Field Kit 04AYA Lead Forward

Leading From the Middle™

Name: Leading From the Middle™
Brand: AYA Forward
Price: 39.00 USD
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Know what is yours. Influence what you can. Escalate what you must. Lead the space you actually have.

A research-informed, practice-ready leadership field kit for leaders working where responsibility extends beyond authority—helping them lead up, down, across, and inward with clearer agency, stronger judgment, and disciplined escalation.

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AYA Lead ForwardField Kit 04

AYA Forward Field Kit™ No. 04

Leading From the Middle™

Know what is yours. Influence what you can. Escalate what you must. Lead the space you actually have.

Best for

Principals, directors, managers, coordinators, supervisors, department heads, project leaders, executive-team members, and other leaders responsible for outcomes they cannot fully control

Format

AYA Forward Field Kit™ No. 04

New Release · Field Kit 04

Individual Purchase — $39.00 Explore Licensing

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Lead the space you actually have.

The protected preview includes ten curated screens from Leading From the Middle™, including the AYA Middle Leadership Compass™, the AYA Middle Leadership Navigation Cycle™, a movement opener, applied tool, BOTH DIRECTIONS™, FIELD NOTES™, and the closing reflection. The preview is watermarked and does not replace the complete 81-page purchaser edition.

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What you receive

Inside this offering.

80 numbered pages plus an unnumbered AYA Field Kit series-close page

AYA Middle Leadership Compass™

AYA Middle Leadership Navigation Cycle™

12 applied leadership tools and diagnostics

8 BOTH DIRECTIONS™ applications

8 FIELD NOTES™ workplace cases

Where Do I Actually Sit?™ Leadership Position Map and AYA Authority-Influence Map™

Lead Up With Candor™ Planner and Pressure Transfer Scan™

Lateral Influence Map™, Disagree Without Disappearing™ Decision Tool, and Crossfire Map™

Escalate or Navigate?™ Matrix and 30/60/90 Middle Leadership Influence Plan™

Text-first accessible digital companion and protected purchaser edition

What it supports

From resource to practice.

Distinguish control, authority, responsibility, accountability, and influence

Lead upward with evidence, candor, recommendations, and judgment rather than accumulated frustration

Translate pressure into clarity instead of forwarding organizational anxiety downward

Create movement across functions when cooperation matters more than positional authority

Challenge decisions responsibly while recognizing legitimate decision rights and substantive boundaries

Navigate crossfire, competing loyalties, and triangulation without becoming the carrier of everyone else’s conflict

Decide what to act on, influence, escalate, navigate, or stop carrying

Use a 30/60/90 influence plan to recalibrate how you lead the space you actually have

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Individual, classroom, site, and system rights are intentionally different. Institutional purchases can use ACH or card where available; ACH is preferred for higher-value licenses.

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$119

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$229

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$349

Licensed use within one named school, facility, center, department, or program site.

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