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• What can you do to improve your communication?

• What leader in history was a great communicator? Why?

• How do you know when you have effectively communicated?

personal approach to leadership: being mindful, demonstrating courage and grit, and recognizing potential.

Being Mindful: Our brand of mindfulness focuses on understanding your place and creating space to allow for originality, equanimity, and increased energy flow. We look at motivations, personal strengths and limitations, and emotions.

Demonstrating Courage and Grit: We examine ways to stay true to your vision and values by standing up for your convictions in the face of opposition while working to proactively gain support and commitment from others.

Recognizing Potential: We explore ways to enhance our ability to “see” those around us and activate their best. We explore your willingness to bring in people from outside of your personal comfort zone, ensuring a diversity of backgrounds and opinions while introducing a challenge to identify personal bias.

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Instructions: In this exercise, you’ll take a look in the mirror. We want you to reflect on each of the leadership competencies—the personal, social, adaptable, and intentional sides of the box—and use the questions below to conduct a thorough self-reflection. This will help you begin to understand yourself as a leader and your impact on others.