Ask Dimyas: What Role does Self-Awareness Play in Leadership?

This “Ask Dimyas” video explores how emotional intelligence plays a crucial role in effective leadership. Dimyas highlights how self-awareness is the foundation of great leadership and shares three key strategies to improve it:

1. Audit Your Leadership Blind Spots– Ask three people for honest feedback by posing two simple questions: What’s one thing I do well as a leader? and What’s one thing I could improve? This helps identify strengths and areas for growth.
2. Stop Being the Star of Your Own Movie– Great leaders shift the focus from themselves to their team. Instead of always being in “talking mode,” they prioritize listening and supporting their team as the real stars of the story.
3. Get Comfortable Watching the Game Tape– Just like elite athletes, effective leaders study themselves. Reviewing interactions, decisions, and behaviors allows leaders to adjust, improve, and refine their approach.

By applying these strategies, leaders can develop the self-awareness and emotional intelligence necessary to become the kind of leader they would want to be led by.