A likely outcome of increased self-knowledge is:
Possible Answers:
- Vulnerability to self-doubt
- A greater understanding of your intentions by those you lead
- Ability to compensate for your weaknesses
- Greater dependence on external sources of power
The Correct Answer:
C. A likely outcome of increased self-knowledge is the ability to compensate for your weaknesses
Explanation:
Self-knowledge is the first step to developing leadership skills. It can be the awareness of one’s weaknesses, strengths, biases, preferences, and internal feelings. The people or leaders having increased self-knowledge help them in many ways. The most influential and effective leaders look inside themselves to know their worth.
They have control over themselves, an abundance of self-confidence, and self-understanding, which makes them unique. A few factors in which self-knowledge plays an important role in a leader’s life are listed down below:
- Understanding the other’s perspective.
- Understanding as well as managing the reaction towards other people
- Appreciating the other’s preferences and point of view
- Leverage the strength
- Earning trust
- Strengthening as well as compensating for the weaknesses
- Being aware of how they can impact the others (can be negatively or positively)
- Having self-confidence
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