A Leadership Short — Self Awareness

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l of being aware of and understanding your thoughts, emotions, and values and utilizing this awareness effectively.Unfortunately, self-awareness is on the curriculum for most leadership courses. In his book Primal Leadership, Daniel Goleman says that self-awareness is having a “deep understanding” of our emotions, strengths, limitations, values, and motives. Self-aware leaders are “honest” with themselves, about themselves — especially with other people.Perhaps the most telling (though least visible) sign of self-awareness is a propensity for self-reflection and thoughtfulness. — Daniel GolemanAs with learning all new behaviors, it’s best to start slowly and enlist the help of a trusted advisor or coach. Learn to embrace new ways of thinking. Question the obvious. Challenging curiosity forces you to stretch, grow, create and change.Check out Bill Abbate's October post for some suggested behaviors to help you build your self-leadership.<div id="3dc5" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/how-to-develop-self-leadership-in-your-life-75931e4e4f91">

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Don’t ignore this critical area of leadership development.

The mark of an open mind is being more committed to your curiosity than to your convictions. — Adam Grant`

A widely accepted leadership principle is that before we can lead others, we must be able to lead ourselves. Sadly, most leaders focus all their energies on improving the former and ignoring the latter.

Why? Because improving our self-leadership requires that we look inward.

Healthy introspection can be an uncomfortable process at first. But it is crucial if we want to maximize our potential as a leader and as a person.

Bill George, a Harvard leadership professor and the author of True North: Discover Your Authentic Leadership, says that self-awareness is the starting point for self-leadership. Self-awareness is the acquired skill of being aware of and understanding your thoughts, emotions, and values and utilizing this awareness effectively.

Unfortunately, self-awareness is on the curriculum for most leadership courses. In his book Primal Leadership, Daniel Goleman says that self-awareness is having a “deep understanding” of our emotions, strengths, limitations, values, and motives. Self-aware leaders are “honest” with themselves, about themselves — especially with other people.

Perhaps the most telling (though least visible) sign of self-awareness is a propensity for self-reflection and thoughtfulness. — Daniel Goleman

As with learning all new behaviors, it’s best to start slowly and enlist the help of a trusted advisor or coach. Learn to embrace new ways of thinking. Question the obvious. Challenging curiosity forces you to stretch, grow, create and change.

Check out Bill Abbate's October post for some suggested behaviors to help you build your self-leadership.

For more thoughts on self-awareness,