All aboard the Leadership Express!
Station Two: Red Flags Junction
Welcome Aboard: The Rise As A Leader Journey!
Every great leader embarks on a journey, and today, we continue ours. Each stop reveals new insights, challenges, and discoveries about yourself as a leader.
Our final destination? Your personalized Leadership Development Plan, a roadmap to becoming the leader you aspire to be.
Today, we arrived at: Red Flag Junction Station – What "leadership" behaviors frustrate you?
Every leader has faced frustrating or harmful behaviors from others. But hidden in that frustration is clarity about who you don’t want to become, and thus who you’re working toward becoming.
Reflect. Write. Grow. Your answers will bring clarity to the leader you do not want to become, and help you shape who you do want to be.
Let’s dive in!
List everything you HATE(D) about the so-called leaders you have known.
Response
Reflective Questions
Here are some questions to help you reflect deeper.
You cannot grow by only knowing who you do not want to be. Let’s turn these frustrations into clarity on who you do want to become!
They triggered frustration, disconnection, or pain, and you remember them because they left a lasting impression.
- For each negative behavior, identify the leadership quality you wish they had shown.
- Give it a name and add it to your Appreciated Leadership Qualities list.
You cannot lead forward by only knowing who you don’t want to be. Turning frustrations into clarity helps you define your leadership vision.
Next stop: [Identity Crossing] – Time to look inward and define who you are today. You’ve cleared the red flags. Now let’s discover the foundation you’re building from.
Your leadership vision is in motion, let’s keep riding toward bringing it to life!