Lead Yourself First to Be a Better Leader | Tanya Lauer and Renita Alexander

If you want to know how to become a better leader, the work starts with you before it ever reaches your team. Retired Air Force colonel Renita Alexander and Vistage executive coach Tanya Lauer share the principles they teach leaders, from self awareness and listening to owning your calendar. Their shared message is simple: take care of your people and your people will take care of the mission.

In this conversation: - Why self awareness is a strategic advantage and what leading yourself first really includes - How to listen with the intent to understand instead of the intent to respond, and why curiosity keeps a leader agile - A prioritization exercise that helps a stuck leader see where time is going and clear the plate - Renita's Sunday night habit of putting the big rocks on the calendar first, as a single parent and a commander

Tanya Lauer, Executive Coach, Vistage. https://www.linkedin.com/in/tanya-l-lauer and https://www.riseabovethetreeline.com

Renita Alexander, 26 year officer of the United States Air Force. https://linkedin.com/in/renita-alexander

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