Sean Glaze explains two ways leaders increase awareness: ask themselves internal reflection questions like "What part of my leadership led to that outcome?" and actively seek external feedback from their team.
See, effective leaders stay sincerely curious, and then they listen to understand. Turns out sincere curiosity improves your awareness, improves your stories, and drives better behaviors. Specifically, there are two kinds of questions I would love to encourage you to ask. The first are reflection questions. That's when you're curious internally, you're asking yourself. The second would be feedback requests. Feedback requests are when you're curious externally, when you're asking others for opportunities to improve. Now, reflection questions, those internal curious moments— reflection questions might sound like this: How can I help my people achieve their goals? What part of my leadership led to that outcome? What might be going on from their perspective? And while internal reflection is essential, it's never sufficient.
