Self-Awareness
Having conscious knowledge of one's feelings, motives, desires, and regulating them appropriately.
Having conscious knowledge of one's feelings, motives, desires, and regulating them appropriately.
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Less Skilled
Doesn’t reflect on past mistakes.
Acts defensively when given feedback.
Is unaware of own skills and interpersonal impact.
Makes excuses and blames others.
More Skilled
Reflects on activities and impact on others.
Proactively seeks feedback without being defensive.
Is open to criticism and talking about shortcomings.
Admits mistakes and gains insight from experiences.
Knows strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and limits.
Very Skilled
Seeks and acts on feedback from a wide variety of people.
Willingly admits and takes responsibility for mistakes and shortcomings.
Views criticism as helpful.
Can articulate the causes behind own feelings and moods.
Over Skilled
Overthinks or overanalyzes feedback from others.
May be self-critical to the point of risking credibility and appearing insecure.
Spends too much time on building self-insight and not enough time on making meaningful changes to behavior or skills.
Potential Issues
Arrogant.
Defensive.
Doesn’t get any feedback.
Doesn’t know how to get feedback.
Too much success.
Blames others.
Shuts down in the face of criticism.
Spends too much time on reflection before acting.
Sways too much based on feedback.
Unable to learn from mistakes.
Doesn’t take the time to reflect on experience.
Too modest.
Too self-critical
Resource List
How Can I Get Critical Feedback? (Ask a Manager Article)
Use Humility to Improve Performance (Harvard Business Review)
The Best Way to Use the Last Five Minutes of Your Day (Harvard Business Review)
How to Detect Your Blind Spots (Forbes)
How to Get Feedback from Employees (Inc. Magazine)
How to Get Feedback When You’re the Boss (Harvard Business Review)
Success Is Overrated: How Do You Handle Your Mistakes? (Forbes)
Why You Will Fail to Have a Great Career (TED Talk Video)
How to Take Feedback (Psychology Today)
Don’t Be Too Busy for Reflective Thinking (Business Insider)
The Pause Principle: Step Back to Lead Forward (Amazon Book)
Mindfulness for Beginners (Amazon Book)
Job Feedback: Giving, Seeking, and Using Feedback for Performance Improvement (Amazon Book)
Your Brain at Work: Strategies for Overcoming Distraction (Amazon Book)
The Mindful Brain: Reflection and Attunement in the Cultivation of Well-Being (Amazon Book)
Blind Spots: Why Smart People Do Dumb Things (Amazon Book)