Psychology
Self-Awareness (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series)
Harvard Business Review
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A curated Harvard Business Review collection focused specifically on self-awareness as the foundational emotional intelligence skill for effective leadership.
Key takeaways
- The Foundational Emotional Intelligence Skill
- The Self-Awareness Gap
- External Feedback Beats Introspection Alone
- Why Direct Reports Stay Quiet
- Practices for Building Internal and External Self-Awareness
- Starting the Feedback Practice
Action checklist
- Ask a trusted colleague for one honest piece of feedback about a blind spot today
- Journal for 5 minutes today about how your emotions influenced a recent decision
Final takeaway
Ask someone who reports to you for one piece of honest, specific feedback about your leadership blind spots this month — a small, concrete, and immediately actionable step toward the kind of deliberate, ongoing self-awareness practice this collection consistently identifies as foundational to broader emotional intelligence and leadership effectiveness.
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