Leadership Begins with You: Being a Self-Aware and Skillful Leader

Having a Sound Strategy and Building a Culture of Commitment are two imperatives for successful leadership. But there is a third, imperative, which is a precursor to these two imperatives. And that is, Being a Self-Aware and Skillful Leader. Leadership begins with you as the leader. This book has two objectives for you as a leader. The first objective is to make you more self-aware of the real you by surfacing your subconscious tendencies, priorities, and preferences. Doing so allows you to better understand and appreciate why you think, feel, and behave as you do. Knowing the real you enhances the quality of your decision making and interacting. This fi rst objective also encompasses helping you discover and capitalize on your strengths. Strengths being the things you are really good at and passionate about.The second objective is to use your heightened self-awareness to help you enhance three critical interpersonal leadership competencies. They are: - Sharpening your perceptive skill