Self-leadership as a core competency

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One essential aspect of leadership is often overlooked: self-management - the way you act, so will your team.

Self-leadership describes our actions, thoughts and actions, our organization and our self-management. It also includes points such as self-confidence, self-image and personal health - a healthy mind resides in a healthy body. Thus, self-leadership is not limited to the work area, but encompasses our entire everyday life. How do you manage your life? Is self-leadership one of your core competencies?

Self-leadership is not just a task for managers. Every employee of a company should be concerned with leading their life optimally. The difference: Employees can - managers must, but unfortunately that is not always the case! For example, a team leader cannot lead his team well if he does not manage his own tasks. If he is late, then his team members will be too. If he doesn't hand in his work reports, he can't ask his employees to do the same.

Your team or your business area makes a significant contribution to the company's success. And in the same way, as a manager, you contribute to the team's success in the group.

The manager acts as a role model, his actions influence others and he or she must be aware of this. You can only demand from others what you do yourself. Since leadership is still a human-to-human relationship, managers not only need to be trained in empathy and determination, but also in self-management. A superior develops more and more from a boss to a coach. And a coach can only coach optimally if he is also good at what he teaches.

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