LEADER AS LEARNER

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An excerpt from A Travel Guide to Leadership
Ursula G. Lohmann, PhD, the former Dean of Academics at the Army Management Staff College, wrote that a “Leader is or ought to be synonymous with learner.”  I couldn't agree more. 

The best leaders always seem to be hungry for new knowledge, skills, and a deeper awareness of themselves and the world.  Why?  Learning is a form of change and growth and change is arguably the essence of leadership. 

The best leaders are on a continual journey of learning, whether that is formally or informally.  This continual learning process either begins with or leads to an inner journey of self-discovery.  Knowing your strengths and areas of needed growth, how you deal with crises and disappointments, having a personal mission and vision, being aware of your beliefs, thinking patterns, and emotional reactions, and other areas of personal development are your greatest source of power as a leader.  

It is from a personal journey of discovery that the most effective leaders learn the best, and the worst, about themselves.  With that awareness, they learn to wield and cultivate their best and work on improving the worst.  This heightened sense of awareness of self opens up whole new ways of relating to and influencing others.  Inspired by their own expanding awareness and abilities, they are then empowered to enable and challenge others to learn and grow, too.

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Coaching
Remember, one way of engaging in that kind of powerful learning and action is through coaching.

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Have an amazing journey today!

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