How to Lead as a Woman Physician Series
Your Personal Impact Statement
What is your personal mission in life?
Think back on the values exercise we
What is your purpose? What is your
did together. What are your top 5 core
Why?
values? What do you notice when you think about your values? What
One of the most powerful things we
emotion comes up for you when you
can do on our personal leadership
think about each of your values?
journey is to create a personal mission or impact statement. Like our values,
Now, consider an impact statement in
our personal impact statements
a form like this. I love this version of
encapsulate the core of who we are
the personal impact statement, from
and who we want to be. Our impact
Co-Active Coaching Institute. It’s
statements are both authentic and
powerful, yet simple and creative.
aspirational. They serve as the core of who we are, what we stand for, and
I am __________________ (metaphor
help us to align our lives to the impact
or individual) who
we want to have on the world.
___________________ (impact).
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How to Lead as a Woman Physician Series
Close your eyes. Take several deep
statement? What would take it to a 9
breaths. And begin to visualize -- What
or 10 inspiration level for you?
metaphor, image or individual stirs up inspiration and emotion for you, and
Practice saying your personal impact
most embodies you? What is it about
statement out loud, 10 times each day.
this metaphor or individual that
Stand up and say it to the room. How
inspires you? What is the energy
do you feel when you say it? Write it
behind this image? Does it have a
out and put it on your wall.
color, shape, warmth, or coolness? What does this image bring up for you?
It can take weeks or months to finally
What do you sense in yourself?
land on a personal impact statement that feels just right. And this is
Now imagine, what is the impact you
completely ok. You may also find that
want to have? Whether this is on you,
you may want to adjust or change
on others, on your community, or on
your statement every so often. As you
the world? When you think about
grow, so does your personal impact
coming to the end of your life, what
statement. Our statements are a work
will your life have been all about?
in progress, just as we all are.
What will have mattered most to you about this life? What do you want to
Each day, think about your personal
be remembered for?
impact statement. Together with your core values, say your personal impact
Now write down your personal impact
statement aloud. They are both your
statement. Read it aloud. On a
internal GPS and Compass, helping
personal inspiration level from 1 – 10
you to follow your own North Star as a
(with 1 the lowest, and 10 the highest),
woman and as a leader. What kind of
what number do you give your
leader do you want to be? Who do you
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How to Lead as a Woman Physician Series
long to be led by? What kind of impact do you want to have as a leader? Your personal impact statement is essential to leading by example, and in alignment with who you truly are. Email me at info@tammiechangmd.com with questions, any time. I am here for you friend…!
Tammie
Tammie Chang, MD, LLC
