Reflecting on Your Personal‐Best Leadership Project
THROUGHOUT The Leadership Challenge Workbook, you have been applying The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership® to a real project in order to make it another one of your Personal‐Best Leadership Experiences. Now that the project has been completed—or several significant milestones have been achieved—we encourage you to spend some time reflecting on your experience. Remember, the best leaders are the best learners. To grow as a leader, you need to learn from your experiences so that you can apply those lessons to your next project.
The questions in this chapter take you through the debriefing process for your own project. You can answer these questions on your own or you can gather your team together and answer them as a group. Or you can do both.
When you have finished debriefing, ask yourself, “What do my answers reveal about my leadership practices and about how I can be more effective as a leader in the future?” Armed with this new awareness, you'll be ready to tackle your next Personal‐Best Leadership Experience with a better understanding of and appreciation for what actions and behaviors make a difference.
This debriefing carries an even larger consequence: it's a critical step in the continuing process of your leadership development. Take the time now to answer the questions below, and reap the rewards for the rest ...
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