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Aligned: Connecting Your True Self with the Leader You’re Meant to Be Paperback – October 2, 2019

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Have you ever felt like you were on a roll? Time slows, and you see everything clearly. You instinctively know what to do, and have the profound feeling that you are on the right path.

This is what leadership coach Hortense le Gentil calls alignment: the congruence of who you are and what you think, feel, and love on a fundamental level with what you do, say, and envision for your future. It’s about becoming more of yourself—and transcending the limits you once thought were holding you back.

Hortense first experienced alignment as a competitive show-jumper, realized its wider application in her entrepreneurial career, and fine-tuned its message as a leadership executive coach. Now in Aligned, she delivers an essential three-part guide for anyone wanting to lead with ease, joy, and impact—and to become even more successful. Alignment helps organizations reach their full potential, and people realize their personal goals.

Alignment does not happen by itself, however. In Aligned, Hortense uses real-life examples to show you how to connect with who you truly are, do the work to become who you want to be, and project your aligned self from your inner world onto the outside one.

Told through the personal and professional victories of her clients, revealing case studies, and Hortense’s own journey towards alignment, her book is an inspiring and intuitive approach to a concept as enduring as it is momentous.

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"If you want to unleash your full potential as a leader, read Aligned and learn how to focus on the highest value beliefs and actions that will both play to your unique strengths and help you shed the limiting distractions that may be holding you back."JAMES M. CITRIN, Leader, Spencer Stuart CEO Practice and Author, The Career Playbook

"In Aligned, Hortense le Gentil leverages her experience as one of the world's foremost executive coaches to take us on a journey to explore who we are, who we want to be, and how to get there. This book is a must-read for anyone who wants to become a better leader."DR. TASHA EURICH, New York Times best-selling author of Insight and Bankable Leadership

"This is a beautiful and insightful book. Hortense offers healthy doses of clarity in a form that's easy to swallow. She helps each of us find and hold onto our truths, even when chaos swirls around us."FIONA M. MACAULAY, Founder-CEO, WILD Network, Women Innovators & Leaders Development

"Aligned is one of the best leadership books I have ever read. It has the potential to help us leaders become more aligned and therefore more effective and to foster greater alignment within the organization we lead through the concept and practice of alignment of alignments."HUBERT JOLY, Executive Chairman and former CEO, Best Buy

"This book is a gift for those looking to lead more authentically and effectively at any stage in life."THOMAS S. SCHREIER, JR., Founding Director of the Inspired Leadership Initiative at the University of Notre Dame

"Aligned is the essential guide for any organization to reach its own highest potential."
FRANCES HESSELBEIN, Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, Editor-in-Chief, Leader to Leader Journal, Former CEO, Girl Scouts of the USA

"Hortense shows us how to let go of our restrictions and old beliefs, so we can learn to behave and think differently, align our values with our actions, and learn from past experiences."MARSHALL GOLDSMITH, Thinkers50 - #1 Executive Coach and the only two-time #1 Leadership Thinker in the World
"In her brilliant new book, Aligned, Hortense Le Gentil shows how to perform at your peak as a leader in today's volatile world: align your authentic self in mind, body and spirit with your 'why' and then align your team with their 'why' around a common mission and values. With challenging reflections, Le Gentil provides a roadmap to your sustained success as an authentic and aligned leader."
BILL GEORGE, Senior Fellow, Harvard Business School; former Chair & CEO, Medtronic and author of Discover Your True North

"Hortense le Gentil provides an invaluable set of practical approaches for anyone, including experienced and aspiring leaders, who desires to unleash their full potential."
ARNOLD DONALD, CEO of Carnival Corp and PLC

"Aligned is THE book to find your perfect recipe to connect your true self and the right path to your success! I'm honored to write an endorsement for the amazing work of Hortense and I cannot wait to see who you'll become after reading. Enjoy!"GREGORY RENARD, Head of Artificial Intelligence at xBrain, Head of Applied AI & SDS at NASA FDL

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Page Two (October 2, 2019)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 230 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1989025900
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1989025901
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.4 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.58 x 8.5 inches
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Hortense le Gentil is a global executive leadership coach and the author of the widely acclaimed book “Aligned: Connecting Your True Self with the Leader You’re Meant to Be.” She works with CEOs and other senior executives around the world to help them lead with authenticity by finding and closing the gaps between the leader they are and the leader they want to be. Her thought-leadership has been featured in Harvard Business Review, Business Insider, Fast Company, Inc. and Forbes.

She is a certified Marshall Goldsmith Stakeholder Centered™ coach and a member of the MG100 Coaches. She was one of 50 coaches in the world selected for the 2021 Thinkers50 Coaching and Mentoring Award, and has been named a top 30 Global Guru in 2020 and 2021 by World Management Global Gurus.

