Leadership Begins With You

If you can’t lead yourself, how can you lead anyone else? At this time of year, we all take time to reflect on what’s happened through the year coming to a close and what our expectations are for the year to come.
Earlier this month, I began the process of reflecting on my year and my leadership skills. Expecting greater outcomes in anything requires us to expect greater outcomes from ourselves. It’s easy to pass blame on others; doing so allows us to move onto something else. The problem is, we can’t pass blame onto someone else or some other thing. Leaders accept ownership and responsibility.
Look back on what you accomplished and what you were not able to accomplish this year. Can you be honest when you ask yourself about your level of leadership in each area? The more leadership we assume in ourselves, the greater the level of leader we