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There are clear leadership
There are clear leadership behaviors that positively impact businesses to grow to their fullest potential.
Becoming a smart leader is ultimately an inside job — it’s who you are at the core of your being, not what you “do” from a prescribed list found in a management book.
To lead smartly means
To lead smartly means leading with emotional intelligence, which is surprising and rare.
It takes skill, heart, and head, but any leader willing to learn and grow is capable of it.
Here’s a quick roadmap to starting on your path of practising smart leadership.
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Lead by accepting feedback
The tendency for many leaders is to hear the good ideas and opinions of others but only truly consider their own.
It is a theme that points to a lack of good listening skills. To reverse course, the path starts with accepting feedback.
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Lead with curiosity
The reason for curiosity as a rare leadership strength? Research has found it to be a solid framework for acquiring knowledge.
Having a growth mindset is a good foundation to keep learning, and it takes curiosity to do that.
Every good business leader
Every good business leader has a coach who will give them honest feedback and help them improve and push themselves.
It helps to create a culture of openness and transparency and to establish trust and awareness at the organizational level.
Not only is curiosity
Not only is curiosity key to the learning process, but it’s also great for overall life satisfaction, according to science.
Research suggests that curious people have better relationships, connect better, and enjoy socializing more. In fact, other people are more easily attracted and feel socially closer to individuals that display curiosity.
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Lead with self-awareness
One of the cornerstones of emotional intelligence, self-awareness may be the most important skill for a leader to master.
With self-awareness, you can probe your emotions in any given situation to understand what you’re feeling and why. You can boil it down to one important question: Do you really understand yourself?
This is key for understanding how to appropriately respond, rather than impulsively react to a situation going south.
