8 top takeaways to help you develop you self-aware leadership with Stephen Shedletzky
Dr Nia D Thomas FRSA
On a mission to raise awareness of awareness. Author of The Self-Awareness Superhighway. Director of Thoughts & Ideas, KSKO. Host of The KSKO Podcast. Director, A Better Start Southend. Trustee, Blogger
I really enjoyed my conversation with Stephen Shedletzky in episode 33 of The Knowing Self Knowing Others Podcast. I've been reflecting on our discussion and how it can help you develop your self-awareness leadership, so here you go....
8 top takeaways to help you develop your self-aware leadership:
1. Take assessments: Assessments like StrengthsFinder, Spark Type, DISC, Insights, Hogan and Berkman can provide valuable insights into your strengths and weaknesses. These assessments can help you understand yourself better and identify areas for growth.
2. Seek feedback: Surround yourself with people who provide you with honest feedback and challenge your perspectives. Actively seek feedback from people around you, including family, friends, as well as colleagues. Be open to receiving feedback, even if it is uncomfortable; it can lead to personal and professional growth if you're ready to hear it.
3. Embrace candour with care: Foster a culture of candour where feedback is shared with care and respect. Leaders should remain grounded and open to feedback, promoting an environment where honest and productive conversations can take place.
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4. Understand your limitations: Recognise your strengths, weaknesses, and limitations. This self-awareness will enable you to make better decisions, leverage your strengths, and seek support or development in areas where you may need improvement.
5. Reflect on your experiences: Take time to reflect on your experiences and extract lessons from them. Understand how your actions and behaviours impact others and learn from these experiences to improve your self-awareness. I'll be talking more about experiential learning in my book when it comes out next spring.
6. Practice empathy: Develop your empathy by deliberately seeking experiences that enhance your understanding of others. Empathy allows you to connect with others on a deeper level and can lead to more effective leadership and relationships.
7. Define your values: Take the time to define and clarify your values. Understand what is important to you and ensure that your actions align with those values. Practice living and breathing these values; sometimes you'll have to make hard decisions if you really want to live these values.
8. Continuously work on yourself: Recognise that self-awareness is an ongoing journey. Commit to constantly exploring and understanding yourself better, seeking different perspectives, and finding new approaches to personal growth.
By applying these takeaways, you can enhance your self-awareness, cultivate better relationships, and become a more effective leader in your personal and professional life.
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1 年seeking feedback is tricky, you have to make sure the environment is psychologically safe for your employees and they know it will be taken on board, or ignored, but they wont get backlash, if people dont feel safe, you wont get it, Asking direct questions, how did you feel about that xyz, what do you think could be done better? Rather than - i need to ask for feedback, but dont really care, or will feel crushed.
Author of Speak-Up Culture ????? | Empowering Leaders to Cultivate Trusting, Purpose-Driven Workplaces | Keynote Speaker, Leadership Facilitator, & Coach | Formerly with Simon Sinek, EY, Suncor
1 年"Stupendous" !! Yowza! Thank you and I accept ?? ??