The Power of Self Reflection

Experience alone doesn’t make better leaders. Reflected-upon experience does. The act of pausing to ask what just happened, and what does it mean? is where raw events turn into judgement.

A discipline, not a mood

Self-reflection is easy to admire and hard to sustain. The leaders who do it well build it into the rhythm of their week — a standing time to step back from doing and consider how, and why, they lead the way they do.

Questions worth sitting with

• What did I assume that turned out to be wrong?
• Where did my response serve the moment, and where did it serve my comfort?
• What would I do differently, and what will I keep?

Reflection challenges your thinking and encourages you to move to higher ground. It is, quietly, one of the most powerful tools a leader has.