September 2017
Intermediate to advanced
392 pages
8h 38m
English
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Chapter 7Self-leadership and leader development
The first and best victory is to conquer self.
— Plato
This chapter is the first of three that explain self-leadership — the first component of the Leadership Results (LR) model, and the foundation of leader development. It introduces concepts related to self-leadership and explores each of their capacities and interconnections. It also outlines strategies to build self-leadership.
Bill George is a senior fellow at Harvard Business School, former Medtronic CEO, and author of four best-selling books. In his book Discover Your True North, he says that ‘the hardest person you will ever have to lead is yourself'.1
Understanding self-leadership
Self-leadership is the capability to achieve the direction and motivation to positively influence your own performance. Effective self-leadership entails many capabilities and there are many interrelated terms to describe it:
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intrinsic motivation |
self-awareness |
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self-concept |
self-confidence |
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self-control |
self-direction |
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self-efficacy |
self-empowerment |
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self-engagement |
self-esteem |
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self-identity |
self-influence |
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self-management |
self-motivation |
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self-regulation |
self-understanding |
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KAS (knowledge, skills, and abilities or competencies) |
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psychological capital: hope, efficiency, self-confidence, resilience, optimism |
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The self-leadership approach I present subscribes to the concepts of personal excellence and mastery, and deliberately avoids taking a strong ...
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