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A leadership guide to help you align who you are and what you do
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A leadership guide to help you align who you are and what you do
Written by master executive coach Hortense Le Gentil, "Aligned" is a must-read for any business professional who aspires to be a more self-aware, introspective, reflective, and "aligned" leader. Through real-world examples and compelling storytelling, "Aligned" is the guidebook every leader needs to uncover, discover, and leverage their best selves
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Diane Canate
5.0 out of 5 stars GET THIS! Level up with clarity
Reviewed in the United States on May 29, 2023
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I loved Aligned for 5 reasons.
1 - Hortense le Gentil not only provides her own expertise, but builds on research, guidance, and expertise of others…making this a powerhouse of a resource.
2 - It’s such an easy read as Hortense uses plain language and digestible chapters. If you’re someone who is seeking to uplevel your leadership, you likely don’t feel like you can spend a lot of time digging through dense material. Unlike other leadership books I’ve read, the most important time here isn’t spent reading, it’s reflecting on your own goals, behaviors, and opportunities.
3 - This is part book and part workbook. I love that because I know I’m taking something away immediately.
4 - It can also be a little bit choose your own adventure since you can read the book straight through or skip around within chapters or Part 1, 2, and 3.
5- This book is for leaders. Hortense speaks to you at whatever level you are, but she knows the experiences that happen as your rise into the levels of leadership at organizations. The air can get thinner the higher you get.

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Gustavo Razzetti
5.0 out of 5 stars Finally a leadership book that is actionable and for real
Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2022
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We live in a world in which there are more leadership books than actual leaders. Clearly, leadership development is good for authors and consultants, not for leaders.

Luckily, Hortense le Gentil's book sheds fresh light on this wicked problem. Aligned is beautifully written – simple, deep, and easy-going. Packed with insights, stories, and fresh perspectives, this book is an amazing tool to ensure you are aligned with your true north and get the results that truly matter to YOU.
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Nikki Meyers
5.0 out of 5 stars Thought provoking depth, yet an easy read!
Reviewed in the United States on April 27, 2021
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This book was so great! Easy to read and connect principles to your day-to-day leadership practice. I enjoyed the thought provoking questions and reflections throughout. The book helped me realize the importance of alignment as a leader, and I have incorporated this concept into my own leadership development coaching courses.
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Rod MacKenzie
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful, Practical and Inspiring!
Reviewed in the United States on October 7, 2019
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I loved this book! So much truth about leadership and the amazing power of aligning your intrinsic self with what you do every day. Full of practical approaches and tools to learn from the past, this book will help free you to be the leader who is operating with a sense of joy in your purpose and actions.
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Mahesh M. Thakur
5.0 out of 5 stars This is the book for leaders and winners... and for those seeking high-performance mindset
Reviewed in the United States on November 30, 2019
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This book is an amazing tool to ensure you are truly aligned with your true north and to get to the results that truly matter to who YOU are. Hortense is done an amazing job in directing the readers to what is the most fulfilling quest at all times- Alignment. The book is an amazing resource for every professional, leader, and executive. If you are striving to be the best version of yourself - this book is for you. Highly recommend reading and applying what the book shares.
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Alisa Cohn
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful and practical
Reviewed in the United States on October 2, 2019
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This is such a readable book with practical frameworks. The theme of congruence is essential in leadership now more than ever, and Hortense gets it right! A great work and a great read!
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5.0 out of 5 stars A leadership guide to help you align who you are and what you do
Reviewed in the United States on November 10, 2021
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Written by master executive coach Hortense Le Gentil, "Aligned" is a must-read for any business professional who aspires to be a more self-aware, introspective, reflective, and "aligned" leader. Through real-world examples and compelling storytelling, "Aligned" is the guidebook every leader needs to uncover, discover, and leverage their best selves
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5.0 out of 5 stars A leadership guide to help you align who you are and what you do
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Written by master executive coach Hortense Le Gentil, "Aligned" is a must-read for any business professional who aspires to be a more self-aware, introspective, reflective, and "aligned" leader. Through real-world examples and compelling storytelling, "Aligned" is the guidebook every leader needs to uncover, discover, and leverage their best selves
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5.0 out of 5 stars Worth the $$
Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2021
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Preeti Gopal
5.0 out of 5 stars Wholistic and wholesome approach to being a leader
Reviewed in Germany on June 6, 2023
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Whether you are a leader of people of of your own life, you can t be an effective inspiring leader unless you lead yourself first. This book shows us how !!
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Becheau
5.0 out of 5 stars A true journey towards authentic and aligned leadership
Reviewed in France on December 2, 2019
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This book is about a true journey towards authentic and aligned leadership. It starts by stoping yourself, looking around you, being aware of how you feel, taking the time for self awareness. The result is as simple and powerful as being aligned with yourself.
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