8 LIFE LESSONS TO UNLOCK THE HUMAN ADVANTAGE

In Lead Within: 8 Life Lessons to Unlock the Human Advantage, Tarja shares an inspiring roadmap built around eight powerful lessons and 48 inner skills that uniquely define human strengths leaders need to thrive as changemakers in the age of AI.

LEAD WITHIN

Coming Summer 2025

How Future Leaders Can Master Inner Skills to Thrive in the Age of AI

After years of global leadership experience and guiding executives through AI transformation, Tarja Stephens has crafted a blueprint for the future of leadership, one that starts from within.

Lead Within: 8 Life Lessons to Unlock the Human Advantage introduces eight powerful lessons drawn from Tarja's own life experiences. Each lesson guides leaders to activate 48 inner skills, human superpowers that drive visionary leadership in a world increasingly shaped by technology​. Through deeply personal stories and practical daily steps, Lead Within empowers readers to activate your inner wisdom and master your unique human capabilities to thrive in the age of AI.

8 Lessons readers will explore:

  1. Energy: Activate Your Energy Blueprint

  2. Mindset: Develop Your Mental Power

  3. Intuitive Intelligence: Trust Your Inner Wisdom

  4. Love: Lead with Compassion

  5. Imagination: Create the New

  6. Voice: Share Your Light

  7. Flow: Learn from Nature’s Wisdom

  8. Collective Intelligence: Thrive as One

No matter where you are on your leadership journey, leading a global organization, launching a startup, or pursuing personal growth, Lead Within provides the blueprint to activate your greatest human advantage in the fast evolving world.

TARJA STEPHENS

Author, Leader in People-Centric AI Transformation, Champion of Investing in People and Upskilling

Tarja Stephens is reshaping leadership in the age of AI. Her mission is deeply personal. After facing her own battle with cancer, she discovered leadership as an inner journey, rooted deeply in personal growth and wellbeing. Inspired by Finland’s Arctic wilderness and Monarch butterflies, Tarja guides leaders unlock their full human potential.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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