Why is Self-Awareness Hard for Leaders?
Know Thyself: An Introduction to Self-Awareness • 5m 50s
More power usually leads to lower self-awareness; leaders tend to become LESS self-aware as they move up in an organization. This is a problem. But why does it happen?
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The Automatic Self: Internal Self-Awa...
A crucial part of internal self-awareness is understanding our instinctive, emotional tendencies, and also the heuristics (decision-making shortcuts) and biases that influence our thoughts and actions. These things comprise our "automatic self" and can be difficult to change. But if we are aware ...
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The Deliberate Self: Internal Self-Aw...
We have mental models of ourselves. This the the person we would describe if someone were to ask us, "What kind of person are you?" Yet often this model self differs significantly from our actual thoughts and actions. Awareness of our "deliberate self" is an awareness of our model self, our actua...
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External Self-Awareness
External self-awareness is an awareness of how others perceive our actions. What do our words and deeds mean to those around us? This is extremely important in leadership.
