"Taming Your Crocodiles Practices is a personal tool for all leaders and followers looking to master authenticity and find greater purpose in their daily journey. Imagine the opportunity to explore who we are and what we want to accomplish ? without fear. An extension of Hylke Faber's brilliant treatise, Taming Your Crocodiles, this book provides the component tools to unlearn fear-based leadership and practice constructive, creative, and inclusive behaviors with habit-forming frequency and consistency. A must for those ready to move past lip-service to liberation." ? Toni Townes-Whitley, President, US Regulated Industries, MicrosoftHow do I lead from the depth of who I am rather than from fear-based, conditioned thinking?How do I shift my mindset to accelerate my growth?How do I turn self-discovery and service into a daily habit?How do I inspire others around me to keep growing and giving their best?Hylke Faber explores these and other questions, offering tools for implementing leadership practices into everyday life and work. The exercises in this book ? which can be used both as a standalone guide and as a companion to the Nautilus Silver Award?winning book Taming Your Crocodiles ? will deepen your appreciation for the adventure of life and leadership, help you connect with your true calling, turn your fears into growth practices, and guide you in supporting others on their growth journey.Praise for Taming Your Crocodiles Practices?How do we know ourselves? Practice! Hylke's newest book offers us seventy-seventhoughtful and accessible practices toward greater self-discoverycreative expression and ever-expanding potential.?? Chris Ernst, Vice-President, Leadership & OrganizationalEffectiveness, Workday; author of Boundary Spanning Leadership?Taming Your Crocodiles Practices: Daily Reflections for Leadership Depth is amagical combination of deeply wise insights and specific methods to makethese insights a reality in your life. I highly recommend this book for anyaspiring leader looking to grow professionally but, more importantlyas a person.??Matt Oppenheimer, CEO, Remitly?With great joy I have read this workbook. And it has pleased me to feel thevulnerability of the author, which opens ways for both the reader and thepractitioner. Because of the vulnerability and openness of Hylke, he becomesmore of a co-passenger than a coach who tells you how it is. Also, I like thefact that you have a choice of exercises related to your personal needs at everygiven moment. Hylke really connects to the material, which for me is theessence of personal leadership!?? Wiet de Bruijn, Partner, Delight Group; former CEO VBK Publishers?Hylke scores a home run again. Taming Your Crocodiles Practices: Daily Reflectionsfor Leadership Depth is a unique and easy-to-read, practical book on personaland professional growth. Hylke reinforces key concepts from his first bookcontinuously taking the reader out of their comfort zone and posing challengingquestions on how to think differently. In addition, by providing daily tips, hehelps shape positive habits and behaviors, with a growth mindset, all required tobe a great leader. I highly recommend his book for any current or future leaderas well as for a reader in search of a purposeful and meaningful life.?? Gioji Okuhara, Board Member & CEO, Brazilian consumer goods companies?Through this simple yet powerful and practical book, I continue to exploremy fears, or crocodiles, and go deeper in myself. I connect to that place ofpeace and of a growth mindset. With my busy life and working with worldhumanitarian crises, this book helps me to be intentional and to continueto practice my growth mindset and find that place of peace. The more Ipractice leading with my authentic inner self, the more effectively I am ableto support leaders I work with globally. These practices apply universally:across different cultures, countries, and religions. I highly recommend usingthem, wherever you work and wherever you are from.?? Dr. Valerie Nkamgang Bemo, MD-MPHDeputy Director, Emergency Response Global Development, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation?A critical part of leadership requires the realization that we must continueto learn and grow. We must find space to tame our fears so we can show ourvulnerability, honesty, and share encouragement in an authentic way. I foundthis space while reading Taming Your Crocodiles Practices: Daily Reflections forLeadership Depth. The concept of the crocodile and the owl is very relatable andeasy to integrate into a daily practice. I use this as a reminder to stay on the edgeof discovery and wonder, which has opened my eyes to infinite possibilities.??Marci Marra, Partner, Sia Partners?Taming Your Crocodiles Practices underscores an important point that the academicliterature on leadership has largely overlooked?to wit, that the first step a would beleader must take in the art of leading an organization is knowing thy self. Onceyou have your own act together, you can start to lead others.?? Ray Horton, Frank R. Lautenberg Professor of Ethics &Corporate Governance at Columbia Business School?In his new book, Taming Your Crocodiles Practices: Daily Reflections for LeadershipDepth, Hylke accurately and thoughtfully captures the fundamentaldevelopment challenge that all humans face: that is to manage our limbicsystem and to master our fears so that we can uncover our true, loving nature.The practices in this book help us to lead from our heart's wisdom, ratherthan from our fear-based conditionings.??Andrew Blum, CEO, The Trium Group?When you step into a leadership role the weight of responsibility isimmediately evident. Among the emotions that confront the momentare thoughts of worthiness and doubt. Embracing the challenge meansamplifying your own capacity to explore and understand effective coachingskills that lead teams to success.Taming Your Crocodiles Practices: Daily Reflections for Leadership Depthis a powerful platform to gain skills for reflection, perspective, andgrowth. Leaders must use these essential tools?not only for their ownjourney, but also for the people they engage and the organizations theyserve. This book presents realistic challenges and powerful questions to helpleaders gain depth in creative thinking, purposeful discussions and decisionmaking. Regardless of career stage or job title, this book provides a valuableand essential framework for all professionals.?? Carol Geiger-Wank, alumna, Columbia Business School ExecutiveEducation Leader as Coach, senior leader in a governmental agency?My ninety-year-old Uncle Bill is one of the happiest people I know. He hasa modest garage filled with tools he has used throughout his life to makechanges, do repairs, or perform maintenance. With the release of Taming YourCrocodiles Practices, Hylke Faber has created a perfect sequel to his inspiredbook, Taming Your Crocodiles. He has gifted us an exceptional set of tools andpractices to enable key life changes, initiate behavioral repairs, and performthe maintenance on our own lives and relationships, so that we may be betterleaders and realize greater humanity in our actions. The seventy-seven dailypractices can be used solo, in a duet, or as an ensemble work. They havebeen lovingly derived via an extraordinary synthesis of his global consultingpractice, multi-disciplinary research, the study of music and his learningjourneys through Eastern and Western philosophies. Bravo, Hylke!??Rebecca Kerr, Founder, Global Creative Solutions Group?The leader today has already taken many courses in the market. So, what'snext? With this practical book, Hylke paves us a path to accelerate our growththrough warm and compassionate guidance, and with exercises that we canapply from minute one. He reminds us that true, honest leaders roll up theirsleeves practicing and reflecting daily, have a solid base about who they areand accept and work with their shadows, because it is not about hiding butabout taming our crocodiles. This book is such a gift for us!?? Bibiana Badenes, PT (physical therapist), rolfing practitioner, somatic coach?Growing as a person hurts sometimes. In discussion with my crocodiles andlooking for my owls daily, I find it very helpful to have this rich portfolio ofpractices available to me that Hylke shares in his new book. When I'm puzzledhow to move on, they help me to see things from a different perspective, orto recognize old patterns in the various aspects of my leadership. Is it myoverdrive again, acting too dominant, do I really listen for other people'sintentions, and underlying interests, do I give my wisdom enough space?The practical exercises don't ask lots of time or study. Knowing there willalways be new crocodiles showing up and owls emerging, I'm pleased to nowhave this travel guide on my never-ending tough, yet inspiring journey ofleadership.?? Erica Schaper, President, NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences?Hylke's new book provides us with a daily dose of self-knowledge. Theseventy-seven practices are great for learning something new every day andreflecting on yourself and your business environment. It helps me to be moreattentive, to understand human behavior better, to see things more calmlyand to find better solutions for big and small problems. It is written in a vividand humorous way. I especially liked the examples of Crocodile FM and OwlFM as permanent radio stations in our heads. Hylke always asks fascinatingquestions. One of the most profound questions for me was from practice7, 'What is most important to me?' I recommend this book to anyone whowants to learn more about themselves and others and feels ready to grow.??Mark Schlegel, Director Sales & Marketing, Roxxlyn Design GmbH

CONTENTS Foreword Introduction Part 1: Appreciating the Adventure of Life and Leadership Part 2: Living and Growing from Intention Part 3: Facing Our Fears Part 4: Balance Part 5: Finding Truth Part 6: Walking and Working with Others Part 7: Helping Others Grow Part 8: Being Agents of Love Epilogue Acknowledgments About the Author