Ever worked for a leader who was so inspiring and gifted, your memories of how he or she took care of the team remain vivid to this day?
Chances are, the reason you still talk about this leader from years past is because of how he or she made you feel.
Renowned poet and civil rights activist Maya Angelou infamously quipped, “People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
3 questions to assess your leadership skills
Leadership is a matter of the head and the heart–it’s about results and relationships. So, if you’re in a leadership role now or aspiring to one, the journey toward leadership greatness never ends. But it does have a starting point.
And sometimes the beginning of the journey requires some tough questions you need to ask yourself to raise your own bar. Can you answer yes to any — and hopefully all — of these?
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