Course 2, Discussion 2: Lead by example
Great Leadership, unsurprisingly, starts with yourself!
Practice what you preach. Lead by example. I am sure all of you heard these phrases. But why are they so iconic?
Because the journey starts with the first step and you are the person who is taking the initiative to lead -- Start a journey! So, you are the one who needs to take the first step before expecting others to do it.
To start with leading yourself, close your eyes and visualize two people: someone who inspired and encouraged you to be like them, and someone who discouraged you to be not like them.
Then, write down the good qualities of the person who inspired you as well as the qualities of the second person. You do not have to be specific with the details. Just a bulleted list.
Now, compare the list to yourself. Note the good qualities you have, the bad qualities you have, and give yourself a rating on a scale of 1-10. What we just did is identified your strengths and weaknesses and what you need in order to lead yourself. This allows you to create self-awareness.
Self-awareness is key to leading yourself in the right direction. But, leading yourself is not easy. Just being self-aware isn't enough. It's igniting the spark but not enough to catch the fire. To catch the fire, you need to be persistent with your practice, which is regular reflection. Be consistent with monitoring your efforts and holding yourself accountable.
You can't effectively lead others until you know how to lead yourself. That happens through Self-Observant Leadership: when you deeply understand your identity, compare it to your reputation (how others experience you) and then make meaning of the observations, and choose to adapt.
Exercise:
✒️ What did you learn about yourself through the given exercise?
✒️ Respond to one of your peers in this thread
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@Hope
What I learnt ?
That i have most of the disliked persons quality. I can't change them. But i can control it . I guess. I want to learn the good qualities from the every person i like.
The person i inspire - 7/10
The person i dislike - -4/10
Myself - 1/10.
I can't change my blood but i can change my diet 😎
@Hope ✒️ What did you learn about yourself through the given exercise?
@jasishereforallofu
: ) 🌟
✒️ What did you learn about yourself through the given exercise?
I think listening to people as a listener or a leader is very important and it's actually my greatest strength, and I should always stick with that.
And it's okay to show vulnerabilities or emotions, and it doesn't make you a bad leader or person.
Also I need to be more open to people close to me and talk to them irrespective of doubt what they would think and/or how they will take it.
@iPHOENIX You are a phenomenal listener. I am so glad you know your strength! You will make an extraordinary leader and I wish you success in your life! Keep on being amazing!
@iPHOENIX
Being an active listener and vulnerable are indeed signs of a leader hat has strong EQ 🍀
@Hope
What did you learn about yourself through the given exercise?
- Kind
- Hard-working
- Creative
- Passionate
- Empathetic
- Selfish
- Dishonest
- Arrogant
- Lazy
- Negative
@Mitanshi003 These are actually good points, well done!
@Hope
I learnt about what i like and dislike in a person and my own good and bad qualities!
@Tobedoctor
Great answer! i wish you all the best on your journey, both with LDP and irl <3
✒️ What did you learn about yourself through the given exercise?
I learned that being a good and effective leader starts with leading myself. i cant lead others unless i lead myself.
@Hope
✒️ What did you learn about yourself through the given exercise?
I think the most important thing was before you can start leading others, you need to start leading yourself. This is important because as a leader, you need to be strong in field you are in. You cannot teach others in topics, you are not yourself aware of.
@Trintzu well said and good luck with ldp,
@Trintzu
This is so true (: ♡ ^ a really important point
I need to learn how to lead better before I can lead others.
Know yourself is so important and some qualities makes us a good leader, and there may be other leaders with different quality, and working together we.
I seen people who encouraged me to be myself because we shared some values and were an inspiration for me. They led me to be more empathic and kind to myself. One was also very perseverant. I think its a quality that I built over time thanks to them, and is very useful to me.
I also seen people, at the opposite, that discouraged me, because they hurt people and i never wanted to be like them.
Being aware of my quality, know myself help me in my leadership roles.
@vivelespatates
I think self-awareness and being oneself are important leadership skills Patates. This is because it connects with the inner empathy and kindness; helping the leader to treat others as if they were in their shoes.
@JoyHappyNess
I like this one alot. Self-awareness is very important. How we treat others kind of reflects how we treat ourselves.
@Hope
✒️ What did you learn about yourself through the given exercise?
The leader that I admire tends to give both positive and negative reviews. No man is perfect. I learnt that the reason why I fail as a leader is because I shy away from negative feedback. This leads to the team members lack of development because people grow from learning and correcting their mistakes.
@JoyHappyNess
Another insightful insight! This is something beautiful and I've learnt a lot from you so far :)
@JoyHappyNess
I agree - there can be a lot learned from failure and picking yourself back up again and figuring out what works. When you look at people who are really successful you see a great many times that they failed. I do think it's a delicate balance because if all you have to say to someone is negative you can crush their spirit, but I whole heartedly agree that the best leaders can deliver the good and the bad.
@JoyHappyNess
You're approach to learning about yourself is beautiful and kind. It helped me realize I put my good characteristics forward harshly. I think it is a great thing there's always someone to balance out the harshness.
