Sean Glaze shares questions leaders can ask to build self-awareness and improve team performance. He recommends asking what behaviors hurt your effectiveness, how to make the workplace better, and seeking feedback from people with different perspectives to understand your real impact.
So how do you improve your awareness and the positive impact you have on your team performance? Well, great leaders and teammates ask themselves questions and reflect. What does it feel like to be led by me? What does it feel like to be in my teammate's shoes right now? And they also ask feedback questions to learn from their people. What have you noticed me doing lately that's hurting our performance? What do you see that needs to be done to make this a better place to work? See, by considering others and asking about their perspectives, our awareness and behaviors improve, and that empathy inspires more productive interactions. Because when we realize the limits of our perception, we begin to value the diversity of backgrounds and ideas around us. Our assumptions are not the assumptions of our coworkers, and being curious helps us to build a better team culture. That's what effective leaders do.
