By Michael J Cruz, PCC
The Leader’s Mirror
The book, grown into your reflective companion.
Five mirrors that reflect how you actually lead — and a Growth Journal that turns what you see into action. Private, confidential, and there whenever you need an honest look at yourself. Yours to come back to, for life.
Take your first mirror — free →No card. Nothing shared. Your first reflection is yours to keep.
A companion, not a course
It meets you the moment a thought arrives.
The realisation in the back of a cab. The doubt between two meetings. The commitment you want to make over a coffee. Reflection happens in those moments, and they rarely line up with a slot in the calendar. Your companion is simply there when they come — open the mirror, catch the thought, and what you notice becomes something you act on. No audience. No verdict. Just an honest look, whenever you’re ready to take one.
The Five Mirrors
Where are you under-invested?
What fuels you? What leaks your energy?
Each mirror stands on its own. Read together, they reveal the pattern no single one can show — the cross-cutting picture of how you lead. That’s the companion’s deeper work, and it opens up as you go.
Strategic Leadership Balance
Where am I under- or over-invested across six executive domains?
Executive Motivational Drivers
What fuels me — Achievement, Affiliation, or Power — and what might trip me up?
Core Values Alignment
Where am I "leaking" energy between what I believe and how I lead?
Fast & Slow Decisions
Is my judgment fit for today’s complexity — or am I defaulting to speed?
Strategic Risk Appetite
How much risk is right for where the organisation actually is?
Yours, and no one else’s
A place to be honest with yourself.
A leader’s scarcest asset is somewhere to be uncertain without it being held against them. What you write here stays yours — confidential, encrypted, never shared, and exportable the day you decide to take it with you. This is a companion built to the same confidentiality a coaching room is held to.
One-time purchase · Lifetime access
Pick your depth.
Essential
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- The book (digital PDF)
- All 5 mirrors
- Leadership Dashboard
- Growth Journal
- PDF report export
- Lifetime retakes
Professional
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- Everything in Essential
- Add to any calendar (.ics)
- Outlook auto-sync
- Email reminders
- Auto-scheduled reviews
Complete
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- Everything in Professional
- Ask Mike — your AI reflection partner
- Weekly personalised prompts
- "Ask Mike" — context-aware
- Pattern interpretation
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Advance Praise
What leaders are saying.
From the Foreword
“What I found distinctive about The Leader's Mirror is its focus on self-reflection. The implicit philosophical assumptions here are important — you can't be a good leader unless you understand yourself well and are willing to work on this self-assessment. Together, these mirrors should help the sensitive aspiring leader chart the way forward.”
Distinguished Endorsement
“The Leader's Mirror is invaluable for CEOs, board members, and C-suite leaders balancing strategy with self-awareness and integrity. It provides a practical, insightful guide for senior leaders to reflect, recalibrate, and recharge — crucial in today's business world. Mike's approach helps executives lead themselves with purpose and authenticity. I strongly recommend this book to top leaders seeking to create a meaningful legacy.”
Advance Praise
“Drawing inspiration from a flight deck metaphor, Cruz's book is an indispensable co-pilot for CEOs, managing directors, and C-suite executives determined not only to steer their organizations, but also to chart their own continuous evolution as leaders. The book's practical frameworks and reflective assessments transcend sectoral boundaries, enabling all those in positions of influence to deepen self-awareness, navigate ethical dilemmas, and lead with both agility and integrity.”
Advance Praise
“Understanding self is an essential exercise one has to undertake during the journey to perfect one's leadership skills. In Leader's Mirror, Michael J Cruz emphasises the dimension of understanding self by operationalising the concept of Self Awareness by Daniel Goleman and a few others with a series of systematic experiments that aid in introspection. This is a compulsory read for leaders at every stage in organizational hierarchy for discovering their extraordinary potential.”
About the author
Michael J Cruz, PCC
ICF-accredited Professional Certified Coach. 1,500+ hours of executive coaching with approximately 400 senior leaders across 20 industries. Over three decades in global business — including a decade as Managing Director at multinationals and Board member of RELX PLC’s India subsidiary. Stanford SEED Business Consultant for Start-Ups. Alumnus, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore.
Reflect, refine, radiate.
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