1. REFLECTIONS ON SELF-AWARENESS
Cohort XII
Certificate Program in Public Sector Leadership and Governance

2. FIRST THINGS FIRST Who am I? Where do I start?
Strengths and weaknesses
Values and beliefs
Core leadership style
What I think I project (the inside) vs what others perceive (the outside)
Where do I start?
If I had an MBA or an MPA, it would be so much easier
As an introvert (truly), where do I start?
So I turned primarily to books
Supported by formal training, Executive coaching and 360s

3. Being a scientist,
I started with broadening my management skills;

4. And then explored how to respond to “non-scientific” problems…

5. And clearly needed to learn to communicate in plain language
(as opposed to scientific gobbledygook)…

6. If I aspire to grandiose things, let’s brush up on Great Leaders…

7. But lo and behold, I keep on making mistakes…
How do I get it consistently right?

8. Clearly, I need to be more effective, let’s read more on this…

9. Might as well upgrade the way
I think…

10. And make sure I’m really, really strategic in approaching issues…

11. Geewhiz, what’s happening?
I still struggle…
Damn people!!!

12. Let’s further improve how I think, surely it won’t hurt…

13. My gosh, my mind just runs on, which seems to annoy some people…

14. Obviously, I’m far from achieving mastery.
Where to next?

15. I never thought that my journey would get me here…

16. MY REFLECTIONS: No matter how much progress one makes on Self-Awareness, there is always more to learn
“People with a high level of mastery are acutely aware of their ignorance, their incompetence, their growth areas, and they are deeply confident”
Peter Senge