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Posts Tagged ‘Strengths and weaknesses’

If you conducted a quick search on the internet to identify traits of great leaders, you will find traits such as:

• Excellent problem solvers and decision makers
• Ability to embrace change
• Ability to think on their feel
• Confident
• Act with integrity
• Ability to focus
• Enthusiastic
• Subject matter experts
• Risk takers
• Good listeners

But what is often missing, is that effective leadership requires that you first lead yourself. Authentic leadership begins when you “know yourself. How well do you know yourself? When was the last time you asked yourself the “tough” questions? How often do you honor the commitments that you make to yourself? What do you like about yourself? What are your strengths and weaknesses? What are your values? How self-disciplined are you? How do you respond to the challenges you encounter in life? Can you count on yourself  to respond with thoughtfulness, agility and resilience, when you find yourself in a tight spot? How aware are you of what’s going on around you?  What are you committed to at this moment? Where do you draw your line in the sand?

As you embark on your journey of self-discovery, you learn the wisdom of life.  Through this experience you develop powerful strategies that you can use to help others. Then and only then do you  become an effective leader.

How great a leader are you?

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