Managing Yourself to Lead Others: Harvard’s Margaret Andrews on Self-Awareness, Empathy, and Effective Leadership
Description
How does self-awareness impact your leadership? In this episode, host Ilene Schaffer sits down with speaker, author, educator Margaret Andrews to explore the foundations of great leadership: self-awareness, emotional intelligence, and managing yourself before leading others.
Margaret’s new book, Managing Yourself to Lead Others, distills decades of research and experience from her acclaimed Harvard course and her work as founder of The MYLO Center, helping leaders develop the mindset and tools needed to navigate today’s complex workplaces.
Ilene and Margaret dive into what it truly means to “lead yourself first” and how understanding your own motivations, emotions, and values can make you a more grounded, empathetic, and effective leader.
Listeners will learn:
- Why self-awareness is the foundation of leadership
- Six key questions every leader should ask to understand themselves
- How to create a personal “operating manual” to improve communication and collaboration
- Practical strategies for managing up and partnering effectively with your boss
- How to align intentions with behaviors to earn trust and lead with authenticity
Whether you’re a manager, executive, or aspiring leader, this conversation is full of actionable tools and reflective questions that will help you understand yourself—and lead others—with greater clarity, confidence, and compassion.
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