Given the importance of self-awareness in the context of leadership at all levels, I recently spent some time reflecting on exactly what it is that people in senior leadership roles think of themselves. If we held a leadership ‘mirror’ up to them, what would they see? I was reminded of a leadership offsite event I ran for one of my clients’ Senior Leadership Team recently. My aim was to generate and facilitate a challenging, deep and reflective dialogue between participants –

I once worked with someone I found most confusing. Until I realised it was me, not them, that confused things (light bulb!). So I thought I'd write about it. At the time, I was young and inexperienced – fearful of very senior people and very keen to make a good impression with a ‘yes’/’can do’ attitude at all costs. I received a meeting request from a very senior individual’s secretary. The title for the meeting was ‘Training’. It was for 30 minutes at 11am. To show my keenne