Self-Awareness & Reflection
Be aware of your own strengths AND weaknesses
Leaders Who Are Self-Aware and Reflective Can ...
Leverage personal audits and assessments as tools to build greater self-awareness for themselves and others.
Monitor their own emotions and reactions. They know their strengths, weaknesses, triggers, motivators, and other traits.
Understand where they stand today, where they would like to be in the future, and plan their actions based on their goals and motivations.
Develop empathy, adaptability, confidence, mindfulness, and patience as they tackle various challenges in their lives.
What is the benefit of this?
What is the benefit of this?
Understanding personal and organizational strengths and weaknesses and being able to prioritize improvement areas to act upon.
Identifying the expected and desired outcomes which the individual or company can target and achieve.
What is the cost if you don't embrace this?
What is the cost if you don't embrace this?
An inability to keep up with competitive pressure and constant change
A failure to achieve leadership excellence and survival due to a misunderstanding of one's own strengths and weaknesses.
1.1 Our Point of View
1.1 Our Point of View
Self-Awareness & Reflection
Key Takeaway: The Self-Awareness & Reflection Exercise helps a leader understand her or his current situation and capabilities and helps to create self-awareness through targeted questioning.
1.2 Global Examples
1.2 Global Examples
International leaders and their experience in Self-Awareness & Reflection
International leaders and their experience in Self-Awareness & Reflection
Gary Vaynerchuk
Gary Vaynerchuk
Entrepreneur, Author
Description. Gary Vaynerchuk is a Belarusian-American entrepreneur, author, speaker, and Internet personality. He is co-founder of the restaurant reservation software company Resy as well as Empathy Wines. He now acts as the chairman of New York-based communications company VaynerX and as CEO of VaynerX subsidiary, VaynerMedia.
Key Insights :
It is important for people to be aware of what makes them happy. Once you know what makes you happy, just cultivate those ideas and activities that give you joy.
Feedback from people helps you learn about yourself, but you need to make them feel safe when giving that feedback.
John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
President of the United States, 1961
Description: John F. Kennedy (JFK) was an American president who was instrumental in forming the United States response to world diplomacy after World War II, advocating peace and harmony and driving the country towards innovation and growth. He served the country at the height of the Cold War with the Soviet Union and conflicts with Cuba.
Key Insight:
People should look inwards and examine their own actions and motivations before exhorting others to follow them.
Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Winfrey
American Businesswoman &
TV Personality
Description: Oprah Winfrey was the queen of talk shows in the US. She's best known for being the host of her own wildly popular program, The Oprah Winfrey Show, which aired for 25 seasons from 1986 to 2011. She is a self-made billionaire, the richest African-American, and the greatest black philanthropist in the US. In 2013, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama.
Key Insight:
Each individual has enormous potential. In order to tap their own potential, an individual must first be aware of "who they are" and "what they want to be."
1.3 Brazilian Examples
1.3 Brazilian Examples
Brazilian leaders and their experience in Self-awareness & Reflection
Brazilian leaders and their experience in Self-awareness & Reflection
Renata Freesz
Renata Freesz
Innovation Project Manager, Klabin
Description: Reneta Freesz is a senior business executive with 18+ years of experience and currently serves as an Innovation Manager at Klabin, a major producer, exporter, and recycler of paper in Brazil.
She aims to convey a positive leadership style, creating an innovative working environment that motivates the team and enables it to achieve consistent and positive results.
Wilson Poit
Wilson Poit
Diretor Superintendente, Sebrae- SP
Description: Wilson Poit is a serial entrepreneur and currently serves as Superintendent Director at Sebrae-SP. Wilson has led businesses in five different sectors and has also worked as a business advisor.
Daniel Gonzaga
Daniel Gonzaga
Chief Research, Development & Innovation Officer, Belcorp
Description: Daniel Gonzaga is a senior executive with over 32 years of experience in different companies like Unilever, Natura, and Belcorp. He currently serves as Chief Research, Development & Innovation Officer in Belcorp.
Key Insight: Self-awareness is paramount. Leaders have to quickly understand how the world is moving on and recognize how they are connecting and adapting to those changes.
Key Insight: Recognizing and accepting feedback is key to understanding there is room for improvement. Feedback is one of the most important tools that allow people to learn continuously and to evolve.
Key Insight: Develop feedback sessions or share experiences in pairs or teams to socialize with others. Involve external coaches to help you understand your strengths and weaknesses.
1.4 Assessment
1.4 Assessment
The goal of assessments is to measure your maturity in the following aspects
1.5 Reflections
1.5 Reflections
Based on what you've reviewed, make sure to reflect upon the following questions:
1.6 Library
1.6 Library
Review and learn additional content on Self-Awareness & Reflection:
The 8 Self-Assessments You Need to Improve at Work This Year-HBR Article.
What Self-Awareness Really Is (and How to Cultivate It) - HBR Article.
Increase your self-awareness with one simple fix - TEDx Tasha Eurich.
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