It’s funny, but being a Baby-Boomer, I’ve seen decades of research and prognostications by experts about “effective and sustainable” leaders and their organizations.

My own observation is that not much has changed in how people work and how managers lead!

What’s your experience?  What concerns or impresses you, and from what perspective (ie your own role and level)?

I perform a remarkably clear, simple and reliable psychometric “Individual Profiling “ tool wherever I go.  Talk to me if you’re curious.  After some 5,000 of these over 21 years, one of the themes that consistently emerges is that under pressure (sudden shock or sustained), any one of us will tend to revert involuntarily to relatively primal behaviours ingrained into us in early and late childhood.  Wow!

What’s that old adage, “Show me the boy or girl of 7 and I’ll show you the man or woman!” Jung and Freud would approve.  This means that the fighter will fight and the less assertive may prefer to flee   among many other examples.

My point is that unless you know YOURSELF well, particularly being clear about that early and late childhood profile, I have found that it will DRIVE YOU irrespective of what your ROLE and SITUATION demand!

Alternatively, “knowledge is power” and so enhanced self-awareness frees you to modify your tendencies according to the outcome you, as an adult, now seek.

Does that make sense to you?  can you see the link between this simple and proven reality and the outcome of your own leadership – or perhaps your experiences from others?