix their instrument in with the others to create the best blend of sounds. Like headphones are used to interpret the nuances in music, a leader uses coaching techniques to interpret the nuanced developmental needs of their team-members. This allows the leader to create the right mix of activities to build capabilities and create a stronger team by blending the individual strengths together. https://www.harmonicleadership.net/chapter-8-increase-focus daily 0.75 2023-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6154838d9457a100ad820170/1641765061916-DKXVZA5NZDCKV7G9HKUD/Standing-Bell-150d-1000x733.jpg Chapter 8 - Increase Focus - Chapter 8 - Increase Focus Single Focused Tone A standing bell plays a single tone with a long sustain, creating a focus on that specific pitch of sound that resonates long and true. Like the bell, we can develop a practice of sustained, mindful attention on the most important aspects of our work and life. Through managing distractions, lessening reactivity, and learning to focus the mind on specific areas, concentration can grow to allow our thoughts and ideas to resonate long and true. https://www.harmonicleadership.net/chapter-9-create-trust daily 0.75 2023-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6154838d9457a100ad820170/1641765225898-X9DR9WI68C6Y0ICMLJ9Y/Triangle-150d-1000x733.jpg Chapter 9 - Create Trust - Chapter 9 - Create Trust The Trust Triangle In an orchestra, the percussionist will play a triangle to create a steady, ringing presence at the top-end of the frequency range of the music. This small, metal instrument reverberates in a way that allows it to be heard over the loud brass instruments, the resonating stringed instruments and even the booming tympani drum. Like the triangle, a sense of trust can reverberate throughout an organization, allowing it to always be present. https://www.harmonicleadership.net/the-learning daily 0.75 2023-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6154838d9457a100ad820170/a61e9abe-b5ba-4cdc-89b9-1f11211e433e/4-Levels-of-Leadership.png The Learning - Make it stand out The graphic above illustrates the growing role of a leader as one progresses within an organization. It is located in Chapter 2, Heighten Performance on page 54 within the book (the second page of Chapter 2 in the eBook). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6154838d9457a100ad820170/995c90bc-0892-4af7-a44d-21a4257ef739/Developmental-Activities-Venn-2021-1000x1125.png The Learning - Developmental Activities The graphic to the left details many of the developmental activities that a person can participate in to develop strength as a leader. It is located on page 286 in Chapter 7, Nurture Growth within the book (2/3 of the way into Chapter 7 in the eBook). The Venn Diagram displays the items that can be provided by each of the three entities within an organization. You, as an individual, are in charge of your development and can drive your career path through mindful developmental planning. This book provides you the tools to plan this path. The manager within an organization can support your development by providing the activities listed within the Manager circle. The company/organization itself should supply access to many programs to develop the employees. The overlapping areas of the Venn display where two or all three of the entities can take the lead in providing that developmental opportunity. The Harmonic Leadership Book can be used as a primary tool in many of items listed. Specifically, the following areas can utilize the book as a reference tool: Independent Study, Reflection Time, Training, Assessments, Certifications, Mentoring, Coaching, Special Projects, Idea-Generation, Collaboration, and within Resource Groups. The key is to map out your development, and remain motivated to follow the plan to reach your goals. 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