Wow, it’s amazing that half a year has whizzed by!
Now is a great time for leaders to look back over those six months looking for personal lessons learned and for wisdom gained, with a special emphasis on 7C leadership skills: cognition, connection, communication, capability, compassion, confidence, and character.
7C leaders embrace possibility with childlike wonder, practice inclusion without judgment, turns dreams into reality, and inspires others to do the same.
After you’ve done your checkup on how well you did in the first half of the year, take your insights and put them to good use in the second half of the year.
Remember: 7C leaders focus on using their head to manage and their heart to lead!
The 7 C’s: A Mid-Year Leadership Checkup
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The 7 C’s |
Yes |
No |
| Cognition | ||
| Have I established my goals, both what I want to do and what I want to be? | ||
| Am I aware of my strengths, and do I put them to good use? | ||
| Am I tuned in to how I come across to others take that into account in how I interact and communicate with them? | ||
| Connection | ||
| Have I identified my purpose and passions? | ||
| Do I take and make the time to fuel my purpose and passions in my daily living, either in doses large or small? | ||
| Do I make it a priority to make the time to connect with others so I understand their point of view? | ||
| Communicate | ||
| Do I regularly engage in two-way dialogue? | ||
| Do I share freely what I know to keep others in the loop? | ||
| Do I actively listen with my both my head and heart to what others have to say? | ||
| Capability | ||
| Do I stretch myself to the limits of my potential? | ||
| Do I inspire those around me to do the same? | ||
| Compassion | ||
| Do I practice tough empathy on myself and those around me? | ||
| Do I regularly smile and laugh and have fun both at work and at play? | ||
| Do I frequently recognize the accomplishments and contributions of others? | ||
| Confidence | ||
| Have I mastered how much control I give to my inner critic? | ||
| Have I learned to constructively work with ambiguity? | ||
| Do I give myself, and those around me, permission to learn through failing? | ||
| Character | ||
| Have I chosen to be a person of integrity, never afraid to be found out? | ||
| Do I treat those without power with the same respect I accord to the powerful? | ||
| Do take the stand for what’s good and what’s right, even if doing so is unpopular? | ||
| Commitment | ||
| Have I dedicated myself to finding connection, communicating, reaching for my potential, celebrating, and being courageous, sincere, caring and authentic? | ||
How did you do? Brag on yourself…or go public with what you will do better going forward!
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