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Leadership and Self-Awareness

N2Growth Blog

I’ve never understood leaders who make heavy investments in personal and professional development early in their careers, who then go on to make only minimal investments in learning once they have reached the C-suite. Forget span of control and think span of influence. Learning and development are lifelong endeavors. Thoughts?

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Think This, Not That

Leading Blog

Its about influencing others. Mindshift 3: Become Self-Aware to Get Where You Need to Go Self-awareness is knowing how you are percieved and knowing what is happening inside of youan awareness of how you tend to respond to what is happening to you. It frees you from the grip of self-interest.

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Authentic Leadership: 5 Big Mistakes that Can Derail Your Influence

Let's Grow Leaders

But, they don’t do much to build a leader’s influence, reputation or impact. It’s about being fully aware of your values, strengths, opportunities, and challenges and leading from that context. Over-Indexing on Self-Deprecation. What is authentic leadership?

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What Great Leaders Know That Good Leaders Don’t about Self-Regulation

General Leadership

If our EQ capacity empowers us to effectively leverage our emotions to bring about better business outcomes, then – our ability to exercise self-regulation powers our EQ capacity. Consider the following: If EQ is to us, what an engine is to a car – then self-regulation is the drive train that powers how we operate.

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Why Self-Awareness Matters

Coaching Tip

However, self-awareness is all about practicality. Self Awareness Facilitates Change. Only when we become aware of something, are we able to make choices as to the action we wish to take. Sometimes, just being aware, allows the problem to solve us--rather than requiring us to solve the problem. Victoria V.

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Why Your Leadership Style Is Failing and Everyone Knows It But You

Lead from Within

A recent report by McKinsey’s Leadership Index demonstrates organizations with self-aware leaders generate 41% higher shareholder returns. By balancing authority with influence, youll cultivate a leadership style that inspires transformative change and drives real progress. Very few understand why or how to prevent it.

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Self-Awareness and Your Executive Edge

Coaching Tip

That''s always a good gauge for self-awareness. These questions can help you determine if you are self-aware: When your friends, colleagues or significant other has tried to tell you something about how you are behaving, how have you responded? Here is a mental model to use in your world: Beliefs influence perception.