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Questions leaders ask themselves

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The Febuary issue of the Leadership Wired Newsletter from John Maxwell, had an great article “Questions I Ask Myself” that focuses on the following questions that leaders should be asking themselves:

  1. Am I investing in myself? This is a personal growth question.
  2. Am I Genuinely Interested In Others?  This is a motive question.
  3. Am I Doing What I Love and Loving What I Do? - This is a passion question. You will never fulfill your destiny doing work you despise. You are nothing unless it comes from your heart.
  4. Am I Investing My Time with the Right People?  - This is a relationship question. Most people can trace their successes and failures to the relationships in their lives. Be selective about who you join with on the leadership journey. Choose companions with a commitment to personal growth, a healthy attitude, and high potential.
  5. Am I Staying in My Strength Zone? - This is an effectiveness question. Effective leaders stop working on their weaknesses and diligently develop their strengths.
  6. Am I Taking Others to a Higher Level? - This is a mission question. My success is determined by the seeds I sow, not the harvest I reap.  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said it best: “Life’s most urgent question is: what are you doing for others?”
  7. Am I Taking Care of Today? - This is a success question. The secret of your success is determined by your daily agenda. Are the habits in your life steering your toward success or simply frittering away your time? Be serious about making each day count.
  8. Am I Taking Time To Think? - This is a leadership question. A minute of thought is greater than an hour of talk. Author your own life by clearing your schedule for thinking.
  9. Am I Developing Leaders? - This is a legacy question. “The ultimate test for a leader is not whether he or she makes smart decisions and takes decisive action, but whether he or she teaches others to be leaders and builds an organization that can sustain its success even when he or she is not around. True leaders put ego aside and strive to create successors who go beyond them.” ~ Lorin Woolfe
  10. Am I Pleasing God? -  This is an eternity question. As the Roman general, Maximus, exhorts his men in Gladiator, “What we do in life echoes in eternity.”

 

A great list of question that are worth considering….!

 

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3 Responses to “Questions leaders ask themselves”

  1. Stuff you need to see « The Way on April 26th, 2007 17:33

    [...] Questions leaders ask themselves  [...]

  2. Jerome Alexander on April 27th, 2007 2:50

    Inspiring. Why aren’t leaders listening?

  3. Siew Cooper on May 2nd, 2007 0:38

    Those questions hit the nail on the mark, and most I have asked myself frequently to keep myself on track. One that really appealed to me, as something I hadn’t really thought about before was “Am I staying in my strength zone?”. I never really thought about that, but I guess that I am constantly fretting about the weaker areas, and it certainly does make a whole lot of sense to strengthen the better areas - for compensation you can delegate :D

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