Emotional Intelligence involves not only a healthy view of self but an equally important factor of understanding how others see you as well. When there is a lack of alignment between self talk and the real world view that matters the most we are in trouble as leaders. This HBR post was excellent:
“There are lots of compelling reasons to build a better team. Great teams deliver stronger results, faster. They’re more innovative. They challenge you to learn more quickly and to be at your best. And, let’s face it — they’re simply more fun to work with.
Recently, I found a new reason to build a better team — to address the fact that most of us are surprisingly lacking in self-awareness. Researcher and author Tasha Eurich uncovered this disturbing statistic through her multi-year study on the topic of self-awareness: 95% of us think we are quite self-aware, but only about 10-15% of us actually are.”