How Self-Awareness and Strengths Make You a Better Leader | Matt Wexler

How do you become a better leader when so much on the outside is pulling at your thoughts, your energy and your behavior? Matt Wexler, former senior director of global people leadership development at Salesforce, explains why self-awareness in leadership is where the work starts, and why leaning into your strengths beats trying to lead the way someone else does. Greg and Matt also talk about helping people feel safe at work and at home.

In this conversation: - How self-awareness helps you notice what the outside world is doing to your thoughts, feelings and body, so you can regulate how you show up - Why a strengths-based mindset, built on what gives you energy and joy, leads to more fulfillment and success than copying others - The weekly leadership team meeting where the first question was always how are you doing, and how it built trust when work got hard - Why caring about wellbeing and holding people accountable for performance belong together, not on opposite ends of a pendulum

Matt Wexler, former Senior Learning & Leadership Development Executive LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/matthewjwexler Website: https://wexlerleadership.com

Timestamps: 0:00 - Matt Wexler Introduction 2:33 - Getting To A New Level Of Consciousness 3:52 - Helping Leaders From The Inside Out 8:50 - Matt's Advice For Young Adults 10:42 - Strengths Based Mindset 16:02 - Having Real Conversations With Your Kids 20:10 - Feeling Safe

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