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Leadership and Self-Awareness

N2Growth Blog

Those leaders who actively pursue gaining a better understanding of themselves will not only reduce their number of blind spots, but they’ll also find developing a sense of awareness is the key to increasing emotional intelligence. The fastest way to become more self-aware is to challenge your own logic.

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Evolving Legacies: Navigating Sustainable Leadership Transitions

N2Growth Blog

The Shift in Leadership Dynamics Two decades ago, leadership transitions were more straightforward, with boards typically orchestrating CEO succession in close collaboration with the company’s founders. They are keenly aware of their strengths and areas for improvement and are open to seeking feedback and support.

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Becoming More Self-Aware To Improve How We Communicate

Tanveer Naseer

If you look around, you will find that most presenters are not aware of how they are really perceived in these three main areas. Their presentations only serve as testament to the important need for self-awareness. Self-awareness is mandatory. It’s time for an awareness boost. Self-awareness is a good thing.

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Why Your CEO Just Doesn’t Get It

N2Growth Blog

The problem is most people don’t know what to look for in a leader, and according to a recent study by Chief Executive magazine many CEOs don’t seem to know what to look for either. High self-awareness — 26%. Organizational/market/self awareness. Develops and fosters diverse teams — 33%.

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The First Step in Self-Awareness Isn’t You - Redux

Leading Blog

Self-leadership is fundamental to good leadership, but it is not the end-game. Self-awareness for self-awareness sake has a limited value. All the self-knowledge in the world counts for very little if it is not put to work in the service of others. Human beings—and that includes most leaders—are relational.

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Leveraging Down for CEOs | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Think of any top performing CEO and you’ll find that to the one, they possess an uncanny ability to focus on highest and best use activities. While most executives that have reached the C-suite level understand the importance of scaling via delegation, far too many CEOs struggle with the effective implementation of the concept.

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You Are the Bottleneck: Why Critical Self-Awareness Is the CEO’s Most Underrated Performance Tool

Sales Wolf Blog

This piece makes the case that the CEOs lack of self-awareness is often the root of strategic drift, misalignment, and culture rot. Executive Summary: Most founders obsess over fixing their team better hires, tighter meetings, clearer KPIs but ignore the biggest leverage point: themselves.