12. How Do Unconscious Biases Impact My Decisions? Unconscious bias affects decisions. We’ve developed many kinds of biases to help us navigate the world with a minimum effort, but they can also hinder someone from considering different options when making decisions. Leaders should learn to accept that we are all biased before we can begin to take positive action to identify them and to mitigate bias with specific strategies. - Maria Pastore, MariaPastoreCoaching.com

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8. Have I Made An Impact?
As part of a leadership audit, one must ask oneself if they are
making an impact in the people they are leading. Yes, you may start
out with a goal or mission, but ultimately a check-in is required to
see if your approach needs to be adjusted based on your impact, to
support your initiatives or lack thereof. - Niya Allen-Vatel, Resume
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9. Am I Focused On My No. 1 Goal?
The key to leadership is to motivate others and oneself to doggedly
pursue a specific goal. Often, in the heat of putting out fires and
working on the business, instead of in the business, the pursuit of
the primary goal (whether revenue, getting top talent, building a
great product, etc.) gets pushed to the side. A "leadership audit"
should recalibrate whether the pursuit is on track. - Yuri Kruman,
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10. Am I Growing As A Leader?
We often reach a point in our leadership journey where we feel that
we have found a groove and don't step outside our comfort zone.
Instead, audit your leadership knowledge, management skills,
strategy and innovation. Ask for on-the-spot feedback and conduct
a 360-degree assessment with your team. By continuously
expanding, you drive your own performance and engagement, and
that of your team's. - Loren Margolis, Training & Leadership
Success LLC
11. Is My Ax Sharpened?
The saying "sharpen your ax" comes from the parable of a
woodcutter who chopped less wood because his ax was dull. Leaders
get dull too. Without continuous learning and professional
development, leaders can become less effective. So, while
cultivating others, don't forget to sharpen your own ax. You'll then
work smarter and not harder. Great leaders take the time to invest
in themselves. - Tamiko Cuellar, Pursue Your Purpose LLC
12. How Do Unconscious Biases Impact My Decisions?
Unconscious bias affects decisions. We’ve developed many kinds of
biases to help us navigate the world with a minimum effort, but they
can also hinder someone from considering different options when
making decisions. Leaders should learn to accept that we are all
biased before we can begin to take positive action to identify them
and to mitigate bias with specific strategies. - Maria Pastore, Maria
Pastore Coaching
13. What Do I Get Paid To Do?
That's the question I find many leaders are stumped by, or the
answer they provide is a template response. What are you paid to
do? Generate revenue, build products, engineer solutions? Nope.
You get paid to be a leader. What that genuinely means varies
notably based on the leader and organization. True clarity on what
being a leader is remains one puzzle piece I find many people

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struggle to find. - Leila Bulling Towne, The Bulling Towne Group,
LLC
14. What Fears Am I Not Facing?
Each leader has their own set of fears. Each context brings new
permutations for activating those fears. Seasoning can often mean
developing skills to work around fears rather than facing them
directly. A leadership audit that includes surfacing fears, along with
how and when they manifest, is the first step to diminishing their
hold. The second is holding yourself accountable to new behaviors. -
Maureen Cunningham, Up Until Now Inc.
15. Am I Pushing Or Pulling?
Leaders often share their vision and then tell their reports how to
execute. These leaders are "pushing information" out and expecting
folks to "snap to it." Evolved leaders work to pull information from
their teams. When individuals are asked what their greatest
aspirations are, not only does the goal become more compelling, but
the team is all in, as they helped to create the vision. - Deborah
Goldstein, DRIVEN Professionals