{"id":632,"date":"2018-02-27T20:52:54","date_gmt":"2018-02-27T10:52:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadingmindfully.com.au\/?p=632"},"modified":"2021-04-23T14:58:30","modified_gmt":"2021-04-23T04:58:30","slug":"self-awareness-critical-tool-effective-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadingmindfully.com.au\/self-awareness-critical-tool-effective-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"Self-Awareness – A Critical Tool in Effective Leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"
Self awareness is our capacity to stand apart from ourselves and examine our thinking, our motives, our history, our scripts, our actions, and our habits and tendencies.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n
Stephen Covey<\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
A client once asked me how he can develop self-awareness. \u00a0His vulnerability in recognising the need to develop this skill was both courageous and imperative in his leadership journey.<\/span><\/p>\n
Often leaders are asked to focus on how they lead others but the real leadership journey needs to begin with how we lead ourselves and to do this, we need to be aware of our thoughts, feelings, behaviours and actions.<\/span><\/p>\n