Here's how you can harness self-awareness to achieve success as a nonprofit leader.

Take time to reflect on your leadership approach, including your communication style, decision-making process, and conflict resolution strategies. Identify your strengths and areas for development. Solicit feedback from colleagues, staff, board members, and other stakeholders to gain insights into your leadership impact. Use feedback to refine your leadership approach and enhance your effectiveness as a leader.

As a nonprofit leader, self-awareness is crucial for achieving success. In my journey as an artist, activist, and founder of Out Agency, understanding my own strengths, weaknesses, and values has been a cornerstone of my work. Knowing myself has allowed me to stay true to my mission of championing art as activism, especially within the Latinx and LGBTQ communities.

Constantly seek self improvement, training, mentorship, knowledge of self. Increase perspective and vision as you seek to improve those around you.

Emotional intelligence (EQ) plays a significant role in my leadership style. As an advocate for HIV/AIDS awareness and community restoration, I’ve learned that empathy, emotional regulation, and social skills are essential for connecting with others and driving change. Insightful Lesson: By honing my emotional intelligence, I can better understand and respond to the emotions of those around me, whether they are team members, community partners, or beneficiaries. This ability to empathize and communicate effectively fosters trust and collaboration, which are vital for the success of any nonprofit initiative.

Non profits pass through challenging and difficult times as they are sometimes involved in initiatives that could be new to the community and audience. In that case, being aware of the emotions that the community is sending and attuned to the perceptions it is creating within the team is important as it helps the leader connect from a deeper place and hold authentic conversations .

?? Como en Antígona de Sófocles, la sabiduría surge al aceptar nuestras limitaciones y evolucionar continuamente. ??La autoconciencia es un viaje en constante cambio, no un rasgo estático. En un panorama siempre mutable, adaptarse es crucial para liderar con confianza y resiliencia. ?? Conocer tus prejuicios y estar abierto a nuevas ideas te permite enfrentar desafíos y guiar a tu organización hacia el éxito. ?Cómo estás ajustando tu enfoque en estos tiempos? #LiderazgoAdaptativo #Resiliencia #EvoluciónContinua

Sometimes people are hesitant to give direct feedback, especially if it's critical. To address this, I conduct anonymous surveys a few times a year. This allows people to share their honest thoughts without fear of judgment. Try using a mix of open-ended questions for example "What could I do to better support your work?" and multiple-choice questions to measure overall satisfaction with communication, leadership style, etc.

Reflexionar es importante pero es necesario tener un punto de visión clara. En su falta como reflexionar basado en errores? Padrones de comportamiento son conecuencia de pasos sucesivos en direcciona a un objetivo claro. Son los Valores que deben direccionar la reflexion.En caso de ONG el feedback programada debera hacer los procedimientos adecuados pues la Organizacion debe seguir padrones d valores propios

Change is hard. I have found examining my mission and vision statements useful when pivoting and adapting to something new or different. Suppose this new idea or approach is needed to fulfill the mission or vision. In that case, it is often easier for me to embrace and make the necessary changes to continue doing the work so that, as a business, we can continue to thrive.