Knowing I’m the lid challenges me to get better in every area. Here’s a post I wrote about how to attract and keep people who are better than you.
Focusing on what you do best but finding people who are far better than you are at most things can help you create a community that goes further than you could ever take it alone.Īnd, of course, being around people who are better than you-as long as you are open to learning-will make you better. You will never be the best at everything. One of the keys to creating a better organization is to recruit around your weaknesses. If you want a spiritual primer on emotional intelligence, Jeff Henderson does an exceptional job tying faith and relationships together in the Climate Change series.ģ. Fortunately, emotional intelligence can be learned. Healthy leaders don’t gravitate toward people who lack self-awareness.Įmotional intelligence is a skill that almost every effective leader needs to grasp. Self-deception is one of the worst kinds of deception around. Seeing your limits is one of the best ways to begin to address them. Do what you need to do to get where you need to be.Īnd stop making excuses as to why you can’t change. Do whatever it takes to become personally healthy. So what do you do about it? Three things have consistently helped me grow:ġ. People who want to grow past where you’ve grown will move on. As a leader, you become the organization lid Your lid operates in every area of your life and leadership.
As much as you and I would like to pretend that we’re not the lid as leaders, the truth takes us elsewhere.
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