Your Leadership Compass Guide is the final working document created from your accepted reflections.
It brings together what you learned through the enabled pillars and turns your answers, reflection cards, commitments, and guide-ready language into one place you can review, edit, sign, and use.
What is the Leadership Compass Guide?
The Leadership Compass Guide is a personalized leadership document.
It may include content such as:
- your leadership identity
- your values
- your strengths
- your leadership philosophy
- your standards
- your leadership promise
- your team leadership commitments
- your development roadmap
- your recommitment statement
The guide is designed to help you lead with more clarity and intention after the cohort experience is complete.
Where the guide content comes from
Your guide is built from the reflections you accepted during the pillar process.
As you complete each enabled pillar, Leadership Compass may generate reflection cards. When you review, edit, and accept those cards, they become building blocks for your guide.
The better your accepted cards are, the better your guide will be.
When can I build my guide?
You can usually build your guide after you complete all enabled pillars for your cohort and accept any required reflection cards.
For example:
- if your cohort uses only Pillar 1, your guide may be available after Pillar 1 is complete
- if your cohort uses Pillars 1–3, your guide may be available after those three pillars are complete
- if your cohort uses all five pillars, your guide may be available after all five are complete
Your dashboard or completion page should guide you to the next step when the guide is ready.
What must be complete before guide generation?
Before generating the guide, confirm:
- all enabled pillars are complete
- reflection cards have been reviewed
- required cards have been accepted
- your dashboard shows the active program phase as complete
- you are ready for your accepted reflections to be assembled into guide form
If the guide button is not available, something may still need attention.
What happens when I generate the guide?
When you generate the guide, Leadership Compass assembles your accepted reflections into a structured document.
The guide may organize your content into sections, such as:
- who I am as a leader
- what I value
- the standard I choose to set
- how I will live my promise
- how I will lead my team
- what I am refining
- what I am recommitting to
The exact sections may depend on the pillars enabled for your cohort.
Why accepted cards matter
Accepted reflection cards are the source material for your guide.
If a card is vague, inaccurate, or too generic, that same issue may appear in the guide.
Before generating your guide, it is worth reviewing your accepted cards carefully.
Ask:
- Does this sound like me?
- Is this specific enough?
- Is this useful enough to guide my behavior?
- Would I want this included in my guide?
- Does this reflect what I actually intend?
Can I edit the guide?
Depending on your workflow, you may be able to edit the guide after it is generated.
Even if the guide is built from accepted cards, the guide may still need final refinement.
You may want to edit for:
- tone
- clarity
- specificity
- duplicated ideas
- missing context
- language that does not sound like you
- commitments that need to be more practical
Your guide should feel like something you can actually use.
What makes a strong guide?
A strong Leadership Compass Guide is:
- honest
- specific
- practical
- written in your voice
- connected to your values
- grounded in real behavior
- clear enough to revisit
- useful beyond the cohort
A guide does not need to be perfect. It needs to be usable.
Reviewing your guide
After generating your guide, read it slowly.
As you review, ask:
- What feels most true?
- What feels too generic?
- What needs to be more specific?
- What sounds like me?
- What does not sound like me?
- What would help me lead better this week?
- What would I be willing to share with others?
- What should I revisit later?
Your guide is most valuable when you treat it as a living leadership tool.
Signing your guide
Some workflows may allow you to sign or mark your guide as complete.
Signing your guide may represent a personal commitment to use it.
Before signing, make sure:
- the guide feels accurate
- the language sounds like you
- your commitments are realistic
- you are comfortable with the final version
- you understand what sharing options are available
Signing is not about perfection. It is about ownership.
Sharing your guide
Depending on your setup, you may be able to share your guide by invitation.
You might choose to share your guide with:
- a facilitator
- a leader
- a coach
- a mentor
- a teammate
- a direct report
- an accountability partner
Only share what is useful and appropriate.
Your guide is personal leadership content. Sharing should be intentional.
What should I share?
You do not have to share everything.
You may choose to share:
- your leadership promise
- your team commitments
- your communication standards
- your development focus
- selected guide sections
- your recommitment statement
Share the parts that help others understand how to work with you, support you, or hold you accountable.
What if I do not want to share my guide?
That is okay unless your organization has a specific program expectation.
A guide can still be valuable as a private leadership document.
If you are unsure what is expected, ask your Champion or Facilitator.
Using your guide after completion
Your guide is not meant to sit untouched after the cohort ends.
Use it to:
- prepare for difficult conversations
- review your standards before making decisions
- clarify how you want to show up
- ask for feedback
- guide one-on-one conversations
- revisit your commitments
- track alignment moments
- refine your leadership over time
The guide becomes more useful when you return to it regularly.
When should I revisit my guide?
Consider revisiting your guide:
- monthly
- before a major decision
- after difficult feedback
- before a team reset
- after a leadership mistake
- during performance conversations
- when your role changes
- when your team changes
- at the start of a new quarter
Your Compass should help you stay grounded as circumstances change.
Common questions
Why can’t I generate my guide?
You may still need to complete enabled pillars or accept required reflection cards.
Does the guide include every answer I wrote?
Not necessarily. The guide is usually built from accepted reflection cards and guide-ready content, not every raw answer.
Can I edit my guide after it is generated?
This depends on your workflow. If editing is available, use it to make the guide more accurate and useful.
Can my Facilitator review my guide?
If assigned and configured, a Facilitator may be able to help you review or discuss your guide.
Can my Leader see my guide?
A Leader should not automatically see your full guide unless your organization has configured access that way or you choose to share it.
Can I regenerate my guide?
This depends on your setup. In some cases, you may be able to regenerate or update guide content after changing accepted reflections.
Troubleshooting
The guide button is disabled.
Check whether all enabled pillars are complete and all required reflection cards are accepted.
My guide is missing content.
Confirm that the related pillar was enabled and that reflection cards from that pillar were accepted.
The guide does not sound like me.
Review whether the accepted cards sound like you. Edit guide content if editing is available, or ask your Facilitator for help.
I signed too soon.
Contact your Facilitator or Champion to ask whether the guide can be reopened or edited.
I cannot share my guide.
Sharing may not be enabled, or you may need to complete another step first.
Best practices
- Review reflection cards before generating the guide.
- Edit accepted content so it sounds like you.
- Read the full guide before signing.
- Keep the guide practical.
- Share intentionally.
- Revisit the guide regularly.
- Use the guide as a leadership tool, not just a final document.
Your Leadership Compass Guide brings the process together. It gives you a clear, personal reference for how you want to lead and how you want to keep growing.
