Sustainable Leaders Reflect Regularly
Mark Bilton MBA FAICD
Independent Chair | Strategist | Leaders' Advocate | Advisory Board Creator | International YPO Facilitator | YPO Emeritus Ambassador.
Sustainable leaders reflect regularly. I am challenging myself today as much as I hope I’m challenging you. There is definitely power in taking the time to reflect on how effective we are or have been. However, the discipline to do so has somewhat eluded me over the years. Like all of us I am still on a leadership journey and this area is one that I’m wanting to improve in.
This I do know. It’s healthy to stop and pause as we’ve discussed previously, but it’s even better to stop pause and reflect. At the centre of this reflection is taking the time to ask yourself the pertinent questions. This is not about self-reflection with a critical spirit. That can be a minefield for those of us who lean towards a desire for perfection, which can lead to paralysis by analysis. I’m talking about a balanced time of self-reflection. That’s where we assess what went well and what didn’t go well, and what we could put in place to improve. We’re all on an “action-learning cycle”; the engine room of any strategic journey.
Consultant| Strategy | Project management | University of Oxford
4 年Good read Mark.