The Intelligent Leader by John Mattone

Author:John Mattone
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781119566335
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2019-08-24T00:00:00+00:00

Mindset Applied

In Chapter 4, I talked about how the first three dimensions of IL all work together to form a foundational mindset of great leadership. Thinking differently, cultivating vulnerability, and embracing a duty mindset work together to help us achieve the perspective we need in order to develop as leaders. As we move into the fourth dimension, we begin to make the shift into applying the perspective we’ve been cultivating to the concrete, nuts-and-bolts mechanics of great leadership.

This starts with leveraging your gifts and addressing your gaps, which is, in many ways, the crux of human development. It’s where we identify the ways we need to improve, embrace the areas in which we already shine, and then put those all together to unlock our leadership potential.

Developing an accurate “map” of yourself, as we discussed above, is the first step in this process. But it is equally important that we use this information correctly. For example, as we’ll explore later, many of the leaders I work with tend to undervalue their strengths—to take them for granted in such a way that they limit their own potential. The same goes for our “gaps.” Many people tend to overreact to any negative feedback they receive because they don’t see their flaws in the proper context. So as we move forward in the chapter, we’ll create our maps by evaluating our gifts and gaps, and we’ll also focus on how we respond to the information we’re receiving from others and discuss how to best apply it to our lives and work.

Before we go any further, let’s do a preliminary exercise. I want you to create two simple lists. The first should include your five biggest strengths or gifts as a human being and a leader. What are the qualities that you think others admire in you? What are the areas where you feel the most confident, and that you feel make the biggest contribution to those around you? Your second list should include the five areas where you think you could improve—qualities that, if developed, would make the biggest impact on your life. We’ll return to these lists later in the chapter to get a sense of just how accurate your assessment was, and how you can best leverage your gifts and address your gaps moving forward.

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