Leader self-awareness. Learn 5 tips and 2 tools (FRIS®, RMP) to support leadership development.

About this episode

This episode explores the importance of self-awareness in leadership and provides tips and tools for development.

It is a great pleasure to welcome you to the next episode of the Leadership in the Age of AI podcast, where we will explore the fundamental leadership competency - self-awareness. This is where other critically important skills such as communication and building trust come from. When metrics, business goals, and efficiency discussions dominate our meetings, self-awareness often takes a back seat. Perhaps because of a lack of time or an unwillingness to look inward. But stop for a moment and think about the last time you felt frustrated during a team meeting. Did you ever think about where that emotion really came from? What exactly upset you? And most importantly, did your team sense what was going on with you, even though you tried to hide it behind a professional facade? Ask yourself other honest questions, such as Do I really understand why I react emotionally to constructive criticism? Or why some team members immediately make me feel tense or resentful? Why am I reluctant to delegate tasks, or, on the contrary, why do I give up control so easily? The truth is that most leaders dramatically overestimate their self-awareness. Research shows that while 95% of leaders believe…

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Host: Adam Trojanczyk

Topics covered

• self-awareness
• leadership development
• communication
• trust
• emotional intelligence

Keywords

• leadership
• self-awareness
• FRIS
• RMP
• emotional reactions
• team dynamics
• constructive criticism

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