This week in the every Tuesday Club Aleen Bayard discusses how self awareness is one of the most important attributes of any good manager.

She refers to Marshall Goldsmith’s book ‘What got you here, won’t get you there’, which talks about self awareness.  He calls the things that we do that get in the way, as Behavioural Tics.

See if you can identify any of the following attributes in yourself:

·           Making destructive comments

·           Speaking when you are angry

·           Taking credit that you don’t deserve

·           Making excuses

·           Playing favourites with your staff

·           Failing to express gratitude

·           An excessive need to be me.

Aleen suggests that you identify one or more of these Tics and determine how you can get better at behaving differently.  You could ask people that you trust around the office, “Have you ever seen me behaving this way?  I’d like to improve.”  And give them permission to give you honest feedback.

Remember one of the most important attributes of leaders worldwide is to be able to give and receive feedback.

Let me know if you have identified a Tic and what changes you have made to your behaviour.