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Identify your leadership blind spots

Identify your leadership blind spots

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Identify your leadership blind spots

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- Unfortunately, no one's perfect. That's obvious. But what's less obvious is how we're imperfect. When you have blind spots as a leader, that's exactly what they are, blind spots. You can't see them and you don't even know they're there. So what can you do? What distinguishes the best leaders is that, first of all, they're aware in a general sense that they do have weaknesses, being human and all. And second, that they're willing to take action to discover and address them. So here are three ways you can begin to understand your leadership style and how to maximize its benefits and minimize its shortcomings. Number one, to learn about your weaknesses, start by looking at your strengths. That might sound counterintuitive, but the truth is, most weaknesses are actually mirror images of what you do well. In many areas of life, we recognize that doing too much of a good thing is bad. It's great to go to the gym, but if you're doing it 10 hours a day, that's a problem. Similarly, you may…

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