BUNDLE: Northouse: Leadership 8e + Northouse: Leadership 8e IEB
BUNDLE: Northouse: Leadership 8e + Northouse: Leadership 8e IEB
8th Edition
ISBN: 9781544326443
Author: Peter G. Northouse
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
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Chapter 9, Problem 9.1.1CS
Summary Introduction

Case summary: Sally Helgesen is a writer. She is a creative and influential writer.

Characters in the case: Sally Helgesen.

Adequate Information: Sally Helgesen is a writer. She is a creative and influential writer. She is also a speech writer and also a voice on women issues.

To determine: The role of self-awareness in Sally’s leadership.

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Given Information: Sally Helgesen is a writer. She is a creative and influential writer. She is also a speech writer and also a voice on women issues. She is a consultant as well.

Self-awareness is the personal insights of a leader. It is a process of understanding one’s self including their strengths and weaknesses and the impact of them on others. It includes core values, identity, emotions and motives. In sally’s leadership she had identified her strengths and weaknesses. She knew she was good at writing and moved to New York. Later on, she needed to be much better. She created her own identity as a writer, speech writer, interviewer and an influential character to voice on women issues. She went on her journey till she found who she exactly was.

Conclusion

Self-awareness is a major role in Sally’s leadership.

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