The Importance of Understanding Yourself
CPD: Leadership for Teachers (by Sam Strickland), topic 3.1.1
Understanding Yourself to Successfully Lead Others
A key starting point for anyone considering moving into leadership is that you must at first understand yourself fully before you can lead anyone else.
Things to know about yourself
- What you stand for.
- What defines you.
- What your moral compass is.
- How you think.
- How you act.
- How you treat others.
- How you deal with stress, problems and crises.
Boyatzis’ model
- Boyatzis’ model of ‘the ideal self’ is really useful here as a starting point.
- First, you need to carefully consider who you are at this current moment in time.
- Then, consider your strengths.
- Then, consider what you would like your ideal self, as a leader, to be.
Test yourself on The Importance of Understanding Yourself
Which of these is NOT a stage in Boyatzis' model of 'the ideal self'?