#Beingaleader means you need to be self-aware. Conscious of who you are. Your abilities. What you are capable of. Your leadership skills. An honest assessment. Not fabricated. Not believing your own press. Just, self-aware.
One of the keys to success as a leader, is to know who you are. What you can do. What you can handle. Your strengths and your weaknesses. Easy to say. Harder to do. Making a sober assessment of what you are capable of is a difficult thing for most people. On the one hand, the arrogant leader thinks they can do anything or at least fake it. On the other hand, you have those that think they are the worst and are somehow simply lucky to be where they are.
Both types of people create anxiety for themselves and their teams. It may be easy to determine the issues that the arrogant leader brings to the table. We have all seen it in action. But so too is the false humility leader who has no confidence in themselves or perhaps in their team. While the arrogant leader is easy to spot, the false humility leader is one who undermines the potential of the team. Or isn’t strong enough to handle capable leaders around them so they install only equally weak leaders so as not to feel threatened by them.
It is better to be self-aware and work on the issues you have. Leaders are always in motion working to better themselves and their teams. Not stagnant or stuck where they used to be. Check out any good leader and they are better today than yesterday. They handle conflict better. They train better. They lead better. It starts with being self-aware and working from there. Not staying where you were. Getting better over time.
#Beingaleader means you need to be self-aware. Keep moving forward.
Being A Leader 