Your Leadership Shadow

Carl Jung, a Swiss psychologist, taught there are two parts of our personality. There's the part we willingly show to the world and those around us and then there's our Shadow. This is the side of ourselves we try to hide, disown or are simply not aware of.

We all have "shadow" aspects of ourselves and although we may seek to suppress or ignore them, chances are the people around us can see them or are in some sense affected by them. And guess what, if you are not aware of your shadow and how it projects onto others (your colleagues, your family, your friends) it can really cripple your impact as a leader.

Scary stuff!

So what can you do about it? Unfortunately, you can't just 'remove' your shadow but you can begin to acknowledge it and begin to build an awareness of it. Yes, simply acknowledging that you have a shadow is an important first step, but identifying your shadow is a little trickier.

In this video Paul Mitchell, Managing Director of the human enterprise will give you the 3 key questions to help you begin to identify Your Leadership Shadow so you can start to develop an intimate awareness of it.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Leadership;
• Professional
• Development;
• Psychology;
• Self
• Awareness;