Who You Are Is How You Lead

Leaders of organizations disproportionately impact culture and the employee experience. Yet leaders don’t spend enough time on getting to know who they are. My intention is not to argue against the operational and adaptive skills development (aka soft skills) that leaders need but to emphasize the importance of knowing oneself as it relates to being an effective leader.

Organizations need to invest in helping their leaders and staff better understand who they are in deeper ways so they can be better leaders. Without this critical insight our leaders will be well intentioned but will suffer from self-preservation and the coddling of their ego rather than being effective. What is the cost of bad leadership? What are all of the unintended consequences creating

Here are some areas where we can start:

To be a leader people want to follow, organizations and leaders need to invest in the hard work of knowing thyself. Work isn’t a social club or the therapist but that doesn’t mean we should not be intentional in creating the time and space to do the self-work that is required to be a good leader. If you are a leader who wants to make an intentional investment in your development contact me edward@measuredleadership.com i’d love to connect.

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