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Leadership’s 4% Blind Spot

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Leadership’s 4% Blind Spot

I saw post on LinkedIn from Corporate Rebels that highlighted the information gap between top executives and frontline employees.  

I’ve heard this many times before. However, it resonated strongly with me this time, and I wanted to share it more broadly.

The big message here is that senior leaders, leaders, and managers often think they understand the situation (problems, challenges, situational awareness, etc.) but don’t. The higher you go in the organization chart, the less you truly understand.

The big problem, though, is that they think they understand. I.e., there is a self-awareness gap, which creates a huge blind spot.

How do we begin to mitigate this gap? I’d suggest more leaders—

  • Develop and activate their humility,

  • Sharpen their questioning & listening skills,

  • Trust what their teams say, ask for help, and take action based on team feedback.

And did I mention staying humble?

This is one blind spot that can be easily reduced…

Stay agile my friends,

Bob.

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The Leadership Circle – Initial Thoughts…

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The Leadership Circle – Initial Thoughts…

Late last year I took the Leadership Circle Profile certification class with Shahmeen Sadiq. It was a 3-day class for the core Leadership Circle Profile and then a 1-day follow-up for the Leadership Culture Survey.

I was looking for an instrument (360-degree tool) to use in my Certified Agile Leadership (CAL I & II) workshops to provide insights for leaders making the shift towards a more agile mindset. I’d been using Bill Joiner’s, Leadership Agility tool and I found it unwieldy for my purposes in the class.

Well, after four days, I’m excited about my new tools. I believe the LCP is a great tool for individually coaching leaders. And I’m even more excited about the LCS and how it will nicely dovetail into my private CAL I classes.

The Leadership Circle

I can’t do the instruments/surveys justice in a short blog post. What I will say is that the focus is on showing us the balance between our reactive tendencies and our creative competencies. Reactive focuses more on controlling and managing our teams. While creative attempts to achieve results by building and leveraging our teams’ capabilities.

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