Reflective Leadership: How to Be an Effective Leader

When I started, I thought there would be an answer. Like, okay, here's your style. Take this test. Here's the type of leader you need to be. And then I realized it's more like cooking a meal where you have to adjust as you go. So what you're talking about in the study of leadership is called reflective leadership. Not just leading the way you lead because it feels right, but thinking about why you do what you do and actually reflecting within yourself on the choices that you make as a leader. The folks that challenge what they did today, how effective was it? Those are very, a very rare breed.