Premise
One of the core responsibilities we have as leaders is to think about our business and continuously reflect on how we can improve the overall effectiveness of our leadership, our teams and therefore the business.
Here are four questions that we need to reflect upon on a regular basis, and when done well, they can help elevate the effectiveness of our leadership:
Questions to ask Yourself Regularly
1} What am I not paying attention to? Why? What can I do about it?
2} What is being left unsaid by my team members? Why? What can I do about it?
3} What are people on my team worrying about? Why? What can I do about it?
4} How am I showing up as a leader? Why? Do I need to change anything about it? What can I do about it?
Answers to these 4 questions helps us identify our blindspots and help in removing them, so that we are not taken by surprise with almost anything.
This helps us in being prepared for what life throws at us as a leader and as a team.
Average vs Good vs Great Leaders
Average leaders are so busy working in their business that they forget that they need to be spending more time thinking about their business than they do working in it.
Good leaders know this and allocate enough time for this.
Great leaders know that this is their primary job and protect their time to reflect at all costs.
