Grow your self awareness and become a better version of you
Dictionary
- conscious knowledge of one's own character, feelings, motives, and desires."the process can be painful but it leads to greater self-awareness"
Do you know who you are and why you do what you do? Do you know how others experience you? Too often we pay too little attention to understanding ourselves and in the process we...
Don't allow these issues to derail your leadership
It is possible to have significant leadership skills and still undermine one's own leadership. And this is not only a risk for young leaders but often for leaders who have seen significant success. Here are some of the ways that leaders can sabotage their leadership, and even destroy it.
Ego. This should be obvious but it isn't always! Success breeds confidence and that confidence can cause us to...
The gift of irritating questions that disrupt the conversation and current assumptions
Have you ever been in a team or board conversation when someone asks the kind of question that disrupts the whole dialogue? It happens when everyone is operating off one set of assumptions and one individual challenges those assumptions which brings the conversation to a standstill. These are golden moments because they force the common assumption to be examined and the disruptive and often...
Expectations of others and the role they play in our leadership paradigms
Those who lead inherit expectations from their team or organization. Some of those expectations are critical: Building healthy teams; serving one's staff; removing barriers; clarifying what is important and so on. All supervisors and leaders have an unwritten contractwith those they lead around these key issues. Leaders ought to pay close attention to those leadership traits that promote clarity,...
Introducing The Addington Method: Executive Coaching, Culture Audits and Organizational Consulting tailored for you and your organization
The plan is The Method, crafted uniquely for you; not a template superimposed on your organization. It is an organic and carefully guided process that clarifies what is important, creates the best possible culture, ensures staff is fully engaged and aligned with your purpose, creates measurable accountability, and encourages non-traditional thinking for non-traditional results.
Often paired with a...