Successful leadership depends on self-awareness: what does it mean and how to achieve it?

Over the years, articles on leadership have written a lot: what can be a good leader; what training is offered to potential leaders; "leadership" is a "born" feature that can be developed, and so on.

As part of this type of work, a number of studies on "leadership characteristics" have been conducted to try to predict the reasons for the success or failure of the leader.

According to a study conducted by Harvard Business School in 2017, 75% of people who took a leadership role in new businesses failed. Some of the reasons given are:

Lack of focus; motivation, commitment and passion; advice not to see or listen to others or accept wrong people; lack of general and domain-specific business knowledge, organizational and marketing skills.

On the other hand, the study examined the contribution to leadership success, including the following:

Leaders are motivated by passion and commitment; they are willing to adjust; they practice patience and persistence; they are willing to observe and listen; they have general and domain-specific business knowledge.

Some of these "successful hits" are 180 degrees opposite those that lead to failure.

Given these "good" and "bad" leadership characteristics, a good leader must ask himself: How do I rank myself above – and others – above the habits and characteristics that lead to success? Why do I think that although the statistics show 75% failure! - Can I succeed?

If you find yourself in a leadership position or intend to be a leader, you need to answer these questions honestly and honestly. To do this, you need to understand yourself and realize how self-conscious you are.

What does "know yourself" mean; what does self-aware mean and why is it important for success?

Knowing your strengths and weaknesses will enable you to determine the leadership skills you may have or should develop. You may also want to consider your professional qualifications and personal characteristics [such as how you know / how to get along with others; whether you are willing to seek advice, etc.]. In addition, when choosing who to work with, you also need to consider the professional qualifications and personal characteristics of your potential people.

In addition, knowing yourself also means:

* Realize that you are a control freak or an employee you can delegate to you;

*Be able and ready to listen to suggestions;

*Do not guarantee "Your way is always the case from

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*Be able and willing to take responsibility for failure and success, not to blame others;

* Know your organizational capabilities [or lack thereof] and whether you are willing to rely on others;

* Understand the organizational and management skills you need to develop;

* Know if you can control your emotions, or if you have erupted because of hatred, anger, etc. - this may damage your relationship with your subordinates and others outside your own organization;

* Understand and acknowledge your communication skills [or lack thereof] and decide how to improve them if necessary.

In addition to all of this, you need to truly explain your level of knowledge in the field of becoming a leader; how familiar are you with other people in the field or related fields; if you have a well-planned strategy, you can Extend the organization when the time is right; wait and so on.

Self-awareness, or self-development, is an important condition for becoming an excellent, effective leader and achieving success.

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