The Four-Part Growth Cycle

This story reflects a core truth about extraordinary leadership: to lead others well, you must first know yourself deeply. Our 4-Part Growth Cycle—self-awareness, self-acceptance, self-improvement, and self-activation—helps people harness their strengths in service of both people and purpose.

Watching the teachers was inspiring. High quality leadership was in action. There were three main behaviors I witnessed that if leaders can do, will have an immediate and powerful effect on their teams.

Let's dive into the three behaviors of effective leaders.

As a new leader I used to stress about 1-1 meetings. I didn’t always know what to say or which questions to ask. I was worried about being seen as a micro-manager or disinterested. Basically, I dreaded the conversations!