This is an introduction to Leadership development, take a look at the first steps in this slide show. It all starts with you leading yourself.

1. "Seek first to understand,
than to be understood"

2. Part 1

3. ENERGY
PASSION
MOTIVATION
TRUST
LEADERSHIP, IT STARTS WITH YOU

4. SELF AWARENESS
It is about knowing your strengths,
weaknesses, beliefs, motivation, and
emotions
Self Awareness allows you to understand
how other people perceive you
Self Awareness helps you understand
your attitude and your responses to others
in the “moment”.
Self awareness is one of the attributes of
Emotional Intelligence and an important
factor in achieving success.

5. SOCIAL AWARENESS
Being socially aware is important as it affects your
response to people and situations.
Social awareness is the ability to comprehend and
appropriately react to both broad society and
interpersonal struggles
Social Awareness is the ability to empathize and be
attuned to others and their values, priorities and
concerns.
Empathy is the key to having a high level of social
awareness. It’s characterized by being able to sense
accurately and then say the right words and/or do the
right thing at the right time

6. Developing Social Awareness
• Improve your listening skills
• Focus on effective communication skills.
• Pay close attention to interactions with other people. Be aware of what they
say, how they say it and what they do.
• Identify other people’s emotional states. Listen carefully to what they're
saying and notice how they respond to external events, such as someone
greeting them or asking them to do something.
• Think before you answer and give clear answers.

8. “Leadership is a development process"