Healing the Wounds: Overcoming the Trauma of Layoffs and Revitalizing Downsized Organizations

13.2. Intrapersonal Insight

In order to be relevant to others and facilitate collective meaning making, leaders must understand themselves, yet many do not have good insight into their effect on others, and some are not clear about their own values and motivations.

13.2.1. Valid Data

Leaders need ways to secure valid data about themselves and explore behavioral options. One way to begin this process is to participate in the kinds of training programs that provide feedback on their small group behavior and how others in the workplace see them. One potential problem is that it is difficult to justify spending money on leadership training when organizations are pinched for cash, but a deeper analysis reveals that the only valid tool for helping ...