March 2014 Newsletter - Overcoming Our Blind Spots

No matter how hard we try to be self-aware, everyone—including the best leaders—has unproductive behaviors that are invisible to us but glaring to everyone else.

Our behavioral blind spots create unintended consequences: They distort judgment, corrupt decision-making, reduce our awareness, create enemies and silos, destroy careers and sabotage business results.

A blind spot is a performance-hindering mindset or behavior of which you're unaware or have chosen to overlook. A recent Business Week article cites some important research:

• A Hay Group study shows that an organization's senior leaders are more likely to overrate themselves and develop blind spots that can hinder their effectiveness.
• A study by Development Dimensions International, Inc., found that 89 percent of front-line leaders have at least one skills-related blind spot.

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