This month, let’s dive deeper into a critical dimension of the Emerging Leadership Navigator: the Business Axis.
Effective leaders have a clear understanding of their organization, its strategies, and the broader market landscape. Below are 8 essential reflection questions designed to help you enhance your leadership impact.
Your Reflection Process:
For each question below, follow these four simple but powerful steps:
- Evaluate: On a scale from 1 to 10, where do you currently stand? (1 means minimal, 10 means excellent)
- Celebrate: What’s already helping you to be at your current level? (Habits, resources, people, mindset…)
- Stretch: What would it take to move one small step (one point) higher?
- What specific changes or improvements would you notice in yourself?
- What would others around you notice?
- Commit: In the next 72 hours, what tiny signs of progress could you observe? What simple, actionable first step could you take based on this reflection?
It is even better if you do it in writing!
Business Axis Reflection Questions:
- Market Insight:
How clearly do you understand current trends shaping your market and industry? - Mission Alignment:
How often do you intentionally align your team’s objectives with the overall mission and vision of your organization? - Value Proposition:
How confidently can you explain your organization’s unique value proposition to a new stakeholder or potential customer? - Strategic Engagement:
How regularly do you engage your team in strategic discussions about the future direction and priorities of the business? - Adaptability:
How open are you to adjusting your business strategies based on new insights or market developments? - Customer Orientation:
How consistently do you ensure your team’s objectives are informed by customer needs, feedback, and expectations? - Experimental Mindset:
To what extent do you encourage your team to test new business strategies quickly through experimentation rather than extensive analysis? - Collaboration:
How frequently do you actively pursue collaboration across different business units or stakeholders to achieve unified and cohesive project outcomes?
Make Your Reflection Actionable:
Take a few moments now, pick just one question above, and go through the reflection process. Then, share your insights or first steps by replying to this email—I’d love to hear your discoveries!
Leadership is about continuous, incremental improvement. Small steps taken consistently create significant changes over time.
Let’s keep growing together